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writes: How can i get my daughter more interested in school, and to read books!!. she is 14 years old and everything seems to go right over her head. She is involved with after school activities and wants to join the RAF. Please help!!!! Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (9 October 2006): hi please dont move her unnessecrily.Most 14yr old are not really interested in school but if she is hoping for a career in the RAF then she should be aware that her education is important.contact your local RAF Careers office and arrange for her to have a chat with Their recruitment officer.If she is genuinly intereted then she'll go and listen.maybe that will help her to realise that the RAF is not a cop-out career and they have minimum requirements.if she is having trouble following and understanding things at school the best thing she can do is ask for help.that is what the teachers are there for and the will give help when it is asked for.
good luck to her in her future
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reader, ogga +, writes (1 October 2006):
move her to a better local school, my little sister just moved to a new school and beforehnd she was exactly the same, my mother moved her to a better school locally and all of a sudden she is achieving better grades, reading books for fun, and its because her friends arent there and if you move her away from her friends then so be it, but if you tell her to stay away from them she will carry on
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 September 2006): is this anything to do with the friends she goes out with? i am not suggesting taking her away from them as this cud make matters worse.
maybe try doing more things with your daughter and encouraging her make her education more fun instead of being a chur for her or a pain x
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reader, DrPsych  + ♥, writes (9 September 2006):
 You cannot make her more interested in academic things at 14. I wouldn't be too concerned - I wasn't interested in school or reading at that age and I was identified as the perfect candidate for a YTS in hairdressing. Nevertheless I went on to get a PhD and I now run medical trials for Oxford University. My point is that some people are late bloomers and my interests at her age were drama, boys, cigarettes and drawing not O'levels. There is nothing wrong with joining the RAF but you could show her that the way to get there is to do it as a graduate. The RAF run schemes for A'level and graduate students so look into that. Try to figure out her interests outside school - sport, arts, drama etc - and encourage her with these as they may give her ideas for college courses she can do 16+ of a vocational nature. She may find school not very interesting but there are many different ways to cut a career path.
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