Betsy, I hope you can manage to help Will gut this out or find alternative solutions. It sucks that he's being made miserable by the teacher AND the other kids. Good luck.
DH is currently trying to get Owen to sleep so we can watch Lost.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 27: I'm Embarrassed for Our Kind.
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Cashmere - Nov 09, 2005 4:20:54 pm PST #3887 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Trudy Booth - Nov 09, 2005 4:21:11 pm PST #3888 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm betting that Will is so solidly in the Kids I Don't Like category that he didn't even notice the harassment
When I was half way through the seventh grade my Mother actually talked a teacher out of this. Seriously. I'm not saying its easy or definately doable, but it may well be possible. (and she has my eternal gratitude for that one, I had Mrs. K for two years straight. in English. the heartbreak of hating ENGLISH? It had been unbearable)
Deena - Nov 09, 2005 4:32:55 pm PST #3889 of 10003
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oh, poor Will. What everyone else said. Maybe there's a local group with whom he could play? The arts institute here has programs for children that aren't linked to the school.
Susan W. - Nov 09, 2005 4:35:44 pm PST #3890 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
(Infant spaces = really hard to find. Also, about as much a month as my mortgage.)
One of the reasons I went for this place is it has an infant room--a lot of the places we toured only take 1-year-olds and up. I figured we should go ahead and get into a place that takes babies, just in case we have another one eventually.
I know she'll be fine. But I expect it'll be a week or two before I can stop constantly wondering if she's OK.
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 4:37:02 pm PST #3891 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I expect it'll be a week or two before I can stop constantly wondering if she's OK.
That's about right.
Betsy HP - Nov 09, 2005 4:44:53 pm PST #3892 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
David, it's just forgetting.
However, when Will is in a temper, he is impossible to deal with. He shuts down cold and glares and refuses to talk. I can easily imagine that's what he's been doing in band class after being teased. He's an immovable force, and I can certainly understand why a teacher would say "no more".
Laura - Nov 09, 2005 4:49:14 pm PST #3893 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
I can certainly understand why a teacher would say "no more".
The teacher needs to work with you to find a way to make it work. I'm sorry that Will is having such a rough time. My heart breaks for him.
P.M. Marc - Nov 09, 2005 4:49:28 pm PST #3894 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
One of the reasons I went for this place is it has an infant room--a lot of the places we toured only take 1-year-olds and up.
What are their infant rates?
Betsy HP - Nov 09, 2005 4:53:29 pm PST #3895 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
My heart breaks for him.
Mine, too. He's trying hard to turn himself around, and I don't like the teacher telling him he can't.
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 4:57:38 pm PST #3896 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David, it's just forgetting.
I figured since you said he was enjoying the trumpet.
However, when Will is in a temper, he is impossible to deal with. He shuts down cold and glares and refuses to talk. I can easily imagine that's what he's been doing in band class after being teased. He's an immovable force, and I can certainly understand why a teacher would say "no more".
I'm just worried these issues would crop up again elsewhere in a different band or school. I know you've spent a lot of time and energy and counseling with Will on some of these issues already. It's encouraging that he's found friends and sympatico teachers at this school. I had similar difficulties in changing schools when I was about his age. Not so much the temper as being pegged an outsider and spending most of my middle school years in lonely nerd status. I was able to come out of it in high school.