My grandma called me tonight, for our daily chat. She takes my little cousins to school every Thursday and Friday morning. Today she went to the house to take them. The youngest, Trevor, age 8, is extremely intelligent for his age. He loves school, he is always reading. For Christmas we had to put a world map up in his room. This morning he told my grandma that he didn't want to go to school. The other day the teacher was having a discussion about global warming with the students. Trevor, voiced his opinion that he wasn't so sure that global warming really is occurring. Instead of accepting his opinion. She decided to make a smart remark saying, "Of course Trevor doesn't think there is global warming." Now from the one comment she made, all of the other kids say, "of course Trevor doesn't have to,because he is a genius." This really has been bothering him, he told my grandma that he doesn't want to go to school tomorrow. I am so sad for him, this teacher has a huge influence on a seven year old. The kid who once loved school, is terrified of going. So frustrating for me to hear.