<p>By coincidence, my daughter and I talked about a situation like OPs when she was home for fall break last week and went to visit her high school. The teacher she talked to the longest was the one who pushed her hardest in 9th grade. It was a gifted civics/free enterprise class, and the homework was truly relentless. My daughter begged me to let her drop back to honors and get away from Mrs. X. When she had an 87 at midterm, I almost let her to avoid the B. She stuck with it, however, and in the second part of the term, it clicked. Not only did she make a high enough grade to bring the 87 up to an A for the semester, but she made a friend for life out of a very good, energetic teacher. She took the same teacher for AP history later and had another great course. After 9 weeks at Columbia, she thanked me for not letting her drop Mrs. X's course because her class had prepared her for Columbia better than any other she had.</p>
<p>Just an update here. My daughter finally decided to buckle down and found a study system that works for her. She is not letting me help her, but has improved her grades to where she has an A so far for this six weeks. Hopefully they will stay there. She now realizes she was capable of doing the work all along, and admits I was right in not changing her schedule. Thanks for all the suggestions and imput.</p>
<p>Great news. Congrats to your D. Life lesson number 265.</p>