the honeymoon is over

Ted did not last 3 weeks in school before I received a call from the principal.  He has detention this Tuesday for name calling.  These are high schoolers?  This is socialization?  I think I could have passed on this aspect of school.  Again, his mouth got in the way.

The night before the call, I was at the school to meet his teachers and see how he was doing.  He got rave reviews.  He is so smart.  He is a breath of fresh air.  He thinks out of the box.  He is so smart.  You get the idea.  He seems to have fit in and has had no problem catching up.  Granted he says the work is so easy.  He has more work to do than with Seton, but it is easy, busy work.

Tonight I go to the school to learn about AP classes and if he is able to get into them.  He has a problem in that there are certain requirements in this school district that he needs to make up.  There are 9th grade classes that they say he needs and he may not be able to take the AP classes after all.  Again, cross your t's and dot your i's.

Yes, there are lots of things he can do at the public high school.  The problem that I am seeing already is that Ted has learned he can skate right on through school and not even have to apply himself.  So much for a challenge.  The school system is there to let the kids that want to achieve, soar.  The ones that have learned how to play the system are just going to slide on through.  Things have not changed in that area.  My ornery opinion.

I will let you know what his class schedule ends up looking like.

Comments

[Barb McK]

and how many days did we spend in detention for speaking?? :) I am sure there is much to the story, there always is......

[Joan Holmes]

I agree with Barb's comment. We were just talking about Teddy and wondering how he was doing in school so I decided to check the dog and duck.