This time last week, when we decided to up Hunter's math hours, I felt very overwhelmed about it! You know, Judie, from our past conversations, that teaching Hunter can seem like "pushing a large object up a hill". My intention moving forward is to cover as much material as possible, but keep things easy to understand. This means that I will not be going too deeply into the topics. For this week, my approach was successful. Teaching Hunter did not seem like "pushing a large object up a hill". He was engaged, and he exceeded my expectations this week. We spent 7.5 hours working on math this week. He worked for me during every session, with fairly minimal complaining. He completed the assignments during our class sessions, therefore I did not have to assign homework. I told him several times how proud I was with his performance this week. The other day, he asked me "Is Marcos really smart?" Yesterday, he had a chance to observe a little of the online Algebra 2 course I am doing with Olivia Charney. It is much more challenging than what he and I are working on. Today, Hunter asked me if we were going to be doing what Olivia is doing. He also asked if we were going to do Pre Calculus. I told him that I think he is smart enough to do Pre-Cal, but that it requires work outside the classroom, which he doesn't seem to be willing to do. I really wonder what is going on in his head. I'm being hopeful in saying this, but I wonder if he is wanting the challenge of the harder material. It would be AMAZING if he keeps up the hard work, and perhaps shows a willingness to be challenged more. I asked him once what his favorite subject was, and he said it used to be math.