Bit long sorry...
My DS8 is in Fourth Grade (skipped first grade). I took the summer to think about best course of action etc. Spent a few meetings with curriculum coordinator/homeschool advisor and received permission to supplement/replace Language Arts with lessons designed by me but carried out independantly in class. Also he is crazy about computers and curriculum coord. said he had two very talented high schoolers needing some type of independent study and he was going to arrange for them to work with DS on learning programming (C++). I spoke with the teacher before school started and she is a very friendly sweet woman. Told me all about how her daughter did extrememly well in school but was never challenged and then hit a wall when confronted with first difficulty etc. etc. Asked me to wait a bit on the Language Arts so she could determine if DS had all the mechanics he needed to do well on the state tests. I agreed. Test results from last year came in two weeks ago and he scored 100% on the mechanics portion. I haven't approached her yet to begin my LA lessons. The reason I haven't approached her yet is that when I asked her for the class schedule to help coordinate my DS's time with that of HS student for computer work she said she put an email in to the curr. coord. because ALL the students would love to work with the high school student and maybe he can come do a class Lego Robotics program. Ummmmmmmm, yes, that would be nice except it is not at all the situation intended or discussed by myself and the curr. coord. and DS does not like Lego robotics - he wants to learn programming and while he would enjoy other students learning with him this was going to be a chance for him to move at his pace and not have to wait for the others. A big issue for him.
So my dilemna is that his teacher is this very sweet nice teacher and now I sound like a selfish pushy Mom if I insist on the things my child needs. Ugh! I would have rather she be hostile. Any advice?
