For your personal situation, I would indeed tell your parents that you’re going to seek extra help and create some type of routine with your teachers. For example, you’ll promise your parents that you’ll meet with your math teacher EVERY week to go over material.

Plus, I think you need to remember that you need to make a serious contribution to your education by putting in the time, effort and mental work. SATs or Standarized are testing thinking skills, however, school tests your ability to know information!

Hope that helps!

Andrew

P.S. I tutor students in math on AIM if you’re ever interested.

Stay out from in front of the TV, and put the video game controller down. Make plans for 2 hours of home work every evening. Don’t procrastinate. Get your work done on time and handed in.

I know this is not what you want to hear, but this is what I would want to hear from my own child. But, most of all, be honest with her.