Saturday, October 13, 2012

I Got This

During elementary and middle school, Momoko and I kept close tabs on Little Kat's homework. He was just not diligent enough to track it and get it done. So we stepped in and kept him accountable. It worked. The guy made it through school without failing.

Little Kat said he would take what he learned during middle school and take care of his homework in high school. His words were, "I got this." So we started Little Kat in high school without any oversight. Bad idea. Little Kat's English teacher sent Momoko an email this week. He had an assignment due two weeks ago. She never got it.

Little Kat claims he forgot about the assignment. And that he lost the assignment. But he did receive a replacement copy of the assignment. He just did not complete it. The teacher was reaching out to Momoko because Little Kat was in danger of failing English. Oh snap.

Momoko did an investigation. One of Little Kat's responsibilities was to write his homework done in the planner that we bought him. Upon inspection of the planner, Momoko found that he had not written down a single thing. Oh snap. Oh hell no.

Now Little Kat is going to get more oversight than he bargained for. And it is going to start with his English assignment. We just cannot accept failure because someone did not bother to do or turn in some work. Not in this household. Little Kat needs to get his act together. And he will be receiving a lot of guidance in that department.

2 comments:

Grand Kat said...

Sounds like that is going to be a good idea, looks like little is not big enough yet to work on his own.

Black Cat said...

We so want Little Kat to become the big boy and manage his work by himself. He is a high schooler now.