Posts by Joseph Sanchez10

Drew Johnson2 said:He really struggles to ask for help—even from me... I’ve been working with a speech therapist for months just trying to get him to the point where he can say, "I don't know how to do this," instead of just freezing up and letting the tears well up in his eyes. At preschool, he's in a mixed-age group, and he tends to gravitate toward the younger kids or the little girls his age because his teacher mentions he has a hard time keeping up with the boys... they tend to pick on him for being a bit more sensitive or "babyish," and then he just retreats into himself.
If he hits a snag with something—and let's be honest, things go wrong quite often—he won't give up, he's incredibly stubborn about that, but everything is inevitably accompanied by a lot of crying.
We must have played about 5,000 rounds of Uno at home just trying to teach him how to lose without a complete meltdown...

On the other hand, he's quite independent in some ways; he goes to the corner store by himself, strikes up conversations with the cashier, handles the recycling, and walks to the trash bin without any trouble since it's right there on our street. He's perfectly fine staying home alone while I run errands. However, he won't just approach a group of kids he doesn't know to start playing; he's much more passive, waiting for someone else to invite him in.
Following a recommendation from his psychologist, he recently started an individual combat sports program, and I can see the coach making a real effort to praise him... he comes home from practice looking so happy, almost as if he's finally starting to find a bit of self-confidence.

It's like a perfect description of my little guy. 😁
The best word would be "babyish."
We actually held off on kindergarten for a bit because of his emotional maturity; he started at 8 years and 3 months, and I'm pretty sure it was the right call. He's still seeing a speech therapist and doing martial arts too. Like he says, "I'm the biggest one here, so nobody picks on me."

Dennis Gomez6 said:A colleague of mine went in for testing this past Friday, and by 4:00 PM that same day, he got an email saying the results were positive.
Is it normal that nobody has reached out to him since then to follow up on potential exposures or anything else? Is it just because it’s the weekend, or is this standard procedure?

Not sure how things work now, but back during the fourth wave, nobody called us. My mother-in-law tested positive, so we just self-isolated on our own and notified the family doctor, the pediatrician, and the school/daycare.
They probably can't get to everyone when the numbers are this high.

A recent UNICEF study on about 1,000 K-12 students found that kids who don't take religious studies get bullied the most by their peers. Coming in second was discrimination against kids from low-income families, then national identity issues, and finally religious minorities

Not sure if I copied the link right, maybe

And apparently, kids starting high school now want this whole new subject where they have to learn everything from scratch 😁

Daniel Chase13 said:😁

I don't think so—mostly because we already have plenty of alternatives available in high schools. In fact, about 82% of students in American high schools choose religious studies as their elective, while only 18% opt for an Ethics course instead.

So, if you look at what's actually happening on the ground, there isn't really any fear surrounding religious education in our schools. Honestly, I’m all for introducing more diverse elective options.

After eight years of kids going to religious studies in elementary school just because "that's what everyone does," or "I don't want them to be different," or "I don't want my kid unsupervised"...
it's kind of weird, I guess

That would basically just be a living nightmare 😁

I honestly wonder how many kids would actually show up for religion class if it was just another elective offered during the afternoon shift instead of the morning one.
Or, you know, if getting access to sacraments wasn't tied directly to whether they sat through those classes.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard parents say, "Ugh, let them just power through this year since they need their First Communion... once that's out of the way, we're done."

The SEC said they’ll be setting up supervised spaces within the school for kids who don't take religion classes, just like how things were handled before the pandemic.

I can't quite recall when, but I definitely saw this in an article last week—some statement from the Secretary regarding how schools are supposed to handle students skipping religion class.

Honestly, I couldn't help but laugh because my kid, who's starting 4th grade now, has spent the last three years basically hanging out in hallways or the library. It's fine, I guess; he's got friends so he's okay, and some of the other kids even tell him, "Man, you're lucky you don't have to go to religion class."

First signs popped up back in September, so I just jotted down how he was struggling... basically, things were fine at the start of the school year, then everything was okay with the second teacher through October and November, and now we're back to this.
Honestly, I don't even know when the meetings are scheduled. We weren't given any info, so I'll probably just have to head down to the school and talk to his teacher in person since there’s no other way to get a hold of them.
Thanks for the reply, I think I have an idea of what to say now. I'll ask 👍

Moms, dads, and experts 😁
Looking for some advice or just an opinion, whatever
Malac is in 2nd grade at his Elementary School, and he’s struggling with English—specifically homework
First semester is wrapping up, and looking at the online gradebook, there are five notes saying he didn't turn in homework and two more where he didn't study what he was supposed to
It wouldn't really be a "problem" if he were like this with everything else (well, maybe, but a different kind of problem). He remembers all his assignments and knows what to do for every other subject, but with English, he just can't get it
He says he doesn't understand the teacher when she gives instructions because she does it all in English. I try telling him it's fine to just ask her to repeat herself at the end of class, but it hasn't worked. He's a bit shy, and now he's already saying he hates English

The weird thing is, back in October and November, they had a substitute teacher, and during that time, all his homework was turned in and completed
And we aren't the only ones in class dealing with this. There are plenty of other kids who don't understand either and just don't even realize they have homework
Does it make sense to go in for a parent-teacher conference? I'm not even sure what I'd say to the teacher 😵
Does she see his other grades (from his regular teacher)?
She'd see that he usually handles all his responsibilities. I'm wondering if she's even noticed why he's missing so much work in her class specifically

Sorry for the long post 😁