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<blockquote data-quote="no one gets me" data-source="post: 566933" data-attributes="member: 15610"><p>I don't think he's stimming, although I had never really given that much thought. It is more a way to be defiant. Like the way a child will become a wet noodle when you try to pick them up and they don't want to be picked up. He's a bigger kid, so he knows it is hard for anyone to force him to do what he doesn't want to do if he gets on the floor. He does have a tendency to pace though, and again, never thought of it as stimming, but it makes sense now.</p><p></p><p>He has only done that once with me, and it was in a bagel shop. I just ignored it and walked out the door. He got up and followed me and has never done it again. He's a good button finder and pusher. He knows how to get under your skin and he really seems to seek ways to do so. I have always believed the issues at school are from boredom. He is such a fast learner, and the ridiculously simple homework sheets he brings home make me sick. He wants harder things to do, so I give them to him. He has a math workbook at school that is above his grade level that he can work in after he has done his class work. I understand that they have to give the kids the building blocks so that they will be able to do advanced math later, but it really bothers me that they are more concerned with how a child gets to the answer as opposed to that they can get to the right answer. Maybe we'd be higher in ranking in the world in the US if the focus on math was changed to help student find a way that makes sense for them instead of insisting that they do it a certain way. There is no way I can help him with his math now because I wasn't taught to do it that way. Its a subject I will be bringing up in parent teacher conferences.</p><p></p><p>Joy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="no one gets me, post: 566933, member: 15610"] I don't think he's stimming, although I had never really given that much thought. It is more a way to be defiant. Like the way a child will become a wet noodle when you try to pick them up and they don't want to be picked up. He's a bigger kid, so he knows it is hard for anyone to force him to do what he doesn't want to do if he gets on the floor. He does have a tendency to pace though, and again, never thought of it as stimming, but it makes sense now. He has only done that once with me, and it was in a bagel shop. I just ignored it and walked out the door. He got up and followed me and has never done it again. He's a good button finder and pusher. He knows how to get under your skin and he really seems to seek ways to do so. I have always believed the issues at school are from boredom. He is such a fast learner, and the ridiculously simple homework sheets he brings home make me sick. He wants harder things to do, so I give them to him. He has a math workbook at school that is above his grade level that he can work in after he has done his class work. I understand that they have to give the kids the building blocks so that they will be able to do advanced math later, but it really bothers me that they are more concerned with how a child gets to the answer as opposed to that they can get to the right answer. Maybe we'd be higher in ranking in the world in the US if the focus on math was changed to help student find a way that makes sense for them instead of insisting that they do it a certain way. There is no way I can help him with his math now because I wasn't taught to do it that way. Its a subject I will be bringing up in parent teacher conferences. Joy [/QUOTE]
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