So I talked to my son's kindergarten teacher for the first time today, we will call her Mrs.B.
So when I was talking to Mrs.B she made it very clear that she thought my son was too young for school (he just turned 5 in october) We had the option of holding him back a year but he is an only child at the moment and we live out of town so there aren't many kids to play with. He is super intelligent and I just could not fulfill his need to learn. We did activities and things but i didn't really know how to keep him occupied for long periods of time. She pressed really hard today that he was really too young to be there but if I supported him, she would too. Shouldn't she be supporting him anyway? She is telling me is lunches are too bland. Well excuse me! it is my first time being a mom of a kid in school. I give him healthy lunches, if I sent him with chocolate he'd be bouncing off of the walls, my kid CANNOT handle chocolate, he goes nuts on the stuff. Mrs. B also stated that he doesn't listen to her, I just wanted to scoff and say, WELCOME TO MY WORLD! Truth is, she doesn't understand that is a naturally hyperactive child and has no ability to sit still for long periods of time...that is what she is there for...to teach him that stuff. Maybe I'm being naive but seriously, I wrought with so much stress I can't think straight and I do what I can to try and teach my son to listen and to behave in school. I understand that she has 16 other kids, maybe she needs a teacher's aid. I know in preschool his last teacher he had was firm with him and didn't let him get away with that nonsense and he listened to her. She had ten other students. It's not 16 but still the point is relavent. Tommorow is our parent / teacher meeting with her so we will see how it goes then, hopefully sdhe won't lecture me on how he is too young to be in school again.
So when I was talking to Mrs.B she made it very clear that she thought my son was too young for school (he just turned 5 in october) We had the option of holding him back a year but he is an only child at the moment and we live out of town so there aren't many kids to play with. He is super intelligent and I just could not fulfill his need to learn. We did activities and things but i didn't really know how to keep him occupied for long periods of time. She pressed really hard today that he was really too young to be there but if I supported him, she would too. Shouldn't she be supporting him anyway? She is telling me is lunches are too bland. Well excuse me! it is my first time being a mom of a kid in school. I give him healthy lunches, if I sent him with chocolate he'd be bouncing off of the walls, my kid CANNOT handle chocolate, he goes nuts on the stuff. Mrs. B also stated that he doesn't listen to her, I just wanted to scoff and say, WELCOME TO MY WORLD! Truth is, she doesn't understand that is a naturally hyperactive child and has no ability to sit still for long periods of time...that is what she is there for...to teach him that stuff. Maybe I'm being naive but seriously, I wrought with so much stress I can't think straight and I do what I can to try and teach my son to listen and to behave in school. I understand that she has 16 other kids, maybe she needs a teacher's aid. I know in preschool his last teacher he had was firm with him and didn't let him get away with that nonsense and he listened to her. She had ten other students. It's not 16 but still the point is relavent. Tommorow is our parent / teacher meeting with her so we will see how it goes then, hopefully sdhe won't lecture me on how he is too young to be in school again.
