Posts by Susan James

Michelle James13 said:We’ve been into the second semester for a little while now, and the grades have finally started rolling in—much to my profound disappointment 😁. One thing I’ve noticed lately is that the grading standards seem incredibly harsh; I certainly don't recall things being this rigid back when I was in school. In my son's class, everyone seems to be stuck with mediocre Cs and Ds, and Bs are apparently a rarity. To make matters worse, I hear that last year's group only had three students receive any kind of academic honors at all. Honestly, it feels excessive. In my day, almost everyone in my class cruised through the first two grades with high marks, and let's be clear, we weren't exactly Nobel laureates or child prodigies. If someone had told me back then that my child would come home with a C in reading today, I wouldn't have believed them. A C in first grade? It just feels wrong 😲. Look, I’m not going to obsess over every single letter on a report card—he'll learn to read eventually—but I can't help but wonder if there's a better way to handle this. Since they aren't allowed to bring tests home, I have no idea which specific concepts he's struggling with, which makes it nearly impossible to sit down and review the material with him effectively.
Anyway, that's my experience. How are things looking in your school districts?

1-Failing
2-Passing
3 - Satisfactory
4-Very Good
5-Excellent

I feel bad that kids are graded using numbers... when you give a child a 1, you're essentially telling them they haven't learned enough, and while that might be true, it's a tough message to send. Also, I don't understand why a 3 is treated like such a bad grade—it means the child has actually mastered the material. Everything else just requires a little extra effort.

And yeah, when a kid gets straight As without really knowing the material, they end up with huge gaps in their knowledge. It makes it harder for them to keep up later on, and as they get older, they struggle to accept any grade lower than an A. Eventually, they have to face those lower grades because of those knowledge gaps, and it just becomes a cycle (not to mention they never develop good study habits).

So, I think the teacher 👍☕

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Stana says: "At the outpatient clinic for pediatric psychiatry and psychotherapy over in the Kukuljevečki district, we see about 15 kids from all over the city every single day who struggle with computer addiction. One little girl, who was only ten at the time, spent hours glued to her screen and ended up texting her mom from her bedroom, 'Mom, can you make me a sandwich?' just because she didn't want to leave her desk. ]

I honestly don't see what the big deal is here. This doesn't sound like an internet addiction to me; it sounds more like a case of kids being lazy and parents being way too indulgent. Whether they shout for food or send a text, the core issue is that the kid can't be bothered to get off their butt and walk to the fridge. That’s a parenting thing, not something that needs "treatment"!

Gerald Rivera60 said:Every era comes with its own set of distractions and struggles... that doesn't mean the internet or computers are inherently bad...
I also think people tend to blow things out of proportion. Journalists love to sensationalize things, and some people seem to view every single trend as a psychological crisis.
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And yeah, media outlets definitely love to hype up these topics. Honestly, I feel like Children's Hospital of Philadelphia could really use the publicity right now. As the main specialized pediatric psychiatric facility in the country, you rarely see their experts weighing in on child psychology or psychiatry issues in the news. Usually, when there's a story about mental health, the quotes come from specialists at Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, or private practitioners... but I suppose it just depends on who happens to be available for an interview.