It’s finals week for Squirt.  Which means lots of heavy sighs and complaints about how stupid finals are.  Oh what a lovely time in our household.  Squirt is an A/B student in the end.  During the middle, he kind of effs off which means he has to do well on his finals to get his A’s/B’s.  ( I CANNOT wait for the day he realizes how much easier life would be if he would just consistently study.)

As Squirt is known to do, he lost one of his study guides.  And of course, it was in a class that he HAS to do well in to get a B.  When I asked him for the review sheet over the weekend to quiz him, he admitted he had lost it.  And guess what?  I DIDN’T lose it.  I remained calm on the outside, while seething on the inside.  As I dropped him off at school  on Tuesday, I instructed him to immediately find his teacher and request another review sheet.

He did,and she turned him down.  Really?  Now I am all for holding kids accountable, (he is still buying all those lost school shirts), I am not considered a cool parent by any means, I’m pretty strict, BUT I want to know what is she thinking?  Here is a kid who took the initiative to ask for another sheet instead of doing nothing.  This is high school, not college.  He is a sophomore, not a junior or senior, and this isn’t an IB class.  So get over yourself.

Sure, if he hadn’t lost his review sheet in the first place, he wouldn’t be in this position, but come on. Thankfully, he found a friend who let him copy relevant information from the sheet so that he had something to study.

Oh how I wish Squirt had it in him to study his ass off and make an A on the final just to show her.  He has the ability, I’m just waiting on the desire.  Maybe a pep talk is in order?  Something like “screw her! Make an A”.