He was able to switch to a state history class. They also do some coloring in that class, but he doesn't seem to mind coloring maps as much as long as it doesn't have to look perfect.
He turned in his first typed assignment in the writing class and is working on his second. His punctuation and spelling are very good in all of his typed work. There was a lot more writing to be copied off the board in class this time and he couldn't get all of it copied before the class was over. I had to finish it as everyone else was leaving and I got writer's cramp. He doesn't want to tell the teacher or anyone else about the handwriting problem. During a grammar lesson in the class the teacher asked the students how they would make the name Biggs possessive. My son held up his hand and told her he would add an apostrophe--Biggs'--and she said that was wrong, that it should be Biggs's. He has seen it both ways since different style manuals give conflicting advice for words ending with an s. He didn't argue. He now knows it is wrong in her class and in her class he will do it the way she wants. This is a big change from kindergarten when this kind of thing would upset him. When he was in kindergarten, he didn't throw a fit or anything like that, he would just tell me about it after school and it seemed to bother him. I told him we would look it up on the internet later if he thought the teacher was wrong about something and that it wasn't a good idea to point it out to the teacher in front of other people because nobody likes that. He always remembered that. He didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
Having homework deadlines and disabilities that cause pain and distraction are something he will have to learn to deal with in life. Hopefully he will have less pain if the scoliosis brace works and he learns to deal with the migraines.
My son lives with more pain than most other kids right now. Although I cannot take away his pain, I will be there to support him as much as I can and my son now thinks I should stay in the class just in case he needs the straps on his brace loosened or occasional help with the notes or needs to take pain medication. I stay at the back of the class.
