DeckTheIceWithDragonsAndHolly ·
26/11/2010 11:28
Ds is very bright, self motivating and obsessive wrt learning generally. Always has been. But this year we have a problem. he isnt doing the work. This is frustrating both me and his teachers. I know he can do the work, his teachers know he can do the work. But there is virtually nothing in the book. His teacher is having to keep him behind at break to get anything written down. And in her words "its not because he cant do it, because the minute the other students have left the room, he does the work very quickly".
I am concerned because his writing skills are typically boyish and not that great. But because he is refusing to do the handwriting practise it is nearly impossible for him to improve. Is there anything thing that can be done to improve the situation? Any thing that i can work with the teachers on. I have already told him that it doesnt matter if i know what he can do or his teachers know what he can do, because the person who lets him do the harder and more exciting work can only see what he can do from his book. And his book says he cant do very much.
Stupid thing is that he loves writing about space stuff at home and as long as it is space orientated you can get tons and tons done. its not neat or that neat writing wise but it is writing. Is this just a case of bright child being bored and stubborn or it this bright child who is a perfectionist who refuses to do something they find difficult? Or yonug maturity refusing to focus?
He is a yr1 in and yr1/yr2 split class. But volutarily completes the yr 2 weekly homework. mostly without help, and any help he gets is in focusing/instructional - eg comprehension exercise = reminders that he nneds to use the text and not his life experience to answer the questions.
Any ideas anyone?
TIA