[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by techman1

Two paths to follow:
Reading all the comments and thinking of the past, there seems to be two paths of thought:

Caustic- School is something she can't do. Peer pressure, harassment, learning or psychological challenges. the environment, for some reason is caustic to her.
Very difficult to address. No big thoughts on this, I think like others, need a professional.

Worthless- When a person gets to the age of independent thought, which is different for everyone, forcing them to do something they see / value as worthless is difficult. The quote from Fisher above "I gave him a piece of paper, folded it long ways, and told him to write down where he sees himself in..." is perfect.
Take her to see and experience things she has not yet seen. Go to a manufacturing plant, high end repair shop, programming lab, server room, offshore fishing boat, police department, talk to a lawyer. Find something she is interested in. Then give her the piece of paper, like suggested.

Then explain what school should really be.
It should be thought of as almost a "Language" course.
Any of the jobs you want to hold, you will need to "Communicate" and "Interact" with things, both animate and inanimate. (People and things).

Unfortunately, school is presented as something to "Get thru" and then start living life. She does not see the value of the need to "Get thru" this. Of no value to her.

If she does not see the value, she will not go.

From my male perspective this is solid.

For my school took on new meaning when I realized I could use algebra to calculate a set of gear ratios to use in Grand Prix Legends for improving my lap times at a given track.