Three Strikes

Well, they can't say I didn't warn them.  All of the teachers at school think Aliya is just *wonderful* and I made it perfectly clear that Adlani did not inherit the "Teacher's Pet" gene.  A) He's a boy, B) He's 10 months younger than Aliya was when she was in kindergarten, and C) He's Adlani. 

Yesterday we got the bad news three times that Adlani is being disruptive, not listening, and not following the rules.  I don't know if it was coincidental or a coordinated effort, but first the bus driver told Ben that Adlani had run off during the evacuation drill.  Then Adlani's kindergarten teacher called and told Ben what was going on in the classroom, which I later heard roughly half of.  Finally, his music teacher called and left a message that she had to have Adlani sit out of class twice for being disruptive. 

I honestly have no idea how to deal with this.  I think Adlani figured out that by adopting the "class clown" persona, he could get positive attention from the other kids by being silly.  The problem is that he's disrupting the class, he does little or none of his work during school, and I'm sure he's driving the teachers insane.  I asked our pediatrician why he acts this way with a group but is a completely different kid one-on-one, and he said, "because he doesn't have an audience when it's just the two of you." 

I'm at a loss.  I just hope he gets his act together soon so he doesn't end up repeating kindergarten.  I thought he was off the payroll. 
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