I struggled in primary school 47 out of 50 only because the other 2 were in bostal, things changed when I went to secondary school ( Lourds).
They gave us 15 periods of PE because they didn't know what else to do with us.
I think the theory was if we tired ourselves out @ PE it would stop fighting in class.us
I actually came 1st in the last year only because I could spell my own name, I was so disappointed when I went up on stage to receive my prise not only wasn't it the Beanoooo this book didn't have any pictures in it.
However after I left school (in Oz) I went to night school where things started to fall into place. It allowed me to serve a apprenticeship as a toolmaker, maintenance fitter at J&J, elected a fulltime union organiser, a financial planner for union members.
My biggest buzz was conducting a retirement seminar for teachers (Teachers Federation) I thot if my primary teachers could see my now

The moral of my story is maybe normal education is not what works for ALL kids and if they are happy in who they are thats the most important. HH