Willa Gayle,
Rite�s Tom Sawyering is a riot! He must be very charming!
Kat,
My son is the same way with the mundane stuff!!! He�ll dive right into a research project but will complete boring worksheets very slowly. Part of it is that he actually puts thought into his answers (I�m trying to break him of this) and part of it is that he daydreams. He seems to work more quickly at home though. Maybe because he knows there is a payoff for finishing; not just more of the same.
Trinity is right about it being an issue of �fit�. He still has a difficult time with the mindless worksheets that seem to be never ending even in 5th grade. Sixth grade will be better, but I am worried about subjects taught by one teacher who ties real artistic requirements to every academic subject. My son is not an excellent artist and I am concerned that his grades in history and science will be depressed because he has a tendency to create artwork with thick, dark markers (rather than sketches colored in with colored pencil like his sister).
