At least the counselor was honest with you. HSing is great if it suits you and your DS. I know it's hard to give up on that traditional school ideal. Are there many HSers in your area? If you're convinced this school isn't for him, HSing the rest of the year sounds great and gives you and him time to explore other avenues. You can get to know other HSers, you can spend a day at other schools etc and minimize the damage being done to him in this current school. My advice was to find out if this was just the teacher or a pervasive in that school...sounds like you got your answer.
And let me say AAARRRGHHHHH on pushing the ADHD. I read from a pyschologist that you must challenge a gifted child to assess the behavior in that situation before saying the child is ADHD. The behaviors of a bored, gifted kid looks like an ADHD child. My son's 1st grade teacher hinted at ADHD all year long. Anyone that knew my child just laughed at that. Luckily, his 2nd grade teacher really got him and emphatically said that it wasn't that he was inattentive.
Last edited by Dazed&Confuzed; 09/10/09 02:49 PM.
