Just to add : do you think the no friends issue is at least partially responsible for the boredom? I never get much about what my kids learn at school, it's more enthusiastic renditions of how, "so and so did x and his friend did y and the teacher asked about and Ryan answered with and it was funny and he couldn't stop laughing and I did drama in pairs with Mia and we both said the same thing at the same time" etc.