Originally Posted by acs
It sounds to me like you have a kid and a teacher on the same wavelength and that she knows what makes him tick. I think it sounds wonderful. Clearly she has won your DS's respect. That goes a really long way in this world.

Yes, I had a feeling they would click. I requested this teacher for DS. I know her from my mathlab days when DD was in 2nd grade. She is one of the only teachers who was doing regular mathlabs then and she gave me some good advice on how to run one in DD's class.