He has the teacher he left again, she is the one who didn't see his ability.
For four years he has felt held back in Math as the pace is too slow. He is in a gifted school but he is talented in Math. How can I state what he said politely? We are going into 3rd week of school. Is this too soon?
Friday, DS said he learned more Math from his classmate than the teacher in two weeks.
He score 50% on his placement test for this year and I believe he could do the Math twice as fast as most students. So that could mean he will do 1 semester of work over the course of a year. But I can't really state this for a fact. GT coordinator told me last year wait and see what happens. It's a whole new Math - Singapore. But then he got this teacher and made this comment and I feel doubtful this will be right for him.
This is what I think would be better. Give the kid an assessment test and then have someone fill in the wholes for him at study hall since he doesn't much study any way and does his homework really fast. Then move him up a grade in Math.
The fact that the kid sitting next to him is showing him Math tricks is encouraging. Might be a math peer.
I'm still cringing at the thought of saying he has Math talent and that he can go twice as fast. I don't know how else to get them to see my point. I think he holds back at school and is still recovering from effects from his prior school.
I felt like I shouldn't say much this year. I thought I would focus more on him showing the teacher's what he can do like he cares, instead of rushing to get his work done. But this is really bothering him.
