My son is the same way (same grade too), of my 3 kids he's the smartest and gets good grades on his tests but he refuses to pass assignments in. It's REALLY frustrating when I KNOW he did the assignment, cause he did it in front of my face, but it still wasn't passed in. The only thing that has saved him is that teachers see his potential, and know what he's capable of so they are willing to pass him as long as he gets the work in by the end of the year. I always tell them not to give him a grade for it (because that's not really fair to the other students who are doing their work), but I still get him to pass stuff in and tell them to just use it as a way to know that he understands the work (but they grade them anyway). It's so frustrating..... especially since it makes the school year a nightmare to get through, I am sorry I have no advice of how to make it better, but hopefully knowing you are not alone in the struggle is somewhat comforting.
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