Be Careful for what you wish for….

When we attended meet the teach night MB (Mommy Bacchus) was hoping for an older more mature teacher, because we felt that BJ would  respond best to a strong non-bending authority figure. When we met the teacher, the first question out of MB's mouth was, " So, how long have you been teaching?" The teacher's obvious youthful appearance had us concerned.  She responded with a perky, "5 years" and further explained that she will be out for six weeks on maternity leave and motioned over to a grandma-like woman to her right as the substitute teacher. We were giddy with glee and just knew this was the best situation BJ could have fallen into.

After three weeks of public kindergarten, we began to wonder how BJ's behavior had been since we had not received any feedback from his teacher.   No notes, color indications of how his day went, or anything was shared with us.  Then a week later all the trouble started. The substitute teacher was calling us daily to tell us how bad BJ was that day and that he won't sit still during class.  Turned out that BJ was bored and was well ahead of the rest of the class.  His relationship with the older teacher deteriorated and we ended up putting him in a private kindergarten.

A month has passed at the new school and BJ is finally adjusting well and got his first "A" on a spelling test. The public school was only going over color recognition and the spelling created a big enough challenge to keep him in check.  With the new baby coming soon, he will have to go back to public school next year for first grade.  Hopefully he will have time to adjust by then and will have a more pleasant experience.