I went to a parent-teacher conference today, and the teacher said that my daughter (6) is a wonderful child to have in the (primary) classroom but is extremely social, all day long, all the time. She consistently avoids work that is challenging in the least - for her, that's the map work and any sort of rote work (much of the math and grammar works). If it doesn't come easily, she won't do it. She's been like this for all three years of her schooling ...
I always thought a better teacher would be able to inspire more of an interested attitude, but no. Ah well. She tried, and she is a great teacher...she's provided many guided social opportunities (i.e. working with other children seems to at least interest her in completing some work, mostly math). She has plenty of fun games and tricks up her sleeve, yet my daughter is resistant, and tricky in her resistance ("oh you were about to give me a lesson on the bead frame...I forgot, I was just about to do some bean sorting...").
So I guess she learns how to wash tables REALLY well, and she is excellent at nutmeg grating. She enjoys school a lot, but sometimes says she's "bored" there...whatever!
Any ideas on this? She basically has no innate drive to do "Great Work" of any sort at school. We joked at the open house with her teacher, "So...we don't see the 'walking around and visiting' work here, which she said was her favorite work to do..."
I always thought a better teacher would be able to inspire more of an interested attitude, but no. Ah well. She tried, and she is a great teacher...she's provided many guided social opportunities (i.e. working with other children seems to at least interest her in completing some work, mostly math). She has plenty of fun games and tricks up her sleeve, yet my daughter is resistant, and tricky in her resistance ("oh you were about to give me a lesson on the bead frame...I forgot, I was just about to do some bean sorting...").
So I guess she learns how to wash tables REALLY well, and she is excellent at nutmeg grating. She enjoys school a lot, but sometimes says she's "bored" there...whatever!
Any ideas on this? She basically has no innate drive to do "Great Work" of any sort at school. We joked at the open house with her teacher, "So...we don't see the 'walking around and visiting' work here, which she said was her favorite work to do..."