Originally posted by cariblue
I'd be making the teacher carry some of the responsibility on this.
Originally posted by tlatchaw
Ahh, so PF in PFgal is "Pete's Favorite" I see. Really, watching you guys carry on is like a soap opera.
I will have to check and be sure that him finishing first is the case. I do know she says he misses directions because he is yapping, yet he gets on all the papers he brings home. I wold like to think he is an Einstien and that it is too easy and he is finished first and is bored but I am not 100% sure that is the case. I need to sit down with her and develope a coordinated assault plan. I think the desk seperated from everyone will work. 1. It gives him no one to talk to and 2. It alienates him from the rest which he WILL NOT LIKE. Maybe that will inspire him to STHUOriginally posted by citysherry
Pete, it's the teacher's responsibility to ensure that every child is on task at the appropriate time. The teacher needs to make sure your boy is engaged properly. Obviously, if you son is finished his work well prior to the rest of the class, then the teacher needs to make adjustments. Of course, you need to make sure that your son respects the teacher's authority and classroom rules.
Originally posted by tlatchaw
Ahh, so PF in PFgal is "Pete's Favorite" I see.
Originally posted by Pete
Come back to Pete..............
Originally posted by kwillia
Pssst... Geez, RR, we all know the only reason you are laughing is because you know you are really Pete's favorite.
Only because I let him wear my clothes...Originally posted by kwillia
Pssst... Geez, RR, we all know the only reason you are laughing is because you know you are really Pete's favorite.
Originally posted by IM4Change
I cannot chit chat with my co-workers all day long and expect to get anything done.
Originally posted by sleuth14
but chit chatting on the forums...
When I was a kid, the teacher would ask to move my desk all the time. I was one of those kids that wasn't challenged enough. Nobody made fun of me for not sitting with the rest of the class. These days, people are too quick to worry about what others will say. If it works for your kid, do it, everyone else be damned. Kids make fun of kids, thats the way it is and always has been. I didn't have and IEP and I turned out fine. Like it's not gonna alienate the kid even more to have and Individual Education Plan?Originally posted by citysherry
Definitely talk to the teacher in depth and go from there. Personally, I wouldn't like for my child to be ostracized from the rest of the class as a means of solving his talkativeness. Elementary age children can be very mean to any child they perceive as different. At his young age positive reenforcement still works. After talking with the teacher, if you're not satisfied with how she wants to handle the situation, you can request that an IEP [Individual Educational Plan?] be developed for your child. This would especially be beneficial if its determined that your son needs to be challenged more effectively. I had this done for one of my girls in Kindergarten, she could not sit still, even when on task. It was determined that she should be allowed to stand at her desk or sit on the floor as long as she stayed on task and finished her work. Good luck.
Originally posted by Ehesef
If it works for your kid, do it, everyone else be damned.
Dontcha know we have to coddle the kids now days so we don't damage their self-esteem.Originally posted by Ehesef
When I was a kid, the teacher would ask to move my desk all the time. I was one of those kids that wasn't challenged enough. Nobody made fun of me for not sitting with the rest of the class. These days, people are too quick to worry about what others will say. If it works for your kid, do it, everyone else be damned. Kids make fun of kids, thats the way it is and always has been. I didn't have and IEP and I turned out fine. Like it's not gonna alienate the kid even more to have and Individual Education Plan?
Originally posted by Sharon
bad kids out in the hallway (desk and all)?
I don't know if they still do or not, but they did when I was in Elementary school. Not so much the corner, but out in the hallway. Or the bad kids had to stay inside either with the teacher or in the library during recess. I didn't get sent to the hallway until high school. And 5 years later, I still don't think I deserved to go...Originally posted by Sharon
Do they still put bad kids in corners and really bad kids out in the hallway (desk and all)?
And that's how you end up with people like a certain someone on this board.Originally posted by Sharon
Dontcha know we have to coddle the kids now days so we don't damage their self-esteem.