::update:: child is two weeks into kindergarten and the teacher already suggest he needs to repeat and has ADD

First of all thank you for all the responses! After a few days of thinking about this long and hard, I realized what the root of the issue was!I deleted the post, but to sum things up, I was an over emotional parent about the fact that my 5 year olds teacher suggested he needed to repeat kindergarten and needed to be tested for ADD because of the following reasons.1) he daydreams 2) he didn't complete a worksheet 3) didn't even try to complete a task which is pertinent to kindergarten. (Couldn't draw a picture that has a story)I was over emotional because for one I know he is capable of completing his work and drawing pictures to represent a story is one of his favorite activities. And for 2, I was mis diagnosed as ADD as a kid and being medicated caused me a world of more troubles. I was also stressing out because "I didn't see this coming." I couldn't understand why his teacher was quick to worry about him when I have seen incredible improvements at home. He had never shown an interest in letters and was quite behind, yet still at entry level for kindergarten. Turns out that is a key component to why he was not completing tasks I knew he was capable of. When I asked him why he didn't do this or didn't do that, he responded that "he was tired." I couldn't wrap my head around this statement, but now it all makes sense.Kid was in fact, tired. I'm a university student and I know first hand that learning is exhausting, but for some reason it never occurred to me that learning could also be tiring for a 5 year old. He has made such an effort to catch up with his letter sounds and sight words that when it came around to doing an activity he knew he was capable of he was exhausted and opted out.I've been working with him after school which has helped take some of the pressure off and has definitely led to improvements. All he really needed was some extra one on one time to get a hang of the basics. I can also understand why his teacher didn't notice this as the problem originally. My kid is definitely proud and has a "fake it till you make it" personality and with a class of 20+ kids I'm sure he didn't make it apparent that he wasn't as advanced in the subject as the other kids. This is definitely partially my fault. I put him in a school that has the highest numbers in the district, but didn't work with him on letters. I have always spent the time working with him on subject he enjoys (math & science) believing he would learn the rest in kindergarten. I now understand to enjoy & succeed in subjects that you love you can't be struggling in another area. (Again, I'm a university student, I know this by now!)I'm still minorly upset his teacher tried to offer up a diagnosis only a couple weeks in. After all, I am getting my masters in psychology and suggesting a diagnosis while not licensed is a big "no." Especially in a public school setting where there is a protocol for these types of situations. regardless, I'm going to let this one go and work on keeping an open mind in the future. The problem and solution now seem stupidly obvious and my emotions and stubbornness definitely got in the way of this one.Just want to say thanks /r/parenting! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2bdjC26