So with DS starting an HG program in the fall and all the neighborhood mommies doing school tours and making final decisions for next year, I've decided to come out of the closet. I have literally spent late nights unable to sleep, trying to formulate words and phrases to use when the subject comes up. I did OK with two of my neighbor friends, and was even proactive in one case. But today for the first time the issue came up with a random neighbor who stopped to chat on her way walking home from a school tour, and I put my foot way into my mouth. Ack! I guess I need some good canned responses and a summary background that I can practice in front of a mirror or something. Dork!
And in our case the story is complicated by an extreme case of asynchronous development (or worse), so here I am looking like that neurotic mom wanting her kid to be considered gifted while also wanting the school to be easy on him since he isn't reading at a gifted level.
I know this subject has been discussed in the past, but can we go ahead and rehash it here? What do those of you with older kids say about educational matters when talking with someone about it for the first time?
Thanks in advance.
-M
