12/16/06--Tales of Andy Poe-Bowdren

So the other day, Kim & I ventured over to our local high school--the public one--to have a meeting with some of the school administrative types regarding Andy.
We were trying to get him some assistance for school---and primarily we were doing this with an eye towards him in college more than high school--because one of the main identifiers of Aspergers is a problem multitasking.  So, in Andy's case, he can sit and listen to a lecture in class, but if the teacher wanted him to listen AND take notes, he runs into problems.  So even though Andy is in a private school, to get some sort of public assistance for him we have to go through the public high school who we live nearest too.  So we get there early in the morning at the lovely Taravella High School being interviewed about Andy.
And the staff there (counselors, the school psycologist, etc) reviewed Andy's transcripts, a psycological profile on Andy....took a call from one of Andy's teachers for her impressions, and then told us.....uh....basically.......

That Andy's just too smart and we've done too good a job as parents.

Nice.

So essentially, if Andy was flunking....and if as parents we let him, ya know, run wild....
we probably would've gotten the assistance.  Uh, thanks for asking folks, but.....nope.

Later,
Jeff