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I hope you don't mind me buying into this one Dottie and onthegomom.

My son also dislikes unwanted attention and is embarrassed and awkward when these situations arise. He will not draw attention to himself in the classroom. His lack of participation in classroom discussion etc was frequently commented on and more often than not he wouldn't ask anything in class but rather engage the teacher one on one at the end of the lesson (he still does this at times). His confidence level has definately improved with age. The perks - if it is something the teacher initiates that is school related then he doesn't have a problem with that. Over the past few years the school has involved him in timetabling, planning, teaching and tutoring. He has told me he really enjoys these activities and I would imagine the fact that the other students see it as nothing unusual for him helps the situation.

(Raised in the Mathy VS Wordy thread).

Please join in anytime. I like to hear others opinions.

I don't know where the original thread is, and don't know if my comment will be on topic.

My kids don't like me giving stuff to their school or class, but it's more a cautious money-spending reason than being called out. "Why would you donate that money to the school? Why don't you just give it to me?" I've been bringing snacks for Science Olympiad practices and I hear, "I love these kind of ___. Why do we have to give them away?" They like when I chaperone field trips or bring cool programs to their classes. Just yesterday I received (rare) praise for bringing the EXPLORE test to our town--that was 2 yrs ago, but they just figured it out.