Comments on: One Thinging High School: Principles 1-3 http://blog.bravewriter.com/2007/10/24/one-thinging-high-school-principles-1-3/ Thoughts from my jungle to yours Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: A Brave Writer’s Life in Brief » Blog Archive » How the six principles apply: Writing and teens http://blog.bravewriter.com/2007/10/24/one-thinging-high-school-principles-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16582 A Brave Writer’s Life in Brief » Blog Archive » How the six principles apply: Writing and teens Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:38:28 +0000 http://www.bravewriter.com/blog2/?p=638#comment-16582 [...] I’ve suggested that teens need adventure, they aren’t lazy, but bored, they have interests that interest them, and that teens deserve a social life and live in a wired world. [...] [...] I’ve suggested that teens need adventure, they aren’t lazy, but bored, they have interests that interest them, and that teens deserve a social life and live in a wired world. [...]

]]> By: Linda http://blog.bravewriter.com/2007/10/24/one-thinging-high-school-principles-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-15948 Linda Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:41:59 +0000 http://www.bravewriter.com/blog2/?p=638#comment-15948 My teenage son was 'lazy' for about 2.5 yrs of homeschooling during high school. Never did any work. I signed him up for the ACT in fall of his Junior year, to show him he needed to work. With hardly a flick of his pencil, he walked out of there with a 31! In desperation, I tossed him into the local community college for the spring semester of his senior year. He bloomed! He ended that semester with 12 credits and a 4.0 GPA. Not bad for a 'lazy' kid. I think the comment about boredom just might be right. My teenage son was ‘lazy’ for about 2.5 yrs of homeschooling during high school. Never did any work. I signed him up for the ACT in fall of his Junior year, to show him he needed to work. With hardly a flick of his pencil, he walked out of there with a 31! In desperation, I tossed him into the local community college for the spring semester of his senior year. He bloomed! He ended that semester with 12 credits and a 4.0 GPA. Not bad for a ‘lazy’ kid.

I think the comment about boredom just might be right.

]]> By: Amy Madtson http://blog.bravewriter.com/2007/10/24/one-thinging-high-school-principles-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-15180 Amy Madtson Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:17:11 +0000 http://www.bravewriter.com/blog2/?p=638#comment-15180 Wow! This post was amazing, such an eye opener. It's very timely too as just the other day I was getting frustrated and wondering why my almost 16 year son was suddenly being so lazy! Perhaps we're talking boredom here, not laziness after all. And actually the thought did run thru my mind that he was just feeling bored, not being motivated enough. When he follows his interests he is jumping all over the place, he's so excited and interested. Perhaps Algebra I just isn't that interesting to him?? LOL I printed out your post and am still rereading it and figuring out which one we will concentrate on. Thank you for such an eye opening blog. Wow! This post was amazing, such an eye opener.
It’s very timely too as just the other day I was getting frustrated and wondering why my almost 16 year son was suddenly being so lazy! Perhaps we’re talking boredom here, not laziness after all. And actually the thought did run thru my mind that he was just feeling bored, not being motivated enough.
When he follows his interests he is jumping all over the place, he’s so excited and interested.
Perhaps Algebra I just isn’t that interesting to him?? LOL

I printed out your post and am still rereading it and figuring out which one we will concentrate on.

Thank you for such an eye opening blog.

]]> By: Sandy http://blog.bravewriter.com/2007/10/24/one-thinging-high-school-principles-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-15142 Sandy Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:43:12 +0000 http://www.bravewriter.com/blog2/?p=638#comment-15142 For others who may be reading this let me just say that I wish someone had told me these things before my oldest started middle school. I had to learn most of it the hard way. Take these words to heart and talk to your teens about them. I wanted high school at home to be the adventure for my kids that the elementary years had been, but I didn't know how much I would need to change my methods. We finally got it figured out, but not before many tears were shed; mostly mine. For others who may be reading this let me just say that I wish someone had told me these things before my oldest started middle school. I had to learn most of it the hard way. Take these words to heart and talk to your teens about them. I wanted high school at home to be the adventure for my kids that the elementary years had been, but I didn’t know how much I would need to change my methods. We finally got it figured out, but not before many tears were shed; mostly mine.

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