Originally Posted by momofgtboys
Here is my plan - added by the posts you guys have given me.
1) Don't take any drastic action until the learning specialist has had a chance to see how insane this classroom environment is.
2) Try to find other parents and get their take.
3) Try to find out what other teachers are doing.
4) Try to convince DS that it is worth it to do the work...in some different way than before. (he seems to think he is doing the work, or at least he tells me he is doing it (For example, he can explain the stories and questions for reading work)..and he doesn't usually lie....which makes me think that he is doing the work "in his head"...just not thinking it is worthwhile enough to write down.)
5) Investigate further the other schools in the area. (We used to attend a private school before moving here, but we didn't find any that seemed any better, on initial search, than the public schools - besides the public schools usually can accommodate GT students better unless the private school already does.)
6) Have a glass of wine and remember that he is at least doing interesting work at home, when he wants to. wink

This situation seems very odd! I would seriously consider going with Inky's suggestion and sending in worksheets of your own. You will have to spend some time during the weekends to assess where he actually is (there are some links to online assessments posted recently) and then at the very least just buy some workbooks. WITH the expectation that if he doesn't do it there, then he does it at home. My goodness, if you have to do the work of organizing, motivating and monioring the work, you should at least get to choose the curriculum!

I think you can get through this if you DON'T take the attitude that it's ok that he 'work when he wants to' but I wouldn't really force him to do work that is just rediculous, and if the teacher isn't cooperating with communication then why not proced as if this is just 'free babysitting?'

Is homeschooling in the cards?


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