Bored with school

Now that Gael has been in school for almost two months, he has seemed to adjust and learn the rules of sitting still and listening to the teacher.

However, he seems to be bored already with school. At a recent PTA meeting (that we weren't able to attend because I was sick and daddy had to go do some important errands), we learned that they'd be doing still shapes and colors until the end of the second quarter!

Ha? e sobrang memorized na ni gael yun. In fact, at home, he insists that we already skip several pages of his books kasi paulit ulit daw na shapes and colors lang naman. E naituro ko na nga ang pentagon at hexagon, kasi bored na siya sa usual shapes. Sa colors, baka ituro ko na rin ang mga aquamarine, silver, gold, para madagdagan kasi bored na talaga siya.

Teacher also says they'd start reading third quarter pa. And not reading pa talaga kasi identification pa lang ng letters of the alphabet. E kagabi, before going to sleep, tinatanong ko lang si Gael ng beginning letters ng every word at kahit unfamiliar words (at hindi lang yung mga usually nakasulat sa flashcards gaya ng A is for apple, B is for butterfly) kaya na niya i-identify ang beginning letters kasi he knows the sounds of each one na (dahil nga marunong na rin siya magbasa ng three letter words matagal na).

My dilemma is, should I continue to teach according to gael's pace and interest even if it means skipping well ahead of class? Malaki kasi suspetsa namin that the reason Gael doesn't behave as much as he should inside the classroom is because he knows na yung mga tinuturo ni teacher. Pero pag di ko naman siya tinuruan, sayang yung opportunity na magcapitalize sa kanyang curiosity and interest.

By the way, we also learned from the last meeting that the teachers in Gael's school now has the habit of shouting at and pulling kids by the hand, much to the anger of the parents present.

So bukod pa sa reasons na mabagal sila magturo, at nilalabel nila agad si Gael, at dahil ayaw na rin ni Gael pumasok sa kanila last week dahil daw tinatakot siya palagi ni Master at ni Teacher, next year we are definitely changing schools, or homeschooling. Sabi naman ni gael he prefers "teacher-mommy" than his teacher now.