Had a chat with my DS (8) teacher this week. Basically he's driving her nuts and she didn't have anything nice to say about him other than that he's bright and doing well academically.
Whilst I'm a little upset and a bit disappointed in the terms and manner in which she talked about him, I do have a lot of sympathy with her complaints and wondered if anyone has any tips on how I might help DS be less annoying to her and, in turn to us . You may wonder why it matters because he's doing fine but it matters to me that she seems not to like him and it matters to me that he's always been like this and getting older doesn't seem to be improving it.
He drives us nuts at home too and whilst he does have friends, a lot of his peers find him annoying cos he's a bit "me,me,me" and has to dominate everything e.g. at football, he has to be the one to kick-off, the one to take all corners/throws, the one to do 3 cheers at the end - you get the picture
Issues in class are:
- never stops talking
- calls out answers when it's someone else's turn
- finishes the teacher's sentences for her when she's addressing the class
- has to sit entirely on his own because he distracts others
- is over-familiar with the teacher and doesn't seem to respect boundaries, her position as an adult/teacher etc
- always rushing to finish - needs to be first to complete even if the quality of work suffers
- has to know what everyone else has scored in tests - very competitive
All of this has been an issue since Reception - so he's on his 4th teacher and none of them has managed to sort him out and neither have we despite constant reminders to wait while others are speaking, say excuse me etc etc.
All suggestions gratefully received....