Good to see you all again

[Buffacuse]

I took a great golf trip to Virginia Beach with three buds after a hellish stretch at work and with Lil' Buff's school sitch. In short, we had the meeting, we agreed to a plan to try to improve his performance, his grades came back and while bad were not a disaster, and we are still facing a very tenuous situation there. In particular, they have placed him in a math class with emotionally disturbed kids AND a teacher who is being incredibly harsh to him--we are moving right now to fix that.

I am exhausted most nights--I work ten hours and come home to two hours plus homework with the kids each night. You just can't tell Lil Buff to go do his homework--you have to sit right there with him or it won't get done. Six years of this and it's getting almost unmanageable...either Mrs. Buff or I may have to quit our jobs soon...the situation is not sustainable.

I have been checking in from work (where I can't post--rules) but can read--but by the time I get home, get the homework done, get dinner made and get the kids in bed, I am usually beyond beat.

That said, I am heartbroken I have dropped one spot to 37--lb--how could you?

Love from DC--Buff

[MarleysGh0st]

Hang in there, Buff!

Just ramble a bit to get your posting rate back up!

[traininvain]

Buff, would you mind if I asked what grade your child is in?

I feel for you with the homework, I used to want to smash my head against the wall with my daughter when she had homework.

My daughter is slightly dyslexic and had many problems through fifth grade, and then slowly in sixth grade started to do better. In seventh she really started to blossom (they really started to give her the extra help that she needed) and now in eighth she is on the Honor's List.

My wife and I had major problems with the principal and my daugher's fifth grade teacher (he marked her tests higher than they should have been), and my wife really butted heads with both of them. Fortunately the principal was out the next year and she had a great teacher in sixth grade.

Don't let the school decide what's best for your child, be a pain in their ass.

Good luck

[peacock2121]

I can only imagine what your life must be like. I feel for you and your wife.

If what works is for one of you to quit working for a while, then I know you will have that work. I also trust that you have considered finding someone who knows how to figure out how to be with little Buff and you and your wife and can take over some of the responsibility. I know there would be a learning curve with that person.

Father (and mother) knows best.

[earendel]

I took a great golf trip to Virginia Beach with three buds after a hellish stretch at work and with Lil' Buff's school sitch. In short, we had the meeting, we agreed to a plan to try to improve his performance, his grades came back and while bad were not a disaster, and we are still facing a very tenuous situation there. In particular, they have placed him in a math class with emotionally disturbed kids AND a teacher who is being incredibly harsh to him--we are moving right now to fix that.

I am exhausted most nights--I work ten hours and come home to two hours plus homework with the kids each night. You just can't tell Lil Buff to go do his homework--you have to sit right there with him or it won't get done. Six years of this and it's getting almost unmanageable...either Mrs. Buff or I may have to quit our jobs soon...the situation is not sustainable.

I have been checking in from work (where I can't post--rules) but can read--but by the time I get home, get the homework done, get dinner made and get the kids in bed, I am usually beyond beat.

That said, I am heartbroken I have dropped one spot to 37--lb--how could you?

Love from DC--Buff

Nice to have you whenever you can drop by, Buff.

[Rexer25]

It's good to see you back, Buff. I hope the school problems get straightened out soon, and you can find some free time to hold on to #37!

[minimetoo26]

Wow! You hit the last of the great weather then! It went from the 60's to the 40's yesterday, so I picked up Rain Man from the bus stop since he had wanted to wear shorts to school but it was 45 and drizzly when he came back and I didn't want him walking a quarter-mile in that while toting a viola case to boot. He's slow enough un-laden.

We just got his report card from 6th grade, which had 5 A's and a C (in English, which will always be his worst subject with his language deficit) so we're meeting with the C teacher when we do his annual IEP to find ways to improve his performance. I know he should do a book report instead of the computerized AR test because of the reading comprehension problem (he got a 30 on the first one), but she could also help him out by offering the extra credit opportunities that are there, because he doesn't ask for them. I will ask her to offer them. Plus, she gives these 4-question quizzes. Miss one, and you get a 75. Ugh. So his grades are like 100, then 75. This is the teacher who has been teaching for 31 years and you do it her way or else. That doesn't fly with my kid, obviously. Tell him what to do, not how to do it. Half the time, his way is better...