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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I left out was that we had a neuropsych eval done in 3rd, thinking maybe he had ASD. He doesn't - but he did test gifted. Smart, nerdy, shy, and unathletic was a nightmare in this particular cohort, so we felt justified in putting him in public. We were told this was the best choice for him academically.

Unfortunately, his public wouldn't accept his wisc results and required the cogat for placement, which he bombed, so he's not receiving any kind of academic enrichment here. Long story short, he resents us for promising a challenge and wants to go back to his private (where the bullying was BAD but never "loose a tooth bad). He never had behavioral issues there minus crying over the bullying.[/quote]

Lots of kids are bright in public without enrichment.  Why is this kid being bullied at multiple schools and why is he so violent.[/quote]

I don't know. He hadn't shown any signs of violence when we had the neuropsych eval done, so we weren't able to raise that concern then. He doesn't play video games, period (something he's teased about), so it's not something he picked up there. I don't know where he got the idea that shoving someone was ok - [b]I would have rather he'd let himself be tripped again and lost another tooth, as horrible as that sounds. [/b][/quote]
Well, no mystery where the weanie behavior comes from. This comment along with the "he took the dentist like a champ" and the "I don't want to talk about bullying, just give me a magical fix so I won't feel bad about driving my crying son to school" is probably the saddest thing I've read on DCUM. This boy is doing everything he can to please his mother, but he just can't stomach being assaulted and bullied anymore. OP, why do you hate your son? Let me guess, gender disappointment? [/quote]

I can't fathom feeling the bolded.  Your son did the right thing.  The bully deserved a shove.[/quote]

I agree that the bully [b]deserved [/b]a shove (probably more), but now DS has a suspension on his record, which destroyed his chances at another private school, leaving him stuck in our local public. So, do I wish he hadn't done it? OF COURSE. It's accomplished nothing but limit his options and make the school believe he's a troublemaker.[/quote]

The private school never has to see that record, and if you’re so concerned about it, you should have pushed back against the suspension. FWIW the school doesn’t believe he’s a troublemaker in some kind of eternally stigmatizing way. Schools don’t work that way. [/quote]
She is desperate to shove him in school, the prospective new school is going to wonder why he's changing schools with only 5 weeks left over. [/quote]

What is your issue? I'm not "desperate to shove him in school." Kids go to school. It's kind of a thing, if you weren't aware. He's got to go somewhere.[/quote]

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