Yea! 3rd Grade at last!!!
Things are going really well. Both kids got the perfect teacher for them.
Kailey is happy that she gets a desk , and structure, and set times for subjects...She has even made a new friend - Hannah. I doubt Hannah will ever replace Mia, but she's a nice friend to have for now. I got to meet Hannah's Mother at Open House and she is trying to get a playdate together, which Kailey hasn't had since we moved here...
Colby has a desk and structure, too. But more importantly - he has a teacher with rules and expectations for him and he seems to be thriving on the challenge. He's also not "Colby" this year - he has decided he wants to be just "Bryan" and since neither his teacher nor his new classmates have ever heard differently - it's working out pretty well for him. I noticed last year - whenever he needed to write a story with a main character - the character was always 'Bryan'. It was like an alter-ego for him...'Bryan's' love interest/best friend was always 'Kayla' as well...Poor kid! He misses her so much!
So far,though, BRYAN'S getting along OK with the kids in his class.
Even though they are in regular classes this year - the work is still behind the level they were at. For example, Bryan's teacher is starting "fast math" - timed simple addition and subtraction skills. Bryan, on the other hand, had been doing "Rocket Math" at Oak Mtn ( an AMSTI school) since 1st grade. The spelling words are too easy, and the books are boring, but after reading assessment in a few weeks - they should have harder book choices.
I'm not stressing so much about the school curriculum this year - if Steven ends up getting what he wants to do - we won't be going back to the States anytime soon. THEN, hopefully,education -wise they'll get back to where they need to be.
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