DS8, Mildly G, started grade 3. Dual immersion - cannot accelerate in math, G&T program is school is 1 hour a week.
He is "hating" school already. Some boredom.
BUT... I think mostly it's he hates learning all the rules. Thinks they're silly. WHY can't he do origami when he's finished his work? His teach allows him to draw in his own notebook specifically for this, but no origami.
I'm taking the approach of, "well, we can use this as a learning experience. We have to follow rules, like them or not. Our teachers need to be respected even if we don't agree..." THE LIFE LESSONS.
After school I've made sure we are having FUN!!!! So, that gives him something to look forward to. Home life is going GREAT... another stabilizing factor for him.
ANY suggestions of how to keep school interesting in the face of a closed off bureaucratic, all-we-care-about are test scores, non communicating system????
