From: Lesley Groff <a To: Mom and Randy Wright <MIMa> Cc: Mom and Randy Wright <MIMa> Subject: Re: Our Meeting Re Ty at the end of the School Year 2017 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:56:34 +0000 I will go with we push and he complies after an exchange of words... but once he gets in with the tutor he always works hard. So I guess in the end, it is ok. I wish he were more willing...it will come with time and maturity? ...being great does not come easy...we must work at it! which includes parenting! easier to just hand him a TV remote or hand held device along with a bag of candy and say 'OK here you go'! ...but we won't do that > On Jul 12, 2017, at 7:35 PM, Diana Wright > wrote: > • Maybe "motivated" is too strong a word - How about at least "willing" ?! > • He's smart and knows he needs to work on this stuff to achieve success in > life. He will cooperate! Love mom • Original Message > From: Lesley Groff [mailto: > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:47 AM > To: Mom and Randy Wright > Cc: Mom and Randy Wright > Subject: Re: Our Meeting Re Ty at the end of the School Year 2017 > • I wish he was MORE self motivated actually.he pushes back hard when I ask > him to read or work on math trust me.which I'm sure almost 90% of kids > do..that is how they are wired (there are some anomalies).but who wants to > do math when you can hang with your friends and be potatoes! > • I'm glad you agree on the special ed labeling.Ike was FOR IT and I really > want to steer clear. LOVE YOU!! >> On Jul 11, 2017, at 6:00 PM, Diana Wright > wrote: >> >> Alrighty then, there's work to be done but everyone agrees you're at a > very >> good starting place! Ty is self-motivated and has all his teachers >> `charmed'! He should come through just fine. >> >> I agree with you, try VERY hard NOT to let him get slipped into the > category >> of "special education". That could have a demoralizing effect on Ty. He >> needs a POSITIVE attitude going forward. >> >>