I know a kid who was kicked out of public school and his *alternative* was JD. His mother homeschooled him and he really turned around.
The thing that made me want to cry was when he successfully spelled a big word and said to his mother, “See, I’m not stupid after all.” He was a teen.
“(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)”
Just saw your tagline...love it!
There are four basic types of learners. Hands on, reading, visual, audio. When a child is not learning it usually means that you have not yet matched your teaching style to his learning style.
There are few "stupid" kids and very few "learning disabled" kids. Most of them are simply not being taught properly.