I had the same problem in school when I was little, sadly stupid teacher didn't recognize why I didn't pay attention (because I was bored obviously) and wrote it don into my school files.
Yeah, exactly, this. The Nephew's dad was labeled as behavioral problems and they wanted to put him in the 'special' class because they thought he was stupid. Turns out, he is freakishly very smart and he was just bored out of his head. No one at the school was paying enough attention and he ended up dropping out of school, which is such a waste.
After-school activities would be great for The Nephew - he could really use the extra socialization. But the school is all the way on the other side of town and my brother wouldn't have any way to go pick him up afterwards. What he needs to do is make friends with more of the parents of the other kids, so he could get someone to help him with rides and stuff. My brother doesn't do a lot of cool things like your mom did (everything you have ever said about your mom, she just sounds like the awesomest mom ever!) but he is very good when The Nephew asks him something that they go look it up on the internet together to find out the answer.
My mom talks to all kids like they are stupid. She doesn't talk to them like they are actual people, you know. It bugs me so much, because she works with kids. She worked in the school system for years and then/now as a child care worker and she treats kids (not just the way she talks to them but the things she expects of them) like they are babies. She freaked out the other day because my 12 year old cousin was climbing a tree. Kids do that! And he's 12, he'll be fine. But she freaked out.
And yet, somehow, all of us kids used to carry on conversations with adults like we were adult too. I don't know where we got that from if mom talks to kids like they are babies.
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Date: 2012-05-15 02:43 am (UTC)I had the same problem in school when I was little, sadly stupid teacher didn't recognize why I didn't pay attention (because I was bored obviously) and wrote it don into my school files.
Yeah, exactly, this. The Nephew's dad was labeled as behavioral problems and they wanted to put him in the 'special' class because they thought he was stupid. Turns out, he is freakishly very smart and he was just bored out of his head. No one at the school was paying enough attention and he ended up dropping out of school, which is such a waste.
After-school activities would be great for The Nephew - he could really use the extra socialization. But the school is all the way on the other side of town and my brother wouldn't have any way to go pick him up afterwards. What he needs to do is make friends with more of the parents of the other kids, so he could get someone to help him with rides and stuff. My brother doesn't do a lot of cool things like your mom did (everything you have ever said about your mom, she just sounds like the awesomest mom ever!) but he is very good when The Nephew asks him something that they go look it up on the internet together to find out the answer.
My mom talks to all kids like they are stupid. She doesn't talk to them like they are actual people, you know. It bugs me so much, because she works with kids. She worked in the school system for years and then/now as a child care worker and she treats kids (not just the way she talks to them but the things she expects of them) like they are babies. She freaked out the other day because my 12 year old cousin was climbing a tree. Kids do that! And he's 12, he'll be fine. But she freaked out.
And yet, somehow, all of us kids used to carry on conversations with adults like we were adult too. I don't know where we got that from if mom talks to kids like they are babies.