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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:27 pm
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Hey girls, I've got an issue few thirteen-year-olds have. You see, I've got a twin sister who is twenty-seven minutes younger than me. She excelled in school up until third grade. At the beginning of third grade, I pushed myself and pushed myself to surpass her, as she was doing better than I. I beat her and have ever since. I've excelled in school, especially science and language arts. She's been failing ever since.
We're both in middle school, we share some teachers and last period. She is failing math class right now. Been failing it all year. This is the third trimester and she's made no improvement. She failed him first trimester and second trimester and has achieved no academic achievements. I've gotten proficient in his class and advanced in all others, getting my Principals Honor roll but not Top Dog (name of our top honor roll at school). I've never achieved the top honor roll, but I have always gotten the second best. My twin has never gotten any honor roll whatsoever.
How in the world can we punish her and get it through her head that school is important? She's very social, but taking away her phone doesn't bother her. Taking away the PC doesn't bother her. My tutoring her doesn't help. Going to the teacher doesn't help. Scolding her doesn't help. Making her clean something doesn't help.
What can we possibly do? I don't want to graduate without my sister, girls. But there is no punishment we can think of; nothing works!
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:27 pm
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can you make her sit and do her homework, helping her but not outright doing her homework? she can't do anything else until her homework's done. emphasize that school comes first. if she complains, tell her tough s**t, do it. and check over that she's doing it, and actually doing it, not just plunking random answers. have her show her work and therefore prove that she did the work when you and your parents look it over (or just your parents) she's not allowed to have dinner or go to bed or anything until she's done with it. 5 minute bathroom breaks, timed, starting from when she leaves the chair. have someone make sure that's what she's using them for. take all her electronics from her unless she needs the PC for research-then have someone monitoring her at all times to make sure she's not on Facebook if, on the PC, you all have indidual logins and only your parents are admin, have them block Facebook, Gaia, any and every social networking site you know she goes on until she's done. or, better yet, take them all until she's catching up, and doesn't need to be reminded to do her homework even should she start without reminders, keep an eye out and make sure she's still doing everything. her grades start slipping, start over
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:30 am
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