Allison and Jacob started summer school on Monday. Jacob was signed up for this "Get Ready for Kindergarten" plan which was the full three hour time slot. I figured that I'd sign Allison up for three hours too (though the older kids go in one-hour increments). Jacob is so far having fun and meeting lots of kids who like superheroes and cars, though he doesn't know the kids names yet.
Allison's start has been rockier. She was signed up for Theater, Nature Detectives, and Primary Games (like kickball). She wanted Theater and Games - but the Nature one seemed to fit in the middle and we thought she might like it. Well, day one and neither Theater nor Games seemed to go well, the Nature one I guess did go well, but Allison was still not interested. The Games instructor even called me at home on Monday afternoon for a lengthy discussion on the issues. I got the impression (actually, I was told straight out) that this lady was the teacher and she was to be obeyed, and I needed to tell Allison that it was a privilege for her to be there. Well, a few minutes into this conversation and I knew there would be problems the whole time. Take two people (Allison and this lady) who both like to have control over a situation - and you don't get good things out of the other side.
On the one hand - the teacher is correct to have the authority over her class. On the other hand - if she is so hard-nosed that she can't find a way to be the adult and find a compromise in a confrontation with a 7-yr old on day 1, what can I expect on day 5 or 10?
So Allison is going to do just Theater (which apparently went much better on the second day). Hopefully, perhaps having just the one class to handle will work for her.
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