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I read your post and it reminded me so much of my oldest. He was getting depressed. I had been fighting teachers for years about medicating him for hyperactivity. I spent several 1000 dollars testing him when they wanted to put him in special Ed. Turns out that he had a very high IQ but had some true auditory and concentration problems. I put him in private school for a year and then we moved and he went to a very small public school (around 200 kinder to high) He got a lot of attention and really blossomed. When my youngest started going thru the same thing I pulled him out and home schooled. I wish I had known I could have done this with my oldest. The 1st is a career Navy and has had 5 promotions. The baby is in college and going to be a nurse. Some kids just are not public school material. They need a different way of learning. I wish you the best. You won't regret it. Be aware though that my came out of public school with no disciple regarding studying and that crying and throwing fits may be something you have to go thru for awhile until you get him settled.

I was about to flunk the second grade, because I was so bored I drifted off into day dreaming. My name would be called again and again, and it took a nudge from someone to come back to hell.

My parents objected to my flunking, and as a compromise, the school and my parents agreed to get me tested.

164 IQ.

Today, I would be medicated.

I was allowed to learn whatever I wanted to at home. I knew algebra in the sixth grade. And the poison content of the brown recluse. And pretty good chess moves. None of it taught by government schools, or parents.

Parents quickly forget the curiousity of children. They always ask, "Why?"

All you have to do is give them the tools, and information, and they naturally self-teach.

But frustrate them with years of "sit down and shut up," and you end up with drones. Their spirit is crushed, and then they shoot people.

Some kids just are not public school material

Cindy Dawg,

***Most***children are not public school material. Most would do far better in homeschooling. I recognize though that homeschooling for many is not an option.

Homeschooling is really the most natural and healthy way to raise a child to an academically and socially well-prepared adulthood.