The irony of changing roles

Interestingly enough I still get nervous going into the grade school. I know it isn't the one I went to but it is the same set up. The old, musty smell, with the ceiling that is too low in the cafeteria. The class rooms where the windows don't open up far enough to really do any good.

Dominics teachers are very nice and really have a good system going, but since this was our first meeting with them you are always kinda wondering where he is at....Not like I had any worry really.

Well how smart is he...We he is pretty normal. He excels in reading and spelling....They are blown away by some of the words he uses and tries to spell. He is a very detailed drawer and writer, they love that about him.

Now the part where he needs some help.....Math....Ugh!

Now what they are saying is that he is such a perfectionist that he is skiddish about starting something new in math. Once he understands the process he is all gung ho and does great, above average work....It is just that first step. But it is that perfectionist side of him, if he doesn't understand how to do it he is afraid of making a mistake.

but they are teaching him rather than telling him, they believe in learning systems, and patterns which he can apply instead of memorizing.

I am very proud of him he is a thoughtful, sensitive, funny little man.

Oh yea they are predicting he will be a weatherman!

At 1:13 PM,  Anonymous said...

What a wonderful school report on my grandson, Dominic! I always knew he would be the smartest in his class and far excel all the other kids. Math is no big deal, because there is always a concrete answer and the fun of that, when you discover it, is the challenge to find that answer. With his wonderful parents, I know he will get that concept in no time at all! Go, Go Dominic! Love, Mom

 

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