Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

MK was told last night by the Principal, aka DH / Dad, that unless his work was completed there would be no Trick-or-Treating Tuesday night. MK joined his Dad for breakfast at 5:30am, and started by 6:15AM —- ahhh, a nice little attitude adjustment—-real world.

Last evening I shared that MK had not completed his work for the day; it wasn’t the fact that he wasn’t done but that his attitude during the day was missing the mark. He was doing worst than dwalding his day away, he was wasting my time too. DH responded to MK sharing that MK was responsible for his education and that a solid education was necessary for MK to be able to pursue whatever dreams he had. He continued explaining that we are here to assist, to lead him to the subjects we feel are important to making sure that those doors are ajar for him to push through but he had to take responsibility for putting forth effort. Then DH landed the blow—nothing physical, we DO NOT SPANK—-without completion of his work on Tuesday MK would not go out Trick-or-Treating. It is within his grasp to complete the work, and if he worked with effort should be done by noon each day, however he typically is still plugging away at 4pm with little to show for his day. It isn’t that he’s ADHD, he isn’t; it is that he’d rather be sleeping or watching his frog or picking the nits off his sweater then putting forth mental effort.

He’s sitting beside me; it is only 7:10AM and he has already completed his penmenship, MindBenders (Logic), and is almost through his Singapore Math worksheet. I haven’t had to say any of the normal ‘GET WORKING’ type comments either. ahhhh, so nice.

Our boys also know that we never make idle threats. Tune in tomorrow to hear about the rest of our day.