Has Arsyusha become a bit inattentive lately, or what? She started the school year strong, and then…

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Has Arsyusha become a bit inattentive lately, or what? She started the school year strong, and then – bam! She got 5 failing grades in math almost consecutively 🤪 She knows the material, answers orally at the board with a 5, but messes up on tests. Makes silly mistakes... I don't know if she's finding school a drag (though she has no problems in other subjects) or if laziness is getting the better of her (but why only math then 😁), who knows... We're not scolding her for bad grades, but we did have a serious talk. Next week, we'll try asking for extra assignments to make up for her failing grades, even just a little. And I've been thinking about her going to a regular 7th grade, without any special focus. What grade are your kids going into: math vertical, IT, science-focused? Or do you have other interesting options?
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Kristina
Ours is a general education school, there's no division.
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Kristina
Kristina That's how it always was in the vast majority of schools. And it was fine, everyone learned together wonderfully, but now it's just a total pain.
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Anita
There was an interesting option – an art class. We didn't consider anything else.
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IRINA
And how does she justify it?
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Kristina
Anita And what's the direction on that? What subjects are more frequent in the schedule?
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Kristina
IRINA There's no way. I'll try my best, yeah, I messed up, etc., etc.
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Anita
Anita Regular subjects. Then almost electives every day – drawing, art history, etc. It's not school anymore.
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Kristina
Anita Yeah, that's a pretty interesting field. Did it come in handy after school?
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Anita
Anita Yes, when I entered college. Some classmates are studying design. Some are planning to go to Stroganov Academy.
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Elena
Kristina All this modernization is killing the education system, just like it's killing medicine.
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Oleneva Marina
My child goes to a regular school, maybe she doesn't quite grasp some math concepts?
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Kristina
Anita Great! 👍
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Kristina
Kristina I agree… I try to see the positives, but I'm mostly terrified, honestly..☹️
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Kristina
Oleneva Marina We have a regular school too. She understands because she got a 5 on all those topics during oral recitations in front of the class 😁
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Elena
Kristina I can barely find any medical information anymore, it's just a cry from the heart. My child is in elementary school and we were lucky with the teacher, so it's okay for now. But the thought of further education is a bit scary.
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mitina tanya
With my son, I've noticed that the number of assignments has increased this year. Every day there's something new: surveys, tests, homework, being called to the board, "create a coat of arms" projects, competitions (they're strongly encouraged).
We chose one parallel class for the whole class to move together, a socio-economic one, I think. It's a bit of a general track, not too different from the math track; we went with it for the subject teachers. I don't know what next year will be like yet.
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Oleneva Marina
Oleneva Marina Maybe she's not in a hurry. My son always gets distracted and rushes through his writing, not checking what he wrote or how. As a result, he has A+ knowledge, but gets Bs or Cs on essays or tests.
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Kristina
Kristina My daughter's generally doing okay with her teachers. She had a great homeroom teacher in elementary school, and she has a good one now too. However, in elementary school, the "Our World" subject was basically half garbage, and everyone struggled with it. Some subjects are still pretty wild in places now 😁
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Kristina
mitina tanya Lots of work, I agree. And there was a lot last year too.
We won't be choosing just one thing for the whole class, because the kids are very different, and I wouldn't have chosen a math-focused track for my child's grade level 🤷️, and I'm leaning even more towards that now. And yes, you can't really count on teachers right now, as the entire staff can change literally a couple of days before the new school year begins. We've seen that happen before 🤪
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Churkina (Belous) Diana
The girls went to advanced Russian. My son is in a regular class for now; we'll decide about his performance by 7th grade.
My kids also had a dip in their studies around 12-13 years old. They were tired, lazy, and it was the hormones too. Then things improved closer to 8th grade.
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mitina tanya
mitina tanya Yes, there was a lot of work last year too, but this year the grades have increased. He gets one almost every day, sometimes even two per lesson. It also drives me crazy when they say 'I'm giving you a grade today for yesterday's answer' or a whole bunch of them days later. It ends up being confusing as to what, why, and for which day the grade was given.
As for the grouping, we trusted a mom from the parent committee. She has four kids, all of whom attend or attended our school. She was on the parent committee for all four, and her youngest son is in the same class as mine. She's a very involved woman, practically lives at the school, organizes everything for us, and fights for things. We're so grateful to her. Of course, the teaching staff could change, but at the 6th-grade level, the grouping for the parallel classes was more of a guideline. We'll see how it goes from here on out (I hope!))
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Kristina
Churkina (Belous) Diana At our school, there are no classes with a focus on Russian and humanities 🤷️
Yes, maybe the teenage "rebellion" phase plays a role too, we'll see how it goes.
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Kristina
Oleneva Marina We know about this habit of hers to suddenly start daydreaming, but it used to be infrequent, and there were still 4 (things), but now it feels like she's decided to collect a combo 🤪
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Irina
Someone sent me my middle child's report card. He's in 7th grade and a straight-A student. His grades are all 4.67-5.0, except for geography, where he got a 2.0. He doesn't know why he got two failing grades. They didn't write anything down. We're going to find out with his teacher on Monday.
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Kristina
Irina I used to take physics and chemistry too, they were my favorite subjects. But my older one isn't really a tech person, of course.
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Kristina
Irina I'd be shocked too if I found out I had two twins for no reason 🤪
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Irina
Irina Who knows what they're for, maybe for good reason 🤣 I'm not surprised by anything anymore
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Rys
My son is in a top school's math class, and his grades are pretty sad 🙈 but a 4 in a strong school is better than a 5 in an easy one.
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