Theories Unplugged

The preschool called this morning, so we all moseyd on over there to get Shane evaluated (again) to see if he qualifies for the free preschool. He was feeling stubborn all day today, as evidenced by the scratch on his cheek from the cat- I repeatedly told him to put the cat down and leave him alone, did he listen..... noooooo... boys!
Anyhoo... it was rather funny. Shane was everything but attentive to the teacher. That ADD is kicking in already. The ever-present job of big brother was getting in the way for part of it (neither mom nor dad wanted to miss what the teacher was saying and asking Shane to keep track of what Austin was getting into- so Shane did) Surrounded by toys is NOT the best way to focus a 3 year old, any 3 year old. He did better on some things and worse on others. In numbers, he got 54/100. They weren't sure how much was inability and how much was "non-compliance", I tried to tell them that he's shy and stubborn. The Hearing Test was an absolute fiasco. Brett was put in charge of escorting that event and he said Shane freaked at the onset- would not let them put hte head phones anywhere near his ears. Poor little guy came back in to me with tears on his cheeks looking utterly pitiful. Luckily, they did that at the end of the appointment.
They also tried a Vision Test. Ha. I'd never seen a kid's vision test before so that was interesting, but Shane did a few and then just started playing (in my opinion). The teachers came back with avery bad score and suggested we take him to the eye doctor to make sure there weren't any problems. Brett has a different theory. As in almost all vision tests, they started at the top of the chart (making sure Shane recognized the pictures and could match them up with the ones he had in [Brett's] hands. Brett's thought are that Shane is so smart and quick that he gets bored with thier dumb base building questions and stops playing thier games. Instead, lets himself get distracted and play his own game. Brett thinks it's silly, but I'm going to look into what insurance has to say about when to start vision tests.
Part of me thinks that maybe Brett is worried that Shane has my vision problems (in addition to my coloring, family facial features, temperment, etc.) I too would be a bit sad to see my boy in glasses (he doesn't like things on his face or near his ears- could be problematic) but I also know the frustration of not being able to see clearly- something that Brett has never experienced.
Oh, well..