Any ideas or is it hopeless to think he can remain with age peers in a public school? I am feeling that it is a loss cause.
Hi Mimi - Welcome! So glad you found us. Dottie is our resident test 'tea leaf reader' and if she thinks that LOG is an issue, then it is.
As for 'remaining with age peers' that depends on what you mean by 'remaining' - he could certianly be with them for Gym, lunch, recess, art or music perhaps. Or he might figure out how to 'hate school and not misbehave' so that he could stay with his friends and give up the part of himself that loves to learn - this does happen. ((Hey, they all even out by 3rd grade!)) If he is very independent and internally motivated, he could sit in the back of the classroom with middle school books or online computer and work independently if the teacher has slack for this sort of thing. I guess the question is, as a parent, is this worth it?
You don't have to change everything at once, but yes, I do think that staying at his current school all day with his agemates is a lost cause, particularly since it seems to bother you that he has lost his love of learning. I do know people who think that the early love of learning thing is a 'cute stage' like not being able to pronounce words clearly, that they all 'just grow out of.' I'm glad you aren't one of them. The way my DH and I figured it was this: As a family, we belileve that Social development is equally important to intellectual development. So far he's had 90% social, and 10% intellectual at school, so now it's time to try something odd and try to reverse that for a while.
Hope that helps,
Grinity
