Yeah that's true. Thank you.Yet there is wisdom in receiving the counsel of others....and then I make your own decision.I say, go with your gut and not other people's opinions.
You've known her all her life, none of us know her at all.
JMO.
I am a little puzzled. Didn't you say that she was 17? It's time that she be responsible for her own decisions. The only input needed from parents is... "OK, but, your studies are the priority right now. If you cannot keep up you are going to have to give up something and it isn't going to be school work". It will be something in the line of extracurricular activities. Telling a 17 year old what time they must be in bed or otherwise dictating their lives will not get the desired response. It will get them to want to get the hell out of the house as soon as possible. It is OK to have the discussion that points out the negatives, the challenges and the possibilities, but, at that age the decision should be hers. If she is doing honor classes I'd say that she is quite responsible and wants to succeed. No sense in stirring up the rebellion gene.Some days she is home by 2:05pm.....on late bus days she is home by 3:20pm. There IS time to do homework in the late afternoon. she prefers the "study" for test and quizzes to be in the evening.
Thanks everyone. I must focus on my school job now. I'll check your responses on my lunch time later.
Have a great half day!OK gang, time for me to get to the Half-day Friday grind...!
Y'all all be cool and have a Magical mornin'...!!!
Laterrrrrrr...!!!!!!!
Thank you @MySmallWorldof4
The floor is still open for others to chime in
I hate to say but she's got to start making her own decisions as far as scheduling her time goes. Before long she'll be off to college where you won't be there to guide her. Trust you've raised her properly. Good luck to both of you
Hasn’t started yet. We are ready! Bring it on winter!!
I know it's not lunch yet. But I have a 5 minute window until my next students.
....but a good president gathers his cabinet or at least his trusted advisors and welcomes opposing views. Once having considered all viewpoints and options he makes his decision.
Just coming at this from someone who is not that much older...it used to annoy me so much when my dad would tell me to go to bed. When I was 18, that was the first thing I told him was going. I remember sitting downstairs on a Friday night and him telling me I had to go to bed. I was 18. I told him as an adult, I was perfectly capable of making my own bedtime. I mean, that was a point of contention for a while. Now, he doesn't do that to my brother, who is 17 (and on the autism spectrum). I think he learned. We kind of figure with my brother that he can figure it out, and if he's sleepy the next day, he'll learn.
Just 5 classes? No math or science?
She is an 11th grader who gets up at 5:35am. I try to strike a balance between being annoying and being helpful. If you were a fly on the wall in my home I think you would see that I mostly do well achieving that balance. I do not bark orders or raise my voice, etc. I encourage her to realize that 5:35 will be here before you know it and getting 6 hours of sleep would be better than 5 hours or whatever.
They are on what is called BLOCK scheduling. She has 80 minute learning blocks right now such as MATH and CHEMISTRY. It is like college at my daughter's high school. This semester Math, Chemistry & English...Next semester Spanish II, Honors History, etc.
Ok. Makes sense now.
