School is finally out! The kids had their awards assembly on Thursday. Jessica received the BEAR (Be Excited About Reading) award for her class. It is given to students who had read a certain number of books in a given time period. Jessica has always been an excellent reader! She loves to read and has incredible tone and voice inflection when she reads out loud. I think that is where she got her huge vocabulary.
Austin received three awards... I'm not sure what I think about all this. (Read My Momma Bear Moment) He was given straight As which put him on the Principals Honor Roll. He was also given an award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Science and he was given the BEAR Award for Reading.
All this from a teacher who was "disappointed in his grades". I want to be so excited for him because I know he worked really hard, but I think he could have worked harder in some areas. I don't want him to think he doesn't have to put 100% effort into his school work and still be rewarded. I am proud of him for how much he has grown this year. He has become so much more responsible and has learned some really good study habits. I'm torn on how I feel...
Jason made him a deal last semester. He told Austin, if he got straight As, he would buy him a new motorcycle. Austin had outgrown his old one and wasn't enjoying riding as much because of it. Jason really hoped he would get the grades because he enjoyed riding with Austin. Last quarter he didn't quite make the the grades. He did make the Honor Roll though. Jason spent a lot of Saturdays a little bummed when Austin didn't want to go out the Ranch with him to ride.
When Austin found out he got straight As, he called Jason from his cell phone at recess! He was so excited! Jason called me and told me the good news and then asked what I thought. I didn't know. I know he tried really hard and I know he feels like he earned it. I'm not sure he didn't earn it. At progress report time, I wasn't sure if he could pull it off... He was
close though. Jason really wanted to get him the bike, so we decided he earned the grades. :-) I don't have a picture of his new bike yet, but here is one of him on his old bike.
close though. Jason really wanted to get him the bike, so we decided he earned the grades. :-) I don't have a picture of his new bike yet, but here is one of him on his old bike.
2 comments:
Congrats on the awards! It sounds like Austin may be "gifted and talented."
Unfortunately, kids who are very, very bright are often bored in school and don't apply themselves.
My mom got D's in some classes in high school, but scored a 35 on her ACT and nearly perfect on her SAT's, too.
I'm glad you found a way to keep him motivated. Now for next year...
Jessica is beautiful! She looks so much like you. Austin sounds like a good kid- and Jenna sounds like she is onto something. That is pretty funny that the teacher had that attitude and then by the end of the year he had straight A's and so forth. I think too that some teachers have issues with gifted kids for the very fact that they can put so little effort into their work and still get good grades. Maybe that was part of it!? I have always been a bit jealous of the gifted. At BYU I was studying my butt off to barely get by, while the gifted smarty pants people(I feel like my husband is one of them) pulled A's with very little effort.
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