Sorry SPG. That's so frustrating, hopefully things will improve as they get to go know him better. I totally agree Jamie B about tuning out lessons. It is hard to participate in conversations in the classroom that are so simplistic. My son had that problem as well. Although he would raise his hand and say dumb things. He clearly knew everything they were talking about...but had to make jokes out of things to at least keep himself interested. Thankfully he has gotten better about it and they have gotten better about letting him opt out of discussions and things that are clearly not needed for him.