The Story behind the Stories
When Jake was three, he was diagnosed with a nasal encephalocoele which required brain surgery. Ever since then, he has struggled to catch up academically, but his heart is one of the purest I have ever known. Because his brain didn't process well, he never learned stranger anxiety and most of the time doesn't fear anything. I started these as a way to remember all the things he says and does that are so very different from my other children. The aftermath of that brain surgery has been ADD and epilepsy, which he has also taken in stride. He is a joy most of the time, I only wish people could appreciate his uniqueness and spirit, rather than wanting him to fit into a mold.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Math Class
Jake is in a hurry when he completes any classwork. I am not sure if this stems from his desire to "not look slow" or if he just goes a mile a minute to complete teh task so that he can move on to something else. It has taken a lot of time this semester, graciously given by Justin, to make Jake slow down and recheck his homework. Even with all of our efforts, papers mysteriously disappear, homework is done, but doesn't make it back to school, things get muddled. And he is not passing 6th grade math - at all. We have made some adjustments to his schedule so that he will be in Resource ( a fancy politically correct name for Special Ed). Yesterday, he took his math test - the final one for this class. He studied all weekend, and he was actually EXCITED about taking the test - and he passed. Isn't that great, he whizzed through the final - meaning that the adjustments we made may finally be working.
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