Comments on: What differentiates A students from C students? http://momlovesbeingathome.com/2009/10/20/what-differentiates-a-students-from-c-students/ A Blog about Homeschooling and Being A Stay at Home Mom Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:31:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: momlovesbeingathome http://momlovesbeingathome.com/2009/10/20/what-differentiates-a-students-from-c-students/#comment-2868 momlovesbeingathome Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:45:40 +0000 http://momlovesbeingathome.com/?p=1240#comment-2868 Isn't that amazing, Missy!?!? I can't imagine 6th graders not knowing basic math skills! It just blows me away! I think you're right about intelligence levels for sure. I know it comes easier to some kids than others. That part is understandable, it's the other stuff that drives me crazy - like those 6th graders not knowing basic math! Thanks for throwing your 2 cents in. :) Isn’t that amazing, Missy!?!? I can’t imagine 6th graders not knowing basic math skills! It just blows me away!

I think you’re right about intelligence levels for sure. I know it comes easier to some kids than others. That part is understandable, it’s the other stuff that drives me crazy – like those 6th graders not knowing basic math!

Thanks for throwing your 2 cents in. :)

]]> By: missy http://momlovesbeingathome.com/2009/10/20/what-differentiates-a-students-from-c-students/#comment-2866 missy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:10:39 +0000 http://momlovesbeingathome.com/?p=1240#comment-2866 I have been contemplating the same thing recently. My daughter is taking online classes with a live teacher/other students for the first time this year. I am AMAZED at the lack of work ethic in some of those children! Not turning in assignments, for one thing. I would NEVER let my child miss a deadline, I'm too much of a perfectionist I guess. In her math class (6th grade) there are kids who literally don't know simple multiplication and struggle with addition/subtraction. Again...amazed. That said, there are definitely times when it comes down to levels of intelligence. Some kids are simply just smarter. There are some 'smart' kids who just don't get math, or don't get science or whatever. Me? I never got writing geometry proofs and I struggled BIG TIME with physics. No matter how hard I tried or how much I studied, my mind just doesn't want to go there. :) So I guess I'm saying it can just be intelligence level for sure, but I think parental involvement goes a LONG way, too. I have been contemplating the same thing recently. My daughter is taking online classes with a live teacher/other students for the first time this year. I am AMAZED at the lack of work ethic in some of those children! Not turning in assignments, for one thing. I would NEVER let my child miss a deadline, I’m too much of a perfectionist I guess.

In her math class (6th grade) there are kids who literally don’t know simple multiplication and struggle with addition/subtraction. Again…amazed.

That said, there are definitely times when it comes down to levels of intelligence. Some kids are simply just smarter. There are some ‘smart’ kids who just don’t get math, or don’t get science or whatever. Me? I never got writing geometry proofs and I struggled BIG TIME with physics. No matter how hard I tried or how much I studied, my mind just doesn’t want to go there. :)

So I guess I’m saying it can just be intelligence level for sure, but I think parental involvement goes a LONG way, too.

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