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Winter school slump: Steps to help reduce your child’s struggles
Even children that are not
particularly school
enthusiasts are usually
excited about returning to
school after summer vaca
tion.
But at this time of the
year, when the holidays are
over, the weather is often
nasty and summer vacation
seems an eternity away, even
the best students can get into
a slump.
Suddenly children that
are usually self-motivators
may begin complaining
about their homework, or
worse, stop doing it altogeth
er.
If this sounds like an all
too-familiar scene in your
home, do not panic but do
not ignore the situation
either. Make a plan of action
and then have a serious dis
cussion with your child.
Here are some tips that
have worked for us and other
families we know.
• Speak to your child’s
teacher to get the true pic
ture. Ask if your child is
struggling in a particular
Funeral processions: A southern tradition, an irritant to others
The line of traffic edged
along painfully slow and
I, in a hurry as always,
tapped the steering wheel
anxiously and craned my
neck to see what the holdup
was.
When finally I figured it
out, I relaxed and settled
back in the seat.
Like the faithful south
erner I am, I considered it
my duty to be a reverent par
ticipant in the event.
Warmth and pride trickled
steadily across my body as I
glanced to the other side of
the highway to see the multi
tude of cars that had pulled
over while their drivers inter
rupted their travel and busy
schedules to pay respect to
someone that, in all likeli
hood, they had never known.
Pulling over for funeral
processions is a purely
southern tradition.
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area and how you can help.
Teachers are always happy to
discuss ways to remedy
problems or head off prob
lems before they fester.
• If necessary, schedule a
meeting with your child’s
teacher. One good friend of
mine had a conference with
her child and her child’s
teacher.
Together, the three brain
stormed for ways the child
could remember to turn in
her homework. My friend
said the system they came up
with has been very success-
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Other regions don’t do it,
nor, as far as I can tell, do
they want to do it.
It is the one cultural tradi
tion 1 have found myself
explaining over and over to
transplants who are puzzled
and, in several instances,
irritated by it.
“It is ridiculous!” I recall
one hot-tempered young
each evening.
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No doubt because the
child was a big part of com
ing up with the solution.
• Help your child stay
organized. Make sure your
child is using their agenda
book.
If necessary, ask the
teacher to initial the book,
indicating it has been
checked.
• Buy some new school
supplies. Remember how
excited your child was to buy
school supplies for the first
day of school?
Try letting your child
pick out a new notebook or
other items. This would also
be a good time to examine
your child’s current note
books and folders.
Maybe their entire organi
zational system needs a
checkup.
One of my children
recently needed some help
re-organizing. She came up
with the idea to put two fold
ers with pockets into her
three ring binder.
She labeled one “Turn
woman saying as she
stormed in late to a meeting.
She had been born and
raised in another region then
moved to the South when her
parents decided to retire to
the coastal area.
I and the other southern
ers attempted to proudly
explain the respect and cour
tesy that goes with the ges
ture.
She poked her lower lip
out and rolled her eyes.
Someone pointed out that
when she died, she would be
given the same pomp and
circumstance.
“Oh puh-leaze!” She
flung her arms upward.
“Don’t bother! I wouldn’t
want to be the reason that
someone else is late for a
meeting. I’m more consider
ate than that.”
I folded my arms, tilted
my head and smiled sweetly
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... If homework is done every day for
two weeks with no complaining, the
family goes out for ice cream or a
movie.
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In,” and the other “To Do.”
During the day she is careful
to put her homework papers
in her “To Do” folder, then
as she completes her work,
she moves them into the
“Turn In” folder.
As soon as she gets to
school in the morning, she
turns in her work. No more
loose papers in her back
pack.
• Make sure your child
has a quiet place to do
his/her homework.
Check their supplies and
re-stock if necessary.
All homework sites
should have paper, pencils,
pens, markers, glue stick,
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"We could ask the funeral director to
have a car drive in front of the
hearse with a big sign that says,
'Don't stop! Yankee in tow."'
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in the way that a diva does
just before she lowers the
boom.
“You know what we
could do just for you?” I
asked slyly.
“We could ask the funeral
director to have a car drive in
front of the hearse with a big
sign that says, ‘Don’t stop!
Yankee in tow.’”
She was the only one in
vations in person at the muse
um on Saturdays.
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ruler, and a dictionary.
• If your child is strug
gling with homework, and
the problem is not academic
but lack of motivation, try to
come up with some type of
“No-Complaining” reward
system.
If homework is done
every day for two weeks
with no complaining, the
family goes out for ice cream
or a movie. Make a chart and
have your child check off
every day he/she does home
work with no complaints.
• Take an interest in what
your child is studying. Talk
about what subjects you
liked when you were that
the room who didn’t laugh.
I then thought of my
daddy and the funeral pro
cession that had taken him to
the church and to his final
resting place.
I remembered clearly how
it felt as we sat in the back
of the black limousine and
watched the solemn homage
that others mostly
strangers paid to his life
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age. Similarly, admit what
you struggled with.
My children all know
about my childhood strug
gles with math.
My older kids think it is
hilarious when I am puzzled
by their algebra equations.
By showing your own
weaknesses, your children
will realize that nobody can
be good at everything.
• Start a reading club in
your family. Choose a book
that you can all read then
discuss during dinner. The
classics are great, of course,
but alternate who selects the
book. Keep an open mind
when they ask you to read
their latest favorite book.
Adlen Robinson’s "Home
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and our grief.
For a few moments, it had
dried our tears and warmed
our aching hearts.
I shall never forget,
though, the sight I saw the
other afternoon as I followed
that particular funeral pro
cession. •
We passed a house where
several men were hard at
work, replacing the roof.
One by one, they laid
down their hammers, stood
to their feet, removed their
billed caps and laid them
across their hearts.
Thank God, I thought to
myself, that I was born
and I certainly plan to die
in a land of people like that.
Ronda Rich is the author
of What Southern Women
Know (That Every Woman
Should) and My Life In The
Pits.
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