Aidan can not read very well, he struggles to concentrate, and he knows how far he is behind his peers, he is very intelligent and must spend large parts of each day bored silly in class.
However he has always willingly headed out the door to school every day, not a whinge, moan or question. We have never been through any kind of issue where he tries to skive or get out of school. His attitude has always been exceptional, he tries hard at school and tries to follow instructions.
Despite his problems I think all of his previous teachers loved having him, and would fight to teach him again. This may all sound like "proud mother syndrome", but he really is beyond great.
I could actually count the number of times he has been told off by a teacher over the last 6 years on one hand. I get regular stories of his friends losing their golden time or getting multiple detentions, but never from him.
Sadly this has all started to change, over the last couple of months he regularly moans about being bored in class. He will do anything to get time out of school, he just seems to no longer get any joy out of even the subjects he once loved. In fact over the last few weeks he has come home with more and more stories of the teacher telling him off, or telling him he is not trying hard enough.
I am not a mum that goes rushing into the school over every little issue, but sadly after talking to him I think its time to go in for a little chat. I don't have a problem with his teacher I am sure she is great, but she does not seem to understand him or "get" the extra input that he needs.
So watch this space to see what happens next.....
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