I hate going through school again!

My second grader is not thriving in school right now.  She has horrendous handwriting, and I mean absolutely atrocious.  She can spell when she applies herself, but often she rushes and makes silly mistakes.  And, for some reason, I cannot get this child to learn her math facts.  We do math drills every night, I make up problems for her, I have printed worksheets from online and time her on those. I have drawn pictures, showed her how to count on her fingers (as a last resort) efficiently and quickly, and no matter what I try she doesn't memorize her math facts.  She gets how to regroup and how to borrow, but she gets the wrong answer because she doesn't know her basic math facts.  We wind up fighting every night and it brings back memories of me and my dad fighting at the kitchen table over fractions, but that's a whole other tangent. This kid is bright, she has always excelled academically, and so I just don't know how to break it down for her any further. 

But let's not forget Abigale.  She is a very solid A-B student, except in math.  She has always hated math, even though she eventually winds up getting it enough to at least squeak out a C on her report card. Well, now that she is in middle school I can no longer help her with her homework and even if I could there is absolutely no way that would ever happen.  We only see her for brief minutes at a time and usually there is a meal involved.  Anyways, she has always gotten a C, until this year. We have six, six week grading periods here and so far she has gotten an F for the first 3 grading periods.  We are now half way through the 4th grading period and she currently has an F. She does test retakes, attends tutoring sessions after school, has gone for various amounts of time grounded, and no matter what we/she tries, she winds up with another F.  If she doesn't somehow miraculously pass the last two quarters with high grades AND pass the overall math exam at the end of the year, then she is going to fail 8th grade math .  I guess that means summer school is in her future and I have no clue how she is going to get through Algebra next year. Goodbye summer vacation plans, hello summer school.

I hate going through school again. :(  Stay tuned...