Earlier this summer, I told DH that I was concerned the boys were going to do poorly this school year, miss assignments, and not do homework. Part of my concern came from the fact that YSS was starting middle school, which would require more from him with less help, and OSS has some pretty tough classes this year as part of his early college program. Add to that they both have progressively gotten actively lazier (they will do what they are told, but take zero initiative to do ANYTHING else - even eat).

I've also recently been telling DH that I predict OSS will be the one to make bigger mistakes infrequently whereas YSS is going to be a continuous problem. The up side to OSS making the bigger mistakes is that he'll have a plan to fix it before anyone ever finds out there was a problem. However, with YSS, he'll be the one who just won't learn until it all bites him in the rear end and he has a huge mess to clean up.

Y'all, I must be psychic, because both of them are missing assignments and not turning in homework (though still currently passing their classes), and both of them responded to these issues exactly as I predicted they would.

OSS told us that he has already turned in late assignments for partial credit, talked to the teacher about extra credit, and has an agenda he is using to keep track of assignments. He's ready to fix this, or at least attempt to.

YSS...ugh. I say let him fail. He's in band and lies about practicing because no one ever hears.him practice. However, he fills out his practice sheet and BM signs it. All he has to do is turn it in. Does he? Nope. And I'm not fighting him on this, either. Band is an extra; if he fails, he's stuck in general music and BM is out the money she spent on the instrument. Hopefully that will be enough for him to get his act together, but I'm doubtful.

So, ladies and gents, I think I'm going to quit my job and open up my own shop as a medium. Clearly I have the gift, and I think others could benefit from my third eye.