We have our son in a typical preschool. He's there mainly for "socialization" and to learn to listen to other adults.
I've noticed since he's been going, that when I pick him up and ask him about his day, he is mute. Even if I know what he did, he will either say "I don't know" or just clam up.
Today, in front of the teacher, he said nothing when she was talking about a project they had done earlier. Parts of it involved things he has known since he was two, yet when she "quizzed" him on it to help him to share it with me, he just stood there. I bit my tongue, but wanted to say, "You know that...answer her."
Is this how the whole self-enforced dumbing down starts? Will he be without answers when it counts (tests)? How do I explain he knows something the teacher has asked when he just stands there with a blank look?
