I’m currently teaching a student on a home-bound situation.She was expelled for discipline problems, but because she has an IEP, the county is required to teach her, and that’s where I come in for 10 hours a week.
This 15 year old has a litany of problems, least of which is a total adversion to work. When things get hard, especially in math, she gives up and shuts down. We are struggling to get through Algebra slope concepts. Progress is slow beyond description
She reads at a 4th grade level and is resistant to going any further.
It’s not totally her fault, she has a 79 IQ
The kicker? She is convinced she will go to college - convinced
The other kicker? She will probably get into one, but won’t last long
Heya!
In your post, you reference the young lady wishing to attend college. I cannot count the obscene number of students who leave my area HS where I teach for the local community college and/or regional university, only to find out that college does not cater to your needs quite like the high school does.
To wit: a former student, whose father was sup’t of the school system did just that and pulled a buck shot, viz 0.0, after one semester. All of a sudden, who your father is, how much money you have etc. does not matter when it comes to schools with endowments and paying tuition.:)
Ah well, I only hope my two will fair as well as yours, although I will have to kill them if they take Greek. (I did. *shudder*)
:)