(***Had thought about answering some emails regaring the last few posts, but life got in the way. So I thought I would pull one out from the archives.)
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Since I was once a 12 year old boy (in the far recesses of time), let me tell you some age-old truths that apply to most (not all) of those on the boy side of the equation:
1) We don’t care about homework.
2) We don’t like to write.
3) We mature very, very slowly.
4) We don’t handle frustration very well.
5) Our work habits are sloppy.
6) We hate to be controlled.
7) We can’t stand doing our homework as soon as we get home (really ever).
8) We don’t like our sisters who seem to not having any problem with this stuff.
9) We have a lot more important stuff to do, like saving the world on video games.
10) We’re not interested in “accommodations.” Please stop talking about 504 whatevers. What is a 504 Plan anyway???
11) We don’t respond well to study skill coaching.
12) We really don’t like our grades checked on the internet every day.
In spite of these truths, most of us grow up (sort of), albeit on very different timetables than the more mature members of our species.
Mark Twain had it down. Reread “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” or “Tom Sawyer. “
Not much has changed.