I just want to cry. After 2 weeks of school in the G&T class 7 yo dd is hating school again. Yesterday she faked a stomachache on the way into school but only spent 2 seconds at the nurse's office. While at recess she told the monitor that she hates school. Today she was in tears and I could barely get her to walk into the school.
Last night for homework she had to write 10 sentences about what she thinks/feels about her class/school so far. The first page she shared an idea she had about writing non-fiction books about animals (i.e. how to go about picking the animal, again my dd is all about the planning and details). Then the next paragraph she wrote that she hates school, that it's too long, that she has no friends, and that she hopes she gets sick so she doesn't have to go. I asked her if she has to read this assignment out loud to her class if she will be okay with that and she said yes.
She says she doesn't want to learn. She can be lazy, she is careless with her work at times and rushes to get it done. In class they have a math workbook and the teacher lets them skip pages and do what they want to do so she'll skip to the interesting things and avoid what she may consider too much work or require her to think a little more. When she begs to stay home she claims she will do school work at home to make up for not going to school. If I felt I could homeschool her successfully I would, but I don't believe it would be in her best interest.
I'm really at a loss as to how to handle this. Should I go to the school and ask for help? They have a social worker who is part of the G&T program and goes into the class one to two times a week to talk to the whole class. Maybe he could talk to her or observe her?
Last edited by mountainmom2011; 08/22/13 08:58 AM.
