Lindina
Active Member
DH and I are currently schooling OPKs. We have this ten year old boy this year who absolutely takes 9 forevers to finish anything. I have him working in CLE Reading 4th, Bible 4th, R&S Engish 4th, ACE word building 5th, Abeka science 5th, and CLE history 5th. He's a cute kid, fun, sweet, always respectful... but SLOW-moving! I have him and one other student working on a timer, at 45 minutes per subject, and I still can't get him to GET DONE!
Two days ago we were going over his history. I'd told him to read certain pages and answer the questions at the end of that section. The first question had three parts; he had only copied one part, and didn't answer that. He put down some answer to other questions that didn't even address the question, never mind come close to being correct. So as we went over the Q&A, I'd have to tell hin the right answers because he'd take ALL DAY if I waited on him to look up the correct answers. "This is the right answer -- write it down," I'd tell him. He never wrote them down!!!
I made an outline map for him, on which he was to label the natural regions of North America (Atlantic Coastal Plain, Appalachian Highlands, etc.). He turned it in with everything labeled EXCEPT the natural regions!!! He labeled Florida, Texas, Houston, everything BUT the right answers. I erased it and told him to bring it back this morning done correctly -- he turned it in again with ONE label on it, and that was wrong. I made him do it while on his knees next to his chair. In about ten minutes it was all done with only one or two understandable errors.
Then it was time for his test, which covered three chapters. He made a 57. I told him to correct it, and he would not be leaving the building until it was all done. We're supposed to end at 245. At 315, I asked him if it was done, and he handed it to me -- not one question was corrected. I asked if his mother was waiting outside for him, and sure enough she was. I asked him to have her come in please I want her to see this. She came in. I told him to sit down and get correcting -- without even cracking the book, he promptly sat down and corrected every single answer in about five minutes. His mother and I discussed it, and she signed the corrected paper. Neither of us was especially happy with him.
SO! What do you make of this???
Two days ago we were going over his history. I'd told him to read certain pages and answer the questions at the end of that section. The first question had three parts; he had only copied one part, and didn't answer that. He put down some answer to other questions that didn't even address the question, never mind come close to being correct. So as we went over the Q&A, I'd have to tell hin the right answers because he'd take ALL DAY if I waited on him to look up the correct answers. "This is the right answer -- write it down," I'd tell him. He never wrote them down!!!
I made an outline map for him, on which he was to label the natural regions of North America (Atlantic Coastal Plain, Appalachian Highlands, etc.). He turned it in with everything labeled EXCEPT the natural regions!!! He labeled Florida, Texas, Houston, everything BUT the right answers. I erased it and told him to bring it back this morning done correctly -- he turned it in again with ONE label on it, and that was wrong. I made him do it while on his knees next to his chair. In about ten minutes it was all done with only one or two understandable errors.
Then it was time for his test, which covered three chapters. He made a 57. I told him to correct it, and he would not be leaving the building until it was all done. We're supposed to end at 245. At 315, I asked him if it was done, and he handed it to me -- not one question was corrected. I asked if his mother was waiting outside for him, and sure enough she was. I asked him to have her come in please I want her to see this. She came in. I told him to sit down and get correcting -- without even cracking the book, he promptly sat down and corrected every single answer in about five minutes. His mother and I discussed it, and she signed the corrected paper. Neither of us was especially happy with him.
SO! What do you make of this???
