Chapter 67
“Babe,” I said, “look at all the shit we have to plug in around our desk. Who knows what kind of devices we’ll be using in our new office five or ten years from now?”
“Point taken.”
MRS. GREEN HAD requested that we meet with her near the end of May to discuss Robbie’s progress, and when we arrived at the meeting, there were two other teachers present. She introduced them as the second and third grade teachers respectively and said, “We have a problem with Robbie, but let me hasten to add that it’s a very good kind of problem.”
“What do you mean?” I said.
“Robbie’s intelligence is way above normal,” she said. “He came to us with a somewhat limited educational background, and he’s progressed far beyond everyone’s expectations. The bottom line is that Robbie has been performing at a second-grade level for several months now and is almost ready to be moved ahead to the third grade, but there are a couple of areas that need work.