She re-did some today to see how he'd go with more sleep, and said he seemed bright, happy and trying hard - but results weren't any better.
looks like he has figured out how to act the way 'school people' like you to act. This is an important skill, but so dangerous!
It seems to have happened with other things too. Eg maths - around last Christmas he could do double digit addition in his head without any trouble - now he says he can't.
How many of our kids tell their parents that they are too young to read? Sounds familiar. The school had my son convinsed that he 'can't focus' in 2nd grade. Our kids spend many, many hours a day in school.
I don't think the WPPSI was wrong - his scores were pretty even across the board, and the tester has done a lot of gifted kids.
Can you call your original tester to help you think through this?
he did spin her a number of quite elaborate stories - she asked if our house guests were still with us. Seems he told her (among other things), that his older sister and her children are living with us for a while because their father is away, and that he has to help look after them as the children are only young, and very naughty. These non-existent children have to be watched because they climb out windows, so he needs to make sure the windows are properly locked etc etc.?????
Do the 'naughty children' represent the parts of himself that he has to lock up during the school day? Is his mind 'crawling out the window?' Ok, that's dramatic, but just wondering...
Best Wishes,
Grinity
