<p>Senioritis. Okay I didn't intend on the drama, "Senioritis" was supposed to be in the thread name, but a drag and drop error can't be reworked.</p>
<p>So, I have a good kid. Doesn't skip classes but wants to be "called out" almost every week. We say to keep Bs and above which seem to be no trouble, so how much do I play into this?</p>
<p>"We say to keep Bs and above which seem to be no trouble"
As long as that pattern holds, then let it go. Senioritis is going to happen to the best kids too. Relax, and let him[?] know you are proud of him and will miss him when he's off to college!</p>
<p>Fortunately my son is in AP classes and needs to keep studying for the AP tests. Now when May comes around, that last month (after the tests), might be different.</p>
<p>I will tell my kid, going to class is life lesson. When you have a job, sometimes you just don't want to do the menial stuff. However, that is what is expected.</p>
<p>You know, I used to tell my kids in HS that we all need mental health days once in a while. Sometimes the work piles up so much in those hs honors classes that they get more done at home than at school. Ironically, though, I told older D that she simply could never skip a class at college. It is the bare minimum one can do for one's grades, it's simply too easy to get into that habit once you start, and like OperaDad says, it's her job right now to go just as her dad and I have jobs. So from that perspective, I look back at calling in in HS and it seems less benign.<br>
I guess the time structure is still different though. College kids can make that 50 minute class and still have the day to get everything done. HS kids sit in school all those hours, go to ECs and jobs, etc.<br>
Musing out loud here.</p>
<p>Dbwes - I told kids same thing. I never let them do mental health days in elementary and middle but there have been a couple in Sr. year. BUT, never miss a college class, never!!</p>