Olivia has always struggled with math. She comes by it honestly, I suppose, since I had trouble with math as a kid, too. It's very frustrating for both of us because she doesn't understand it and I don't understand the way she's being taught.

I've spoken with her math teacher, her special ed teacher and the vice principal about Olivia's math grade, which is abysmal. They all assured me that the new way of teaching math makes it very difficult for parents to understand or help. Well, isn't that just fantastic.

When I spoke with her math teacher the other day, he mentioned that Olivia goes low a lot during his class, necessitating trips to the nurse's office. I went thru her pump and meter and she does sometimes go low in his class. Not regularly enough to change basal rates right now, though, of course.

I think when break is over, I'm going to do several things about this:


1. Have Olivia test and treat in class. Unless she's very, very low, she doesn't need to go to the nurse every time anyway.


2. Have Olivia check her blood sugar before math class starts.


3. Have the special ed teacher remind Olivia to do the check.

I think this is the only way I'm going to be able to get a handle on things. If she is genuinely running low during class, then I will adjust her basal rates. But I'm kind of worried that she might just say she's running low in order to get out of a much-despised class for 15 or 20 minutes. Either way, I need to get to the bottom of this problem and work it out.