I agree. We had one teacher who actually said, "I think my job is to teach ALL the kids, not just the ones who are behind." She was a wonderful teacher, and she made good use of her metaphorical white-out and "x"s. But she was the only person we worked with at the school who seemed to have any interest in teaching our child anything academic.
I heard all about social goals (which he had met years earlier--yes, he can stand in line, thank you! Argh!). I heard about his developing a tolerance for boredom. (NOT why I send him to school, thank you!) I heard about the extra "fluffy" stuff that the school might try once a month or so when the GT coordinator could fit him in specially in an effort to keep his attention until the GT program started years later (with more fluff, BTW). I didn't see much effort to teach him.
Even now, thinking about it just depresses me. No wonder my poor kid was angry and depressed!
