really!

Lighting a fire under his butt doesn't usually work. So when I tell him of an impending consequence, I do so out of fairness so there are no surprises. He does not do well with surprises. If I know something might happen, he knows too.

So when I told him on Monday that he's got the rest of this semester to pass his classes or I'm transferring him to a credit-recovery school, I expected tons of anger, bullying, but no changes on his part. Three days ago he didn't mention it much. Two days ago, he yelled "I'm not going to that &#*% school" a few times. Yesterday, he came straight home after school, CALMLY took out his notebook, and DID HIS HOMEWORK. He SHOWED ME THE ESSAY he was drafting. He ASKED ME FOR FEEDBACK. Astonishing. Who was this kid?? I just listed four skills that he has *never* shown at home. More incredibly, he was doing this for almost an hour on a very distracting day: Halloween, just before time to get ready for trick-or-treating.

All of this severely contrasts with his behavior just two and three days ago, which I can't even blog about.

Can he really be this good?

Really?

Really!

And yes, if you knew this kid, you'd think the ALL CAPS are warranted, too.