DD talked a bit more today about last year and why school is such a waste of time (I was so excited that she shared!!). She grumbled that she just could not figure out why her teacher was one of the finalists for "teacher of the year" when, according to DD, the teacher "teaches kindergarten work" to the 3rd graders. DD is just baffled why these third grade teacher give out work meant for younger kids!! Of course that is her perspective. I explained that she will be getting single subject acceleration for math and AIG services for math and language arts this year. She was not impressed with my work on her behalf. I told her about the academy we had found for her (run by a guy from Duke) that caters to kids like her who are bored in school. That one was a hard sell because it's an after school program, but the parents claim their kids love it because it's the one place where their kids are with other kids who love to learn. I really am hoping that I can see some love of learning this year vs. DD being miserable. Can you imagine being in school "prison" for 6 hours every day? Fingers crossed.
