One of the arguments the school had against some of our suggestions for next year was that DS needs to work on his socialization skills.
DS is not a particularly social kid, BUT he has one very good friend in his class, and considers a couple other classmates good friends. He also gets along with the kids in Scouts, sports and camp. Personally, as far as school goes, that seems like enough to me. Am I wrong about that?
One comment his teacher made was that DS has to work on not being so different from the other kids (like taking a dictionary to school when reading the original version an old classic for pleasure). Why is it bad for him to stand out as different? He doesn't seem to mind, so why should the school?
Sorry if I'm rambling (again). We're hoping to close some discussions with the school about next year, and I am wondering if maybe my view is skewed, or if not, how to explain that not everyone is going to be popular or a social butterfly.
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