Tali, as frustrating as it must be for a teacher, Zayden is doing what we want him to do as an adult, and that is, not doing what other people want us to do just because they say to do it. By saying 'no', he is trying out a little power assertion of his own! I know, not helpful when you want him to go to school and be taught. There must be a way to harness his little independent spirit? I'm convinced that 'traditional' schooling techniques don't suit some kids and those kids are probably ones that would otherwise be classified as having ADD or ADHD. Montessori and Steiner systems may be better suited to him? They're not so big on having children comply with orders and teachers are more flexible with independent learning styles. Just my own thoughts on it.
It's funny, we all want our kids to grow up as adults who take sh*t from no-one, to question 'authority' and have their own opinions, yet we train them as youngsters for exactly the opposite! I often wonder if Oscar will be receiving this type of report card when he's in school...unless I can find a Montessori school for him (common as muck in Ireland and rare as hens teeth in Victoria!).
I guess a lot of us are starting to think about kinder? I haven't really been, but everyone keeps asking and I just shrug my shoulders! I mean, if I have to repeat any units then Oscar will be in uni childcare for a bit longer and they have a pre-school room there, so he can come in with me. Bit more expensive than normal kinder (though, not the kinder I would prefer to send him to), but it would suit him and save me on driving around on top of uni. There's a Montessori pre-school in Mt Evelyn and one in ****atoo, and I'm weighing up the travel costs (time, fuel and money) for both. It's too hard! Shrugging shoulders again...