Re "bored in art class":
I don't know what your DC's art class is like. But for DS7 in public elementary school - the kids get VERY specific instruction about what they are "creating" and how they will "create" it and what their "creation" should end up looking like. The teacher hangs the completed work, and you have to look for the kids' names, because the "art" all looks very much alike.
DS routinely acts out in art class, because he loathes it. He gives a very succinct reason for this - "Mom, it's not art. It's copying."
He's right. And if your son is subjected to this, I'll bet he's bored out of his mind.
