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[quote=Anonymous]New poster here.
While I think evaluation might be a good idea, I have a feeling that some kids are just not fit for public school with its traditional teaching methods. It may also be that they are late bloomers and would do so much better if they were held back a year.
My son is kind of like that, from what I see. He does pretty well when there is someone who can sit down with him and get things started- it seems like he can be overwhelmed by the mere grandiosity of the project. Then he pitches in, but he may need someone just to get the ball rolling. He has also developed resistance to things such as worksheets. He learns best if given new material casually, through play or discussion.
He is in K, however. It is near the end of the year that he started developing an interest in reading and spelling, while many of his peers are reading books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
We did have trouble with homework-not in school- on a rare occasion he hasn't finished stuff in class, he is pretty willing to finish it after bathtime to delay his bedtime :) - but in his second language classes. It has always been a struggle and I have taken him out of two classes because teachers were so keen on making him do homework. I am teaching him at home now and will enroll him in private lessons next year with a specific request of no homework.
I have a feeling that he is just a late bloomer. We shall see.[/quote]

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