Also, my sons first language was NOT english. Makes me wonder if the test might be flawed for native tongues.??
I have to wonder about this as well. What I've heard about bilingual kids is that the development lags and then leaps ahead. Apparently there was a big recent jump in the reading level at school. I'd sort of just forget about the private testing for now.
My son is doing very well academically - he's a 9th grader (high school) far away at a boarding school that is heavy on class discussion and meaty topics. He is having a few bumps in the road with what you describe with the 'mutual respect' thing. It took me a long long time to 'get' my son, and in the meantime he has developed quite the chip on his shoulder about being a 'lone wolf.' I'm trying to enjoy the good, and if the bad causes the whole thing to fall apart, we'll find a way to roll with that too.
I'm loving hearing what your classroom teach has to say. But I'm still worried that it's better to get the accommodations before the move than to wait for after the move. If your son is truly happier with older kids socially, then I would ask the classroom teacher to handpick a teacher from the older classroom and ask her to work with your child so that when the move occurs you will have paper documentation that your son has completed the grade above him. That way you can start the new school with at least the door cracked open. Of course additional subject acceleration and perhaps more skips will be needed after that.
Right now your son is a teacher-pleaser, but from where I sit, he shows all the signs of being vulnerable to kicking that out the window if his pride gets insulted one time too many. Once that happens it becomes very difficult to get anything out of any school.
I'd love to hear what you think of using the meditation to help modify the OEs, I've had great luck with myself, but my DS14 is 'too old' to want to hear ideas from mom at this point.
Smiles,
Grinity
