[quote=Cathy A]I had a conference with DS' teacher today. I'm a little confused since she never reported any difficulties to me.
I would view her comments as "constructive criticism," not necessarily problems but areas to improve. It sounds like she really knows your DS well. Some of his inattentiveness/rushing is likely age-appropriate, and she's simply pointing out that he could do better in that area.
I appreciate these kinds of teacher conferences. My DS' conference was very similar, with great observations about his incredible fund of knowledge and verbal skills, and equally useful observations about his need to spend more time to check his work, etc. Several of DD's conferences have been fairly generic to the point that I think, "Does the teacher really know my child?"
