His grade skip seemed to help a little, as well, but we're noticing that he's slowly starting to slack off again. This is one of the many reasons why we're planning to homeschool next year - to allow him to move at a pace that's good for him in the hopes that we'll see more of his interests/motivations.
...I can't wait for next year! Thank you all.
Hey JDAx3,
why wait for next year? Perhaps a few subject accelerations can start now, or at least in January? I know that advocating isn't fun, but usually once you've gotten the gradeskip then getting more isn't much easier.
It isn't unusual for a single gradeskip to be 'not enough' - if they were, then the child probably wouldn't be allowed to take the skip - weird - huh?
But what gradeskips are great for are testing the waters and showing the school that yes, he can function with older kids and harder material, and look, he even perked up a bit! Now that he's looking like a plant that needs water, you can play around with a subject acceleration or two. Sometimes it just doesn't take much to get him looking perky again.
Sounds like 'enforced underachievement' to me - which makes motivation very difficult for anyone to maintain. If he can do 'great work' at school with very little effort, he's in the wrong class. Sorry.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
