... I interviewed this school for Wolf. ... They also did not seem to believe what I said he could do. I very much got the "Oh she's a pushy mom" feeling from them.
Ouch. It's such a bummer when you think you've found a great school, only to be let down like that.
So sorry.
I think what bothers me the most is watching a silly idea like "the other kids all catch up by [insert grade]" get perpetuated right in front of my eyes like that. How obvious can the reality of the situation be? I mean, a kid enters kindergarten reading at a third grade level and hasn't apparently improved by third grade and no one thinks it odd that she hasn't learned anything in three years? No one thinks that maybe, just maybe, forcing her to put her finger on the letter B and sound out words like c-a-t mightn't be a problem?
Val
