I went to my own parent/teacher conference

[Misanthropical]

My husband and I had a conference with the little guy's teacher and I swear it was like going back in time and going to my own. All the things she told us he does I did as a child.

I use to stare out the window when the teacher was talking.

I use to get so lost in my own thoughts that I didn't hear the directions and had to have them explained to me again.

I use to play with the stuff in or on my desk instead of doing my work.

I would often forget to do parts of my homework or forget to take something home to be signed even though I got on "A" on it.

It's very weird to be hearing a teacher tell me things about my son that my teachers told my mother about me.

[Hobbs]

My parents always say that the things we did as a child will be returned to us by our own children.

That may explain my mischeviousness as a child

[Gerrinson]

I did many of those things, too, as a kid.

The school actually put me in a part time program for students who didn't work as well in a 'normal' class room setting. It was a lot of fun and I learned quite a bit about fitting into a class room as part of it. You may want to see if the school district offers anything like that for your son. It was called the ODYSSEY program, the name changed before I graduated high school, but I don't remember the new name for it. And this was a good...15-20 years ago now? I'm getting old.

[jedimaster91]

I think you're thinking of a Montessory (sp?) program.

I was the same way when I was in school. Come to think of it, I probably could have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Inattentive Disorder*. My parents solved it by grounding me from everything except school until I brought my grades up. I was a slow learner, too. Took me until at lest sophomore year to get it together. Although I will admit to daydreaming all through my college algebra class. It was way too easy for me anyway.

*If you remember from your psych classes, there are now two types of ADD: Hyperactivity Disorder, which is more common in males, and Inattentive Disorder which is more common in females.