I have a son who is VERY young for his class. His school has a September cutoff and he was born in late August. There are kids in his class who are a whole year older than him. All throughout his brief academic career, he has struggled and was diagnosed with ADHD for which he takes medication.
We just received his first report card from 2nd grade and it was not good. We had a conference with his teacher and the complaints are consistent; he simply cannot regulate his behavior to focus, and when he doesn’t understand something, he doesn’t ask for help. He is also in a language immersion program and I’m starting to think that this was a bad idea given his attention issues.
On the positive note, he is a phenomenal athlete for his age, and is very talented at soccer and flag football. He seems to enjoy an elevated social status from his friends because of his athletic abilities.
I’m thinking that we should hold him back in the 2nd grade, but change schools and remove him from the language immersion program. This way hopefully the social burden will be reduced. Holding him back will also give him an even greater advantage in sports, and hopefully he can use that to improve any lost self esteem.
Given all this, which do you think is worse, the social stigma of being held back, or the loss of esteem of not doing well in school?
Submitted November 04, 2023 at 03:50AM by Evening-Round-4067 https://ift.tt/a4ZiXbj
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