Bad school memory- from light to heavy

silvervestersmom
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:44:45 +0000

One son developed a school phobia in first grade and had to physically be dragged into school almost every day. The reason? He was totally bored. He had taught himself to read before starting school and the teacher was unwilling to accomodate him until he was tested. That took until mid-winter because the school psychologist was “too busy.” The teacher told me I shouldn’t have taught him to read. Eventually the principal took him out of class and let him use the library on his own for most of the school day. Then 2 other children joined him and the principal spent about 1/2 hour a day with those kids. On the principal’s retirement I thanked him for taking that extra step. His answer–“I don’t remember doing that.”