For my girls, learning comes easily. Brandi has been in the "smart kids" program since third grade, and she loves the challenge of the things they do. Kasi is in mostly honor classes, and will be inducted into the Beta Club at the end of November. Neither daughter studies, yet they both do well on tests.
Ryan, on the other hand, has to work really hard just to get passing grades. I know part of his problem is being un-medicated for his ADHD (if you remember he was having heart issues on all of the stimulant medicines, and the non-stimulant medications had no effect on his ADHD, so we took him off of everything last school year). Right now, he is only taking one "real" class, chemistry, and he did pass the first semester by the skin of his teeth. He has no problem passing his auto mechanic class or driver's ed.
I am worried about him failing chemistry, and if he does, he will have to quit his job. My only rules for him working are that he gets up and goes to school every day, even after working a late shift, and that he passes his classes. I am thinking about looking into online tutoring to maybe help him out a bit. I know if he could find a way for it to "click" for him, he would do well. That said, chemistry is the only class I ever came close to failing when I was in high school, because I just didn't "get it". So I can kind of understand his not getting it either. I am hoping that a little extra help will keep his grade up above failing.
Do any of you have any tricks for learning chemistry that I could pass along to him?
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Worst class I took in high school!
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