report card

I don't think I have ever shared ALL the real details of what goes on with Calvin at school with anyone besides Dave and Dan - since they live with him they know what he's like. Plus we can all laugh together at some of the crazy stuff that goes on. Most everyone else is too horrified to handle the full truth!

Well, I am going to share some of the nitty gritty here today (for my records). I will copy verbatim some of Calvin's report card.

Since joining the SDC class in 11/28/2011 . . .
Calvin had 239 instances of profanity usage (verbal and written), 275 instances of distracting noises made during periods of instruction, 174 instances of throwing items, and 290 instances of hitting/kicking others. He ran out of class 12 times.

Academically, Calvin does fine, although he is not working to his potential because of the above behaviors and suspensions which cause him to miss school.

I would say that his behavior has probably gotten worse since he started this class and he doesn't seem to be making the improvements anyone would hope to have and that is why we'll be chaining schools. My hope is that a year from now those numbers will be in single digits.

Since we get a daily behavior report we knew all of this was going on and kind of had to chuckle at the fact that his teacher sat down and counted all of this up.

One of the differences we will see in the school we are hopefully moving to is that they do not send home as detailed behavior reports because as they said, "our teachers do not have time for copious notes." The man power required to take such detailed notes is man power that will be better used teaching and working with the kids - providing assistance and support minute to minute.