School For Scandal

Amazing how different siblings can be.
Like apples and onions.... flowers and weeds... Hyundai and Mercedes... Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes...

Sarah is always concerned about how she is performing in school. She came home today talking about the studying she needed to for her end-of-marking-period finals. She asked me to quiz her in vocabulary over the next two weeks, and said her main homework was to study.

However, here is the conversation I had with Jason:

ME: Jason, aren't you going to study for all these tests you have coming up?
JASON: (with cocky attitude) Don't need to.
ME: I'd better see "A"s on all those tests then.
JASON: (silence... cocky look continues)

LATER....
I tell his dad about the brief convo...

DAVID: Jason, shouldn't you be studying?
JASON: No.
DAVID: Why not?
JASON: Cause when I study I do terrible!

Yeah.
Ok
Right.
That is why he currently has a D in science, a probably similar grade in English, was last seen failing tech-ed (of all things), and is repeating Algebra this year.

This kid probably has an above-average IQ.. but he won't show it to anyone cause he doesn't care about doing a smidgen of work. Not when it is too easy... not when it is semi-challenging... not when it is hard.