How I Upgraded My Son’s School Grades
He promised to assist Ron with his studies, and I promised to keep returning to his bedroom to keep fulfilling my promise.
What I did, I did it for my son; at least that’s how I’m telling it. You’re left to think however you want, but if you’re me, and you love your son dearly, then it’s only natural for you to do whatever you can to help him. Being a single mom isn’t easy. Having to balance a work life and finding time to see about my son’s studies can wear anyone down. And then when you realise your son was simply lacking in his grades, what better way to see how to change things than getting to the source.
The source, in this case, happened to be my son’s Math teacher, Mr. Charles Gavin. I’ve met him several times when I stopped by to pick Ron from school. He seemed like a genial, upstanding type of man; the good thing was that he was divorced like me, and single. I had no idea initially what this meant, but the idea became more real as I started plotting in my mind for means of getting my son back in shape with his studies.
The only way I figured I could do something was by contacting Gavin, but not in the school premises. I decided to call him up on a Friday evening after I’d returned from work. Ron was in his bedroom going over his books like I’d demanded. He had no idea what I was about to do, and I wanted it to stay that way.
I called up Gavin’s number. He answered at the third ring; his voice sounded cool and detached. I introduced myself, and he then replied that he remembered me. Pleasantries aside, I went into my reason for calling him.
“I’d like to meet with you to talk about my son Ron’s grades,” I said. “He seemed to be doing poorly in Maths. Believe me, I’ve tried to get him to learn harder, but I feel it’s getting tough for him.”
“Yes, I’ve talked to him about that too,” Gavin said. “I’m willing for you and I to come to some sort of compromise about what we can do for him though.”
“Perhaps if you could take him on some extra-mural summer classes. But his grades have been abysmal this term, I’m really willing to do whatever I can to see about bringing up a change in his grades and studies.”
“This sort of thing would be better if we spoke in person, Ms. Jennings,” he said and then proposed that we meet in person.
