I am also thrilled (but not surprised, I help out in class I've seen how well he's settled in) to see that Cherub received a glowing report for his first one ever.
I am even more thrilled to announce that the Climber, who had been mooching along with minimal effort for his first few years at school, has blossomed this year under the tutelage of a much stricter and bossier teacher with -as she puts it - high expectations. It's not that he's ever done badly, mind, he's always been right on target, it's just that this year for the first time ever he has started to do really well.
So much so that he's been doing the Extension Program in mathematics, which as far as I can gather is special coaching and stimulation for the clever-clogses. The thing that gets me is that I've just found this out. Surely a little note home to the parents wouldn't be out of the question, vis; Your child has been selected for the Extension Program in Subject X which means he'll do Y. Because if school thinks that the Climber will EVER tell me what goes on there, they are dreamin'.
