Well, things are much much much better than at the end of 4th grade, and even that was 100x better than 2nd grade, our true 'bottom.' I believe you are quite right that things are good enough that he is looking normal and I'm doubtion what all the fuss was about. Although he complains of the social scene - it's so hard to judge from that. On weekends he wants to call his old friends only, but perhaps that will change.
I anticipate that the school will look at me funny when I suggest that his elective time be used for more fun and deep learning.
I'm not so worried about the money, now that we've done it for two years, one more should be ok. It is all about perspective isn't it?
Grimity
Re: grade skipping [Re: CFK]
Grinity Grinity
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Registered: December 13, 2005
Posts: 1320
Loc: Connecticut Originally Posted By: CFK
It can be kind of disheartening sometimes to go through all that work to find a solution to their problems while at the same time you know in the back of your mind that it is only a temporary fix.
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Thanks CFK -
We are going through this right now, and I really appreciate that you've put it into words!
LOL! Actually, on the YSP list we remind each other regularly that if a situation works for 6months to a year, that is reason to celebrate.
DH and I were having this conversation just yesterday, in the car. We feel like he's so much better than he was before the skip, but that in a milder way, we're back to the same concerns - in 4th grade the homework was 90 seconds per day, now the homework is less than 20 minutes per day. Difference is that now with the occasional large project is due, he can work for 2.5 hours and be ok with it - so it isn't nearly as bad, but it does remind us of times past.
I'm thinking that independent project or Mentor or academic competition or service project must be the next step. I was up last night rehearsing the talk with his principle about "How can you help him?"
Advice - Be like Dottie and use the gradeskips early when you can, and as often as needed. The longer one waits the less one can get out of gradeskips - until the next round which involves boarding school or early college - funny we hate skips because they mean fewer years at home with the family, but a well timed early skip may be able to keep the child comfortable and local compared to the track CFK and I seem to be on. ((shrug))
Grinity
