A drop in grades or a loss of interest in classwork can signal a variety of problems.
Such monitoring may be especially important if the child shows any signs of "a decline in psychosocial performance," he says, such as a drop in grades or a change, even subtle, in personality.
This could take many forms, including a drop in grades, withdrawal from social scenarios, or even an increase in getting sick.
While they found that most students who surrounded themselves with high-achievers improved their performance over time, the opposite was also true: those who befriended underachievers eventually experienced a drop in grades.
Unusual tearfulness, irritability, difficulty concentrating, a drop in school grades, stomachaches, a reluctance to go to camp or to leave on a planned vacation, all can be signs that fears still linger.
This year's GCSEs students have seen a drop in A*C grades, girls outdoing the boys and a rise in the popularity of traditional subjects like geography and French.
Its production costs have been rising steeply and the government has indicated that it wants to hold down wage increases, a task that will now be doubly difficult.Although Codelco's rising costs are partly due to a drop in ore grades, industry officials also blame the company itself for having shied away from the political costs of firing inefficient workers under the previous government.
Due partly to a drop in ore grades at its aging mines, Codelco's costs reached $1.81/pound in the third quarter of 2008.
Called Millbank Ridge, the 2.3-acre site is almost solid rock with a stomach-turning drop in grade.
Most colleges will ask a student to explain a noticeable drop in grades.
