grammarwoman | That's Monday for you

Every so often, I get asked to do some SQL retrieval or consult on a project I worked on before I moved to web development. Today was a host of item updates that I wrote up using Excel and my own formatting program. It's awesome to temporarily feel qualified to do my job. *sigh*

Not so awesome was another conference at the Emperor's school, this time around with the new teacher. She seems suited for the job, having lots of teaching experience, but not any with the micro society and leadership program that is the focus of the school. We found out that our enterprising capitalist has been selling his snacks for the micro currency, then turning around and buying temporary friends during recess so they'll let him play with them.

The teacher had to get me a box of tissues for that one. I'm still tearing up thinking about it.

About the only change that has been truly worth moving to this new school is the academic challenge of his new class. Everything else has left me feeling like we made the wrong choice.

I know that the rush of emotions is due in no small part to not getting enough sleep and being midway through my period. Which means I should go to bed.

G'night.

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We found out that our enterprising capitalist has been selling his snacks for the micro currency, then turning around and buying temporary friends during recess so they'll let him play with them.

That hurts my heart. Truly. I hope he can turn temporary friends into new ones.

Thank you.

It brought back my worst times at school, trying to be friends with people and getting shut out. I don't want him to have the reputation of being that weird little kid who's an object of ridicule with no friends.

Here's hoping things get better.

Yeah. I've been there, and it hurts. So I am very much hoping he can find some real friends. Or even just one bff. That can be enough.

Ohhhh, punkin. I hope he finds real friends - or just one, one is really all you need - soon.

That was part of the big push to get him into a gifted class, so he could be surrounded by kids like him and finally find a good friend. We've tried so hard set up playdates and get him into social situations, but no one seems to stick around.

And just to add to the snarl in my head, I can't help but think that things would have been better, friends- and socializing-wise, if we'd managed to give him a sibling.

I have something of the same problem with my kids, and I think it can be indicative of smarter kids - they aren't as adept at the social cues and social niceties, so they don't make friends as easily. Even in a class of "highly capable" kids, my son had a hard (and possibly harder) time because there was so much competition.

I hope things get better for all of you. Remind him that he's a great kid and any friends he might buy aren't worth it. True friends can't be bought.

Yeah, being both smarter and having Asperger's/ASD doesn't do him any favors on the social front. I'm hoping once he gets back into the swing of things with his social skills teacher, he'll remember all the hard-for-him rules (personal space, taking turns with the conversation, looking for signs of interest/disinterest) and smooth out his behavior around his classmates.

Thanks for the support. We keep telling him positive things like that, but I know how lonely it can be.

It's funny, the day I responded to this, the oldest kidlet came home and we discussed this very thing. He says it's hard to make good friends, and he feels like sometimes people don't really like him. I hugged him really hard and told him it's like that some times, but the people that DO like him are the ones that will always stick around.

It's definitely one of those "it gets better" issues, where it's so hard to tell your kid to be patient, that good friends will happen.

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