Cross Cultural Communication

sigh. i have a student. no, literally. i only have A, as in one, student. we've had some good times and we've had some bad times. it's been a bumpy year. a major contributor to the rustle is the fact her father writes the answers on her homework. now, i appreciate the fact that he writes very lightly and small so that my student can erase the evidence easily. only she's not very good at erasing... and her hard, bold writing doesn't completely cover over his 'help'. so today, yet again, we discussed that someone else doing your homework is called 'cheating' and it's a 'bad choice.' my student likes to refer to it as a 'mistake'. i'm trying to nip that idea in the butt. i've become quite a failure at it thus far.

we are struggling these waning academic days. she's coming off medication for the summer and i'm somewhat at a loss on what to do. this afternoon i asked her to write 5 Goals for the End of School. i wanted to find what five things she would like to work on for these next two weeks and feel accomplished in completing. you know... end the year on a good note. They are as follows:

1. not shit
2. write my name in crsive
3. learn mutiplication tabels
4. draw better
5. play dogball better


[edit: 1. i believe she meant cheat but i can't be sure 5. a reference to dodgeball]