DeeDee - you are right. The "I-can't-fix-your-kid" fatigue is kicking in. I'm seeing it in all of his classes.
If the kids were laughing AT him, I'd be concerned. The problem for the teacher is that they see my son as a leader who is wonderfully funny and doesn't have a problem poking a stick at authority. They kids were laughing, because they thought my son was giving the teacher a hard time.
And that is the challenge - trying to make a teacher understand that the laughing and perceived disrespect and challenge of authority are absolutely side effects of very different motives on my son's part.
