Say it ain't so

My boys brought home their report cards today from the third six weeks.

My eldest, who is bright, but has dyslexia and struggles through a birth defect and some emotional issues, made the A honor roll with nothing less than a 90! The second time out of three six weeks that he made the A honor roll. I'm very proud. He's doing it on grade level, too. The last school we were at allowed him to be out of control. He refused to take tests and they allowed him to sit in the corner and draw so he wouldn't have an outburst when they asked him to do work. Asked him! *shaking my head* They tried to tell me he was two grade levels behind where he should be and they put him in classes with the slow kids. We kept insisting that he was capable and he could do it, but they assured me he was not. They almost had me believing it, too. We put him in a specialized program at a new school and he is like a new child. It is hard for him because they MAKE him work. But, he does it and he is progressing. He is reading books now. Actually.reading.books. It is wonderful.

Hot Rod is in kindergarten, so they don't do regular grades, but he is on target with everything and a little ahead in the reading game. But, the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. His behavior: big X for controls talking. His mom's nickname in elementary school from the teachers: Mighty Mouth.