My heart just breaks for him. I remember when Wiz went through not wanting to go to school. We were lucky in the friend aspect, to a point, because I had made friends with a couple with 2 tomboy daughters who to this day adore my kids (the girls are about Wiz' age and think the younger two are just the cutest kids ever, and always did. The 2 girls were always happy to be with just Wiz though, and the younger of the girls was the TOUGHEST kid on the playground - some of the adults wouldn't talk back to her, even. Usually because they knew she was right and they were encouraging other kids to be mean little jerks - not kidding or exaggerating and not speaking about just aides, either.). When he was having the hardest time with teachers he could count on spending time with the girls at recess and after school. Their parents were "outcasts" to a point because they were NOT submissive if a teacher was in the wrong (this was expected - questioning the teachers' approach was met with HORROR and a lot of nastiness) and because the mom was a singer in a punk rock band and often had wildly colored hair. As if hair color meant anything, lol!!
anyway, Wiz at least had that little bit of bright in his day. I HATE that Wee doesn't. I really had hoped that with guidance from the group in Tulsa this school would at least treat him in a humane manner. in my opinion many people treat pets better than many of the people in this school, esp the principal, treat Wee! makes me wish that I could give them a bit of what they dish out. A BIG bit.
Is there ANYONE in your extended family who could be a buddy for Wee at school? Even if it is an older kid who just comes for a little while each day? I know that when Wiz can take time to go to something at thank you's school it means a LOT to him. thank you doesn't have many friends mainly because he is interesting in things his classmates cannot comprehend, much less discuss - and he doesn't understand what they are interested in.
Please tell Wee that he has a LOT of Aunties who think he is a really awesome, fun, cool kid - and if other kids can't see that, and the grown ups at school can't see it, well, we think they are just idiots. I have a VERY strong feeling that Wee is a LOT smarter than these people but has some roadblocks that mean he uses info differently.
I remember a line from an episode of Cold Case (the fiction tv show) where a little girl was being hazed by some classmates while they were all in middle school. The uncool girl's mom told her that this part of her life might not seem as fun and she might feel like an outcast, but if she could keep her sights on college things would completely change. In college SHE would be the cool kid because she had so many interests and was so smart. in my opinion many of our kids could use this. Jess is hanging on to that right now herself.
What kinds of things hold Wee's interest? Science experiments, craft projects, things he can do outside (thinking of the old nature craft type books like the FoxFire series - I think that was the name - too old for him now but that kind of thing?) certain tv shows, etc??? does he have an all-encompassing interest like dinosaurs or pokemon or spongebob or something? Maybe you could find some social activities based on those things.
If they don't work fast to help Wee they are going to turn him off education (formalized anyway) completely. in my opinion that is CRIMINAL for any educator to do to any student.
Please tell Wee that I like him... no matter what. And I wished he lived close enough to celebrate Halloween with us. {{{Hugs}}}
