rambling

Law has been struggling in his class

not with the work but with going to class in general.

He started his first couple days here just fine,

then it all went down hill.

He started saying he just wants to stay home with me

and even started crying everyday I dropped him off

which is SO unusual for him since in Gunnison he LOVED school

and was sad every weekend that he didn't get to go to school.

I thought it was just that he needed time to adjust 

so I just bribed him to be courageous.

And he's done a great job.

Then things started coming out -kids were not being nice to him,

the teacher wasn't responding to him when he'd ask for help,

etc. etc.

I emailed and tried talking to his teacher -to no avail

she doesn't write back and she doesn't really respond.

I noticed that on the days he was crying 

-if she would talk to him-

it was more of a downer situation

"why don't you want to come to school?"

"is there something you don't like? "

"things you don't want to do?"

in kind of a gloomy tone -making him feel even more sad about going to school

There was another teacher that would sometimes come out to the hall

and act so excited and upbeat and happy

talk about all the fun things 'we' get to do in class

and how exciting it was to learn new things.

I started thinking about the option of changing classes

I went back and forth thinking of all the pros and cons

and after weeks of debating I felt like

I should try to get him into that "other" teacher's class

I went in and talked with the Principal today

I felt more brushed off than anything

But she did say she'd talk to the teacher

and go in and watch how things went.

I'm praying that she'll see something 

that convinces her it would be a good option.

If not  I plan to keep at it if I don't see much improvement in him.

It's just been an overwhelming situation 

and after coming to that conclusion I felt so comforted that it would be the best thing

He's just got such high anxiety anyway 

that he needs a teacher to help him stay positive, relax, and feel comfortable.

I just want what's best for him.

I don't want to see him get stuck in this rut where he hates school.