Lori, why wouldn't people be looking at him?

Btw, thank him for what he does on his Patriot Guard missions. That could be one reason people were looking at him, too; wondering if they should go thank him in person.

Thank you. I will tell my husband who is a Vietnam vet, a former army first sergeant, very strong and extremely smart. High intelligence was a job requirement for what he did in the army. I met some of this small group of people that he once worked with in Vietnam. They all seemed scary smart.

He believes what he is doing is important and so do I. My son and I sometimes go with him to visit veterans centers, but we follow him in the car. We had the opportunity to talk to people who served in World War II and some of their stories are very interesting but it is hard to understand some of them when they speak. I think my son's experience with his grandmother helps him figure out what they are trying to say. That intuition of his is definitely an asset here and the fact that my son loves military history helps also.

You would think a former army first sergeant might insist that his son do everything he is asked to do in VBS in spite of the disability, but he doesn't. He is very supportive of his son and considerate of his feelings. I think my husband would have been a very good teacher and in fact, he was chosen for this last supervisory job because he has the ability to watch people and see how they learn best and then teach to their learning style. He was never trained as a teacher. He just uses his intelligence and common sense.

What an interesting topic- I love reading everyone's posts - I have been wondering the same thing -my DS5 just does not seem to make a connection with anyone in his classroom (he is right now the oldest child)and I was wondering about whether or not I try to push get togethers with the others in his class. Last year, there was a girl in his class for about 6 months who was a year older than him and they were best buddies and were basically inseparable - they would carry on long conversations and they both loved math and science -when she left to go onto K at the end of the year last year, he was really sad and went right back to being one of the few children who tends to play by himself in the classroom. When he gets the chance to be around 7-8 year old kids, he fits right in socially and completely brightens up. I was SOOO happy to see that this summer, some of the teachers at his preschool are having their own children come to the school during the day because their elementary school is out for the summer. My little guy became best buds with an 8 year old little girl who is in the other classroom - they both love all the same thing - again math and science- and when the classrooms combine together in the afternoon they get to hang out. For the past week, when I come to pick him up, instead of seeing him playing by himself outside he has been with his new friend just talking away non-stop together with big grins on their faces. He finally has someone that he can talk with on his level who is interested and understands what he is talking about.