Poor grades mean something is going wrong! The way your child is wired to learn is not matching the way they are being taught.
However! Trying to change the school system is an almost impossible task. So don't go that route unless you want to commit your entire life to it (Some Do) Instead, simply help your child learn in different ways. Which gives them a huge advantage anyway.
There are many potential learning strategies.
We can think in different ways. And developing these different ways is actually a huge advantage in life.
It makes us:
- Logical when we need to be logical.
- Creative when we need to be creative.
- Emotionally intelligent when we need to be emotionally intelligent.
There are more ways than one to use that magnificent brain.
And if you do, your child get's to keep their gifts and learn new ones too.
The Building Blocks Of Learning
We do this by developing the learning micro-skills. These are the fundamental building blocks of learning.
And when we help a child develop these building blocks of learning they naturally develop a variety of learning strategies.
When they have many learning strategies they can easily adapt to different teaching styles.
They can choose the most efficient learning strategy for whatever they are trying to learn at the moment. Without even thinking about it.