I think most schools are illequipped to deal with kids that fall outside of the norms.
I remember back when Aaron was in 8th grade, his English class had both the parents and the kids read the same book. They then had a discussion with both the parents and the kids about the book. My husband is the one who read the book and attended the discussion. When he came home, he told there was one kid who was disruptive, kept calling out things and was a general pain. Then there was this other kid who had these amazing insights into the book -much more advanced than all the other kids.
Both kids, of course, were Aaron. Not suprisingly, we used to get phone calls about him constantly. But after the complaints, they'd end it with "but he's so bright that in the long run he'll be fine." Huh? Then don't call me to complain.
Fortunately Aaron was able to figure out how to study once he got to college since I don't think he ever really bothered prior to that.
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I remember back when Aaron was in 8th grade, his English class had both the parents and the kids read the same book. They then had a discussion with both the parents and the kids about the book. My husband is the one who read the book and attended the discussion. When he came home, he told there was one kid who was disruptive, kept calling out things and was a general pain. Then there was this other kid who had these amazing insights into the book -much more advanced than all the other kids.
Both kids, of course, were Aaron. Not suprisingly, we used to get phone calls about him constantly. But after the complaints, they'd end it with "but he's so bright that in the long run he'll be fine." Huh? Then don't call me to complain.
Fortunately Aaron was able to figure out how to study once he got to college since I don't think he ever really bothered prior to that.