Tin Man's Parent Teacher Conferences

Last night was the fun task of parent teacher conferences woo hoo. I'm blessed to 'work' with teachers who are very willing to communicate unlike back in Kansas and who are genuinely concerned about my sons success. But I'm not a huge fan of p/t conferences overall.
History teacher is very impressed with how organized he’s become and how he is always on task now and he got a solid C on his last test and has a C- in the class; would have a B but didn’t turn in journal entries from the book All is Quiet on the Western Front, which he and I talked about.
Spanish teacher said he’s asking more questions, and that he’s gotten B’s on his last TWO tests, she also asked for ways to modify his test that will help him be more successful, all homework is turned in and he’s good in class; currently has a D+ without the last two tests…so he probably has a solid C now woo hoo!!!
Geometry, he currently has an A-, he hasn’t done so well in class they (teacher and student teacher) said that he has been sort of lazy, not correcting HW problems when they’re going over them, not completing all his HW (ugh) and he got a C on his last test where the first two test of the quarter he got A (98) and A-(89) so him doing his HW and paying attention in class is a direct reflection on how well he does on a test. No worries, he’ll be fine. He did say that he doesn’t like the way the student teacher teaches but he needs to try and work past that…
CAD great teacher, 8 peeps in the class and he has an A-, the teacher said he’s doing great.
English, she was really nice this time engaged in conversation and everything. She said that Tin Man was doing well (A-) overall and he’s working in class independently and in small groups so he’s doing well and other than not managing his time well on his mid-term she has no concerns :) Oh, they’re going to read To Kill a Mockingbird in a few weeks, I think I’m going to read it with him; it’s one of my favorite books and I haven’t read it in a while plus that will give him and I something else to talk about.
Biology, this one didn’t go well at all, the teacher is picking up on Tin Man’s frustration with the her and the class and is starting to get somewhat of an attitude and Tin Man isn’t adjusting to that at all. He feels like she doesn’t teach and honestly she might be teaching and cramming things into her class time but when my son is trying to do a study guide or study for the test and he’s not LEARNING anything then I see a problem. Now, Tin Man has had a poor attitude the last week or so, he’s not working in class and he didn’t study for his last test at all. When it comes to memorizing something great he can do that but for him to actually learn the material and answer the test questions in the required format something has to change but I don’t know how to help him, this stuff is WAY over my head and he went in early twice this week and he said that on Thursday when he went in she didn’t answer his two questions, THE ONLY TWO QUESTION that he didn’t understand; now he could be lying but really..c’mon! I like this teacher as a person but if I were a kid I know I would struggle in her class, she’s VERY FAST paced and she is sort of flighty at the same time. My best hope is for a C that is my hope, that will require a TON of studying before his exam, and I’m asking her for the study guide and answer key at least a month in advance to give him a head start….suggestions, thoughts? At this point we’re looking at summer school.

Overall they went well better than they did during the fall; I just hope we can find a way for him to succeed in biology.