Comments on: Good News! We Are Not Stupid After All http://www.troubledteenblog.com/good-news-we-are-not-stupid-after-all/ Families Struggling with Troubled Teen Issues Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:59:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.troubledteenblog.com/good-news-we-are-not-stupid-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 admin Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:40:54 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2531#comment-1109 I agree Karyn we have different bars for all of them and they need to understand that. It gets difficult and I feel badly when I see them just give up. I agree Karyn we have different bars for all of them and they need to understand that. It gets difficult and I feel badly when I see them just give up.

]]> By: Karyn http://www.troubledteenblog.com/good-news-we-are-not-stupid-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Karyn Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:19:04 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2531#comment-1102 It's amazing how a little perspective makes a big difference! I have 3 teens: one in college and two in HS. There have been times we've celebrated C's for both my boys (one in particular). But if my daughter makes an A-, it's a little disappointing. They are completely different kids. My now senior son is very ADD but hates the medicine and doesn't take it. We moved him to a school that wasn't as rigorous as the previous one. He gets by without using meds. He took the ACT in April and bombed it. A 17. He'd made a 20 on the PLAN so we were definitely expecting better. Turns out he couldn't concentrate and basically just bubbled things in. Not the first time he's done that on standardized testing. So he took it in June, and used his ADD med, and we just learned he got a 20! He needs a 21, but there's hope. Here's the perspective: his little sister made a 24 on the PLAN last year as a freshman! We will probably be disappointed if she doesn't make a 30 or 32 when she's a senior. We'd go crazy for a 22 for him, and a 32 for her! Good job for your younger son who is seeing what he can do! It’s amazing how a little perspective makes a big difference! I have 3 teens: one in college and two in HS. There have been times we’ve celebrated C’s for both my boys (one in particular). But if my daughter makes an A-, it’s a little disappointing. They are completely different kids.

My now senior son is very ADD but hates the medicine and doesn’t take it. We moved him to a school that wasn’t as rigorous as the previous one. He gets by without using meds. He took the ACT in April and bombed it. A 17. He’d made a 20 on the PLAN so we were definitely expecting better. Turns out he couldn’t concentrate and basically just bubbled things in. Not the first time he’s done that on standardized testing. So he took it in June, and used his ADD med, and we just learned he got a 20! He needs a 21, but there’s hope. Here’s the perspective: his little sister made a 24 on the PLAN last year as a freshman! We will probably be disappointed if she doesn’t make a 30 or 32 when she’s a senior. We’d go crazy for a 22 for him, and a 32 for her!

Good job for your younger son who is seeing what he can do!

]]> By: Mary Brent http://www.troubledteenblog.com/good-news-we-are-not-stupid-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Mary Brent Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:02:42 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2531#comment-1101 One step at a time. There's a lot to celebrate today! One step at a time. There’s a lot to celebrate today!

]]> By: TooManyHats http://www.troubledteenblog.com/good-news-we-are-not-stupid-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 TooManyHats Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:37:27 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2531#comment-1100 Way to go youngest son!!!! That is exciting. I hope it motivates him to keep on doing what he is doing and succeed! Way to go youngest son!!!! That is exciting. I hope it motivates him to keep on doing what he is doing and succeed!

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