And he bites at both doing his homework and then remembering to turn it in. The computer program driven summer classes will offset that stuff, so I think he will have more success.

Suzi,

you might need to try extra positive reinforcement. If he gets a "c" or better on both courses this summer, then he gets to do XXX. You may think that's going overboard, but if positive reinforcement is a thing that works, maybe do more of it.

Geo I have (obviously!) no suggestions for, but it seems to me like Bio would have a LOT of tie-in's to S&R. Some of it would be rote, but I would frame it in "How can you connect this to S&R?" Maybe the teacher would allow projects or extra credit that connects to search and rescue?

Thanks le nub. That is the current plan. K-Bug's boyfriend wants to take him hunting this fall, so when he passes these classes he can take the class to get his hunting license. Plus he can earn his car back before his birthday with good grades. (Current plan is that he gets the car back when he gets his license, but can only drive it for ARP purposes - AKA Suzi's taxi service can go into retirement).

Wow, Suzi, your ex makes me want to kick him in the rear.

I just came back from my folks. Where things are... well, not good. Dad's sufficiently upset that he's staying out of the apartment, and he's taking a bus tour up to Martinez today. I'm going to bring him to my house for dinner and see if I can get him to sleep here (or at my sister's house where the spare beds are actually beds and not futons).

Did you have your interview yet, Consuela?

KCD keeps doing things that just underline all the reasons I divorced him. We had a Memorial Day BBQ at his place on Monday. His wife was a delight, great food, nice conversation, all that. KCD sat inside on his computer 90% of the time. Anyone that came to brunch at my place in Alameda can probably picture the position since it hasn't changed.

CJ fought back with him a bit today. Calling him out for why he never finishing college if education is so important and hasn't that hindered his job opportunities. College and high school are different kettles of fish and all that plus he was disrespectful the way he did it, but in my head, I was all "Go CJ".

In the elevator this morning, someone visiting from another office asked me if I was a coworker. I said yes and told her where to find breakfast, but considering that I was wearing a zombie T-shirt, wearing ridiculous sunglasses I purchased in Vegas, carrying a purple messenger bag, and holding an Android phone, I'm not entirely sure why she needed to ask.

I was that kid in middle school - it wasn't that I couldn't do the work, but I was lazy and took shortcuts and lost homework or forgot to turn it in all the time. I'm sure it was incredibly frustrating to my teachers and parents.

I hated showing my work, because the work I did din't match the work the teacher thought it should be, and I got the right answer anyway. Or I went about it backwards, picking a number that I thought would be right then plugging it into the formulas to see if would break down to match the question. Honestly, half the answers I got right on the math SAT were total guesses that happened to match one of the multiple choices.

"Show your work" made me crazy when I was little. I think I'm just lucky I realized that getting through school was about doing what they wanted.

Annoying: I got a call from a headhunter earlier, and she said she was sending me an email with more information. I have not gotten the email! When I called back, I got her voicemail and left my email again, and still nothing. I might be interested!