My son is brilliant… he’s just lazy.

Not exactly all the gooey, warm, fuzzy stuff you want to hear about your first born, but exactly what his teachers all stated tonight at the Parent Teacher conference. OK… I knew that. His teachers knew I knew; I think they were re-affirming that. Plastering it in my head so I wouldn’t forget. Letting it stew in my brain for all eternity!

My son is lazy when it comes to academics.

It was agreed with both his AP Science teacher and Algebra teacher that it is time to just let him sink or swim. Well trust me, he was sinking just fine! Their thought, stop pushing him about getting his work done and let him realize that he needs to wake up and smell the F’s he is producing… time for him to be responsible for it. OK… you got it. I mean, honestly, his grade in math couldn’t get any worse. But, as a parent, I’m suppose to push?

Right?

Maybe not like I was. Maybe I was hassling him about it. Maybe I was a tad bit overbearing before… you know, in past grade levels when he was failing miserably! That is why I push because I know in the past he has not succeeded – always for the same reason – laziness.  He can truly do the work, beautifully, that is why it is so hard to stand on the sidelines and watch him fail.

I want to trust… it is just so difficult to watch.

One quarter. That’s what we are going to give him to shake himself into realization; to learn that school needs to be a priority. Fun and friends will fall into line… not to worry about that. So will I be back here in one quarter with great news that he has learned to swim… or will he have sunk in school? I’ll let you know.