A good report

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Hi,

all these problems in schools makes me realise how lucky I am with Tim.

I've had hiccoughs but they have been put right, even the ones where my

hormones meant I over reacted and nearly ruined good relationships. Happy

to report they are back to normal and in some respects better.

We had a teacher/parent consult last night. I have been getting really

wound up over a lot of stuff lately, on overload for one reason and

another and also precariously near to toppling into a seroius depression (a

long standing problem that rears up now and then and is the reason I have

been somewhat volatile with many people) so when I got a list of naughties

that tim did one day last week I went home, blasted tim and then sobbed for

hours, sobbed to a long time good friend who advised me (she being a teacher

herself) to tell the teacher that i don't want to hear any more naughties

becoz I can't cope right now but to wait until I had got rid of the PMT!!

So PMT gone I told the teacher last night that I really really WANT to know

EVERYTHING that tim does at school but that I really really don't NEED to

know and please can they not tell me anyting unless its something that they

would tell another parent (except the good stuff, i still need to hear

that!!). She straight away, said that absolutely they should not be telling

me this stuff and that they don't do it to others and that yes it might be

making his behaviour worse and no I am not a dreadful parent and they know I

want to know and am really pleased that I am admitting I don't need to

know!! They have always told me before becoz I have always wanted to know

and have often asked for this info, but now it is given more than I ask for

it. She was really pleased I asked her, I was really pleased with her

response and HALLELUJAH, he had a GOOD day at school today!! Well, school

trip anyway!

And finally, a brag. Tim took a Kumon level 7a (the bottom level)

certificate to school yesterday to share in assembly. (he had to know

numbers to 10, count 1:1 correspondence to 10, recognise certain dot

patterns to 10 and match number 1-30 on a number board to get this cert, we

are now doing the same up to 30,). Anyway, limelight over he went up to the

teacher and said " hold my certificate Mrs. A****** " and she understood

everyword! She was so pleased becoz she finds him very hard to understand.

Sue Wong