Parent teacher conference

Last night we had our first parent teacher conference for Nathan, and Bruce came with me. His teacher said that he is doing very well academically but he needs to work on a few things. She said, "Nathan is very, very, very social" with emphasis on the last very. She also said that he likes to push everything to the limits and then she gave us an example. She said that that very day in class, she said, "Nathan, this is your third and final warning. The next time you will get your name on the board." She said that he was very well behaved after that. She also said that he doesn't like to be told what to do. She gave us another example. She said that the other day they had to work on their numbers. Nathan told his teacher that he did not want to work on it. She told him that it was not a choice, the he had to do the work or he could go sit out in the hallway by himself. Obviously he choose to do the work. To be honest, there was nothing surprising in what she told us.

She also showed us a paper that he did on the first day of school. A lot of his numbers were backwards. I asked if this was normal. She said it is, and not to worry about it until he is in second grade. I said that I questioned it because I know my brother had a learning disability, although it wasn't dyslexia. Bruce mentioned that he had reading problems as a child and she asked if he was dyslexic. He couldn't remember, but she told us to keep an eye on him.