Comments on: A Brilliant Way to Eliminate NHIs (Not handed ins)

By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 23:40:13 +0000

No perfection in a family of five either, my goodness. It’s been such a mess lately because Cassidy has work and the renovation on his plate and I have work and the baby, and it’s been so hard to work with the kids on remote schooling! I like that. NHIs!

By: aprilmomoffour

aprilmomoffour — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:56:29 +0000

In reply to Leslie Susan Clingan. Thank you! That is wild about her middle school friends. Gracious, kids.

By: Leslie Susan Clingan

Leslie Susan Clingan — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:47:43 +0000

Oh, does this ever sound familiar. With my oldest daughter. I could not understand her thought process at all. She would do the assignments then not turn them in Finally, I learned that the other kids were pressuring her not to her work because she made the rest of them look bad! Gotta love that middle school peer pressure. But we survived. And she is now a neonatal nurse. So there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I think you have a plan in place and that is good. Hope it works out for you and your child. Hang in there, mama. You are doing a great job.

By: aprilmomoffour

aprilmomoffour — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:19:10 +0000

In reply to Joanne. Joanne, I am actually in this boat too, with my high schooler. I am not coming down hard on him about his NHIs because I see him working so hard. He doesn't have to do the assignments for 15 minutes. He gets freedom because I know he's trying, but his grades will still be lower. So stressful!! The one I'm doing this for needed a reason to care.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:15:24 +0000

Oh I wish this would solve our problem! My son is totally type A like me (in fact he genuinely thinks of 90’s as getting a “b” and hates them! I had to explain that anything from 90-100 was an A and anything over 70 was passing and completely fine when working with a screwy year like this). I watch him try so hard to get work turned in or answered correctly when he had to interpret a question on an assignment without any teacher to ask and he gets so frustrated when we/he can’t figure it out. They definitely get zero’s for anything not handed in on time; hopefully we have those kinks worked out though as both students and teachers continue to learn more and more about the programs we’re using. It’s frustrating for me as a parent not to be able to help, it’s frustrating for him as a brand new student being in this sink or swim situation, and I KNOW it has got to be a nightmare for the teachers doing all this extra work for ALL their students. His language arts teacher told us she gets upwards of 200 emails a day now from students and parents– 200! No wonder she doesn’t reply to any of them; she couldn’t possibly!

By: aprilmomoffour

aprilmomoffour — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:51:53 +0000

In reply to teacher in Alabama (it's me April). Oh my gosh, too, you are in a tough area! You know I would've already fled. ; P

By: aprilmomoffour

aprilmomoffour — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:48:47 +0000

In reply to teacher in Alabama (it's me April). Well, thank you, but then they would be crying every day like me. Nah, I'm kidding. More like crying 2 days/week. Virtual learning---aughhh! I know it is a nightmare for teachers too. I thought teaching in a classroom was a nightmare and I could not do it, and this is like both!