Chaotic Bliss
Just when I thought things had calmed down and were going on the right track. OK, do you remember when Gregory brought home a letter at midterm saying that he was in danger of failing four classes due to not doing his homework? Well, it appears that even after a month’s worth of grounding, he still managed to fail one of them. And not only fail it, but go from an A- in the first quarter to an F in the second?? HOW in the world does one manage that?? Seems like an awful lot of work involved. Or non-work, as the case may be. I am absolutely dumbfounded. And the rest of the report card just doesn’t make any sense. An A, a B, two C-’s, and the F. No consistency, no rhyme or reason. No juxtaposition between the homework I was checking EVERY day and the grades brought home.
I really haven’t the faintest idea what to do. I never got an F, so I have no parental frame of reference to deal with this. More grounding? Apparently it will have to be something pretty harsh, because the first one did next to nothing. And in any case I have decided to wait to do something until the end of the week, because of course the same day that they handed out report cards was the day right before winter vacation week started. 
Of course this also comes right before the results of the exam school (Boston Latin) entrance test are going to be given. So even IF he got in based on his test scores, he will most likely be passed over due to his current grades. Nice.
Anyone have any suggestions?
