Pro: when we work together with absolutely no other people in the lab, no noises, no shiny objects, his attention span is pretty good and we can accomplish a lot.
Con: sometimes these accomplishments turn out to just be testaments to his amazing guessing skills.
Pro: he has to come in every day after school (part of a disciplinary final contract) so that means he can't just circle answers on everything he's given.
Con: sometimes after 9 hours I just want to go home...
Pro: He knows all his letters now (except 5)
Con: I still have to read every single thing to him.
Pro: He's a pretty good listener considering his attention span.
Con: He actually can't even look at a white page with black lettering. Apparently there is a disease called Irlens that causes the rods in your eyes to over-fire when exposed to different light sources. On the link above, you can find some examples of what the kids see when they look at a worksheet or a computer or a projector. It's pretty crazy to think about what it would be like to see everything so distorted. So, EA is being tested tomorrow for this, but all signs point to Irlens at this point: headaches when trying to read (which I usually scoff at as him making excuses), falling asleep while reading (which I also yell at him about), rubbing his eyes and blinking constantly, telling me how his eyes go all "googly" when he looks at his math homework. So fingers crossed, Irlens is it, and with the colored overlays (the quick fix cure) he'll be able to read like a champ....we'll see.
Pro: We sometimes actually have a good time together! Still, sometimes I want to strangle him for real.
Con: Irlens isn't the only disease he's got: swine flu, lice and ring worm. Holla!
I guess this has to be all for now because EA has run me down for yet another day.
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