polarbear - It might not seem like it but I do believe that the teachers have DS's best interests at heart. He, however, just doesn't fit into what they think a kindergartener should be like and they are unable to see past that. It frustrating that I don't know how to get them to see the child I know.
I will go back again but I can't tell you how difficult I find this sometimes. Actually I'm sure you know in a BTDT kind of way. This is not my personality at all and at times I am too worried about offending that I find it hard to make sure that I am understood.
I completely understand what you are saying about math. DS's school does not want to see them use any type of algorithm at this point but unfortunately that is the way I was taught and the way DH, as a mathematician, thinks. I can't see not helping my child just because my way of getting to the right answer is no longer in vogue. Hopefully we'll eventually meet in the middle somewhere.
