Posted by Dinah on June 11, 2005, at 10:42:46
Was about my son's placement in school next year. I must be more worried about the big move to higher elementary school than I thought. I dreamed he got a teacher that just didn't "get" him and consequently didn't like him. I was going to the principal's office and demanding a room change. :(
It's not totally unlikely. My son is one of those kids who many grownups just love. But if you get a gregarious teacher without a lot of sensitivity, they find my son annoying and baffling. I know they work hard on placement, and the counselor who understands my son was in on the placement. I was also honest with the school that I did not want him in a class like one I knew of in his last year's grade that was extremely competitive. One parent said that if you survived, you got the best education you could get anywhere. I don't want that.
You aren't allowed to say which class you do want. But his last year's teacher asked and I answered. However it's the class that everyone wants, and I just don't contribute enough to the school, timewise or moneywise, to get into the class that everyone wants.
Argggh. I'm probably worrying a lot more than he is.
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