Thanks for the encouragement, Grinity.
He's in 5th right now for LA, and the 5th teacher is concerned that his self-esteem might be affected because the work is a challenge for him now. I would like to let him try it for longer than a week before making a judgement... if it is too difficult, or DS decides he'd like to step back from it then I'm on board, but I'd like him to at least get used to what her expectations are before throwing in the towel. The reading material is easy for him, the disecting of it is new and a challenge. But he still likes it, so I'm game for letting him continue it.
So far as the essay questions on the midterm go, when I asked the Prof about it, he said that DS's answers were "delightfully brief"... implying that he was both being kind to DS and also getting tired or reading the *ahem* wordy answers by some of his other students while grading the tests. I fear DS's answers perhaps weren't actually essays, and therefore probably not such great material to send to DYS. Haven't actually seen them yet, though... possibly will get them after today's class.
We've started a folder on the desktop that we call "DS's Ideas" and perhaps that could help? (Essentially when he has one of his more out there ideas, I ask him to type it out-- partly to work on typing, partly to practice putting thoughts into words for others to read)
I guess I just don't know what would qualify as unusual enough to be appropriate to send to DYS. I might be having that old "fear of rejection pre-reaction" again... don't know. Where I get afraid to try because I might fail in the future... also maybe afraid that I'm blowing it up in my mind and he's not quite right for this program. (Proud Mama Syndrome)
