Welcome to the second stage of GT denial: grieving for the education that you dreamed of that was not to be.
You thought your child was bright and curious, but still within normal parameters, so you figured he'd be a great success within the system, right?
Finding out that's not the way things are and that you've got a tough row to hoe to get an education for this child, an education that will teach him the values that matter to you--things like feelings of self-worth without excessive pride, the importance of persistance and teamwork, and loads of things that have nothing to do with academics--plus the academics, is a real shock.
Grieve for it. It's the loss of the reality you were expecting, and that's going to be at least a little hard. But get over it as fast as you can. Until you get over the grief, it's hard to start taking action to make the situation better, and that's the only way to help your child. Ultimately, you have to get out of your own head and into making changes.
And congrats! You got to step 2 WAY faster than I did.
Nice work!
