Carson

Today I had to call into Carson's teacher and ask the time for an activity. I asked her if there had been any problems, besides his ISS the other day, that I should take care of. She told me that she just loves him. She said that she loves his personality, he makes her laugh all day every day, he is polite, a great leader, and he is alway willing to help the others. She said that he is by far the smartest math kid in the class. At a round table with 8 kids, one being Carson, she was trying to explain a new math concept. She said the kids were REALLY struggling to understand, and Carson was just looking at everyone and saying, this isn't hard, just break down the numbers (too funny, because that is what I always tell him. Math is so logical to me, just break it down.) I thought that was awesome. When I asked Cars about it, he started telling me what they were doing like it was crazy they were even wasting time learning it. I was just so proud. He has a REALLY hard time with the tests. He cannot focus long enough to sit 1-1/2 hour for a state test. He just picks answers, and is not afraid to tell you that's what he does. His 2nd grade teacher said she would always have him on the back row so he could move freely without interupting the class. During their spelling tests, he would get up between every word. Open the door, spell a word, get a drink, spell a word, sit on his feet, spell a word, remove his shoes, spell a word, put his shoes back on, spell a word, close the door, spell a word... and on and on and on. What a WONDERFUL teacher!!! Carson scored as high as Carter on all of the new year testing, and even beat him on one. Carter takes being smart VERY serious, and tries his guts out. Carson said that he REALLY tried to take his time and do well. I was glad that he was able to see it paid off. He could care less though. Lately I have been thinking a lot about if maybe I need to medicate him while he is away from home. I cannot imagine being a school teacher and having to deal with 22 Carsons. I would go crazy. He really cannot stay focused for longer than 2 minutes. His primary teacher made him sit on her lap a couple of Sundays ago, and she said he has been a whole new boy since. It embarrassed the crap out of him (which I am not against by the way. If they deserve it and the teacher is at her whits end (do you sometimes use sayings but have no idea how to spell them, yah that was that one), I am ok with it. I think after the conversation today, Heavenly Father has blessed me with an answer for now. I've always known that he just has to be directed in the right direction, but I am so thankful for wonderful teachers who see his potential and help him acheive it. I am pretty sure Carson just has my same mind (crazy and all over the place) and I survived! He will too. He sure makes me mad sometimes, but how I love his spirit too!!! When he's good... he's unbeatable good!