HK, I asked DS about this last night. He seems unconcerned about his performance. He does ask, "are you mad at me?" and when I told him I was just trying to understand he said, "I don't like writing. Writing is boring."
Val, the GT teacher is given a curriculum and she carries it out. She said she wants to do math but has no control of what she teaches in there. She seemed very focused on tapping into their creativity. They did a project where they were asked to design their own version of the Italian flag. DS colored each block a different color and turned it in. Again, not great work. I don't see him particularly creative at story-telling, poem writing,etc. But if you ask that boy to build something out of legos or create an invention...he's pretty detailed,totally engaged and his imagination comes alive. They aren't doing anything like that though.
He would have the same GT teacher next year and I am getting the feeling that this program isn't for DS.
