DS15 has Aspergerger's Syndrome. One of the things that Aspies often have is a strange prosody to their speech; even though he's a native Texan, people talk about his "British accent." He doesn't actually sound British, but he certainly doesn't sound Texan.
Anyway, they transferred a bunch of kids out of one Chemistry class into another, and after talking to my son for a few minutes, his new teacher asked him, "When did you get here?" "Pardon?", he asks. "When did you arrive in this country?" said the teacher.
I'm trying to think of a way to approach this with the teacher. I don't really think it's necessarily an appropriate question to be asking any student early on, what with the current immigration debate, and all. I guess I'll wait until open house night in a couple of week; DS won't be there, so then we can talk about him.
Anyway, they transferred a bunch of kids out of one Chemistry class into another, and after talking to my son for a few minutes, his new teacher asked him, "When did you get here?" "Pardon?", he asks. "When did you arrive in this country?" said the teacher.
I'm trying to think of a way to approach this with the teacher. I don't really think it's necessarily an appropriate question to be asking any student early on, what with the current immigration debate, and all. I guess I'll wait until open house night in a couple of week; DS won't be there, so then we can talk about him.