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Show Develop Good School Attidude by Dr. Daryl McCarty When a horse has been loafing in the pasture for a few weeks, he's likely to balk when a farm boy puts a bridle on him and tries to ride away. That's horse nature. It's also human nature, and you may have seen it demonstrated when schools called Utah's 325,000 students in from the pastures. Now is the best and most effective time to help your child develop a wholesome, constructive construc-tive attitude toward school. These first few weeks are crucial in determining whether the year will be a successful suc-cessful one. The following suggestions sugges-tions are offered for your consideration: Encourage your child to talk about the days happenings in school, be a good listener. Learn the names of the teachers, your child's classes, and the names of old and new friends. Help your child to im-mediately im-mediately develop study habits, urge prompt pro-mpt attention to homework, provide a study spot that is isolated from distractions distrac-tions and near reference material such as a dictionary, dic-tionary, encyclopedia, etc. Watch for signs of distress, disappointment, disappoint-ment, withdrawal from friends or getting behind in school work, and be prepared to help. Disinterest in school is easy to detect, but difficult dif-ficult to overcome if not handled immmediately. Let your child know that you expect his or her very best efforts in school, and make it known that you'll give it all you have as a parent. Good parents join their children at the starting blocks and run alongside all year long. |