He has had a terrible year in year 3, mostly because of boredom. He is through most of the materials that they are making available to him in 3rd year...They aren't making more material available to him. ...It's been a frustrating year for me because of the constant complaints that he isn't doing work.I didn't know it was possible to get outside of the box at a Montessori school, but he's outside of the box. He is doing work at school. He just isn't doing what his teacher wants him to do.
We're not going back next year. ...They're unhappy with his refusal to toe the line. He gets yelled at a lot. He makes his teacher miserable, she makes him miserable, and they both make me miserable.
OMG KateZ
I can't believe that wouldn't make 4th grade materials availible to him! That sounds very un-Montessori like!
How many more weeks of school are left?
Have you gone up the chain of command at the school to complain about this? I just don't want you to jump 'out of the frying pan and into the fire.'
Would your son have the same teacher next year? It sounds like the narrow box is in her head. Would he be moving to a new room and teacher next year anyway? To me it sounds like he had lots of time to do creative writing and that is a beautiful thing.
You have every right to vent, and I'd love to hear more about it.
Smiles,
Grinity
