You all are awesome...thanks so much for the encouragement. It honestly did not dawn on me that they would think ds was BEHIND. The AR system sounds promising at least as a challenge for ds. It is clear by his lack of 'altruistically' doing the challenge packets that he needs more incentive to push himself. I AM very grateful that he is not outright miserable in class. VERY grateful - but I see that he is clearly hiding his abilities. He's such a people-pleaser and just wants to do exactly what the teacher wants: if that's writing "s" and "2" over and over, he'll oblige. No matter that he spent the weekend memorizing the US state capitals and nicknames of his own fruition (thanks Scrambled States of America game!).
