School calling already

Today is only the 5th day of school and I have received a call from a teacher already. My youngest will the death of me yet.

No, he didn't pull his drawers down. That's a plus.

No, he isn't in trouble for doing something wrong. Again a plus.

Today's call came from his English teacher. He has only had 2 quizzes and he has failed them both.

This is where I become a helpless parent. I don't know how to help him. I was a good student, all my other children are excellent students and I am just at a loss. How do I find out where he is lacking and build it up?

I am VERY grateful that the teacher called right away to nip this in the butt. I have to say, she may be an asset to this plight. I asked if she could get to him, before school is out, and tell him to bring home his book and notes for this class.

Tonight, I will go over this with him and try to assess where he is. But it isn't going to be easy. English was my hardest class in school. If it seems hopeless, which I'm hoping it isn't, I'm going to walk across the street and talk to my young neighbor who is a teacher in the next town. He (which should be a plus to work with son) said he was good at tutoring math, I have to see if he can stretch over to other subjects. I just feel my son would learn more from an outsider. He is too much attitude with me.

This is going to be a long 4 years. I was really hoping for "more" good and "less" bad. I'm just not good with this. He must have got his brains from the sperm donor, cause I was never like this.

Sorry, excuse my nasty talk. Just chalk it up to another very expensive bill to take our money.