Help me.please.

Please help. I need to help my brother before it is too late.

My brother is 13 years old. He is entering eighth grade. School has always been a challenge for him as in keeping up his grades and being involved. My brother is not a dumb child. He just does not engage and focus on things he is not interested in. And I do not know if there is a psychological aspect, that he may possibly fear inferior and thus have that create a vicious cycle of bad grades and no self esteem. I’m afraid I may have been part of this problem too. But the thing I am most worried about is his reading, writing and grammar. He reads and writes poorly. And his colloquial grammar and his vocabulary are not correct or good. I beg him to read anything. I have even gone as far as finding video game related novels to read but he is just obsessed with video games and nothing else. I am terrified for him. I am a senior in high school and I know what poor reading and writing skills leads to. I want to help him but I don’t know how. My mom works very long hours and my father who is at home more often is an immigrant and he himself has poor reading, writing and speaking abilities. I am the most educated person left in the house in regards to English. But he does not listen to me. And if someone is not sitting next to him, he won’t focus on his work. But I know he can focus because he can play video games for hours at a time. Everyday I have to confiscate his electronics so that he does some math practice and summer assignments. And I am really afraid and sad of what the future has in hold for my brother if I don’t get his abilities up to par. I know what he could be if he continues on this path. Someone please help. Public education is failing my brother and I really need to help him before it’s too late. I know what’s at stake here, so do my parents but they don’t know what to do either. And with this year being on zoom I don’t know if he can get a quality education. Are there any writing or reading resources that I can use? Any websites? Any tips to improve vocabulary? Anything. I will take anything. Sincerely, A desperate sister

Submitted August 23, 2020 at 10:52PM by Certainly_golden https://ift.tt/31kyNiv