Homework and grade frustration

Today our family is dealing with homework and grade frustration.  In our school district as probably in most now days we get emails regarding grades and such, well today I got an alert from Gradespeed saying that the J-man is failing Social Studies.  Social Studies, really?  His explanation is that it is boring and he already knows this stuff.  Really? He knows all about the Constitution and the Bills of Rights, which is what he is studying right now, so I quiz him about it, and you know what, he knows nothing, no wonder.  

The Z-man loses his homework every week and needs to hunt for it everyday to work on it. Which ensues into Z getting frustrated and me in losing my patience which makes me a very ornery mother.  Why can't they put it in the same place everyday?  I mean I have tried to make a place for them to put it, I had a box, folder, even a drawer at one time.  

Teachers I commend you in your job, it is a job that I would not be able to do.  Bless You!

What do you do to help your child with homework and how do you keep your patience while doing it? 

Tuesday Topics...Patience

I am starting a new segment here on my blog on Tuesdays, I will take one of my vices and discuss it and hopefully, my lovely readers, you can give me solutions to it.

Patience is something that I usually don't have.  I want it done now and I don't really have the will to wait.  It runs very thin with my minions especially if they are underfoot all day.  I have tried everything from counting, to removing myself from stressful situations and even meditation, it seems I never have enough.  When I am starting a task I seem fine but if that task get to difficult or doesn't go the way I want I get frustrated and want to quit and move on to something else instead of stay the course and finishing what I started.  I even memorized the Prayer for Patience by Helen Steiner Rice and recite it but it doesn't seem to help much either.

Prayer For Patience

God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow,
Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know.

Teach me sweet forbearance when things do not go right
So I remain unruffled when others grow uptight.

Teach me how to quiet my racing, rising heart
So I might hear the answer You are trying to impart.

Teach me to let go, dear God, and pray undisturbed until
My heart is filled with inner peace and I learn to know your will.

- written by Helen Steiner Rice

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What do you do to instill patience in your life?  How do you cope when you have none?