The Progeny
Halfway Between Quitting and Buckling Down
I realized when Loren handed me the letter that I had approximately30 seconds before meeting with either success or defeat.
It was the latter.
The scores arrived today from Ethan, Nolan and Trevor's tests and Ethan did fine.
Now I wait for the middle of July when I should be hearing from the Department of Education in Des Moines:
I may as well get started on my remedial plan, now. Just as soon as I figure out how to make kids reason
I'm pretty sure Trevor will come around when when his reading improves. And maybe we'll just hold Nolan back, a year. He already knew that was a possibility and that was the first thing he asked, "Do I get to go into 6th grade next year?"
"Wellll...."
Putting that small catastrophe temporarily behind me, I then received a call from our dental office saying that they'd called our insurance company and discovered the entire family had been dropped.
Yes, it looked like a jim-dandy kinda day.
When Loren came home I relayed the message and went back out to work the land. Personally, I find there is nothing like a little dirt to make you feel better.
As it turned out, the insurance company has to go through me, instead of Loren now, since they made him change to another type of insurance. We are still good to go.
In news of an escapist nature, I spent around 5 hours out in the garden, today. Though the woeful academic news would be enough to drive me to shovel, I already had an agenda due to incoming rain, tonight and tomorrow.
So this is what I got done:
--dug up a small plot for Carolyn to plant beets
--finished weeding the strawberries, 3/4 of which I did today. This included (almost) all the grass and dandelions, in the paths and amongst the berry plants.
--dug up another small bed and transplanted a few wildflowers. Plus, I set up three small tepees and planted all the rest of the sweet peas around the stakes. Threw another packet of carrots in three small patches, for good measure. Stuff is starting to take shape!
The dirt is literally ground into the grooves of my hands and fingernails and that means I'm successful at something.
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It was the latter.
The scores arrived today from Ethan, Nolan and Trevor's tests and Ethan did fine.
Now I wait for the middle of July when I should be hearing from the Department of Education in Des Moines:
"In reviewing your child's test scores, we see that...."
I may as well get started on my remedial plan, now. Just as soon as I figure out how to make kids reason
I'm pretty sure Trevor will come around when when his reading improves. And maybe we'll just hold Nolan back, a year. He already knew that was a possibility and that was the first thing he asked, "Do I get to go into 6th grade next year?"
"Wellll...."
Putting that small catastrophe temporarily behind me, I then received a call from our dental office saying that they'd called our insurance company and discovered the entire family had been dropped.
Yes, it looked like a jim-dandy kinda day.
When Loren came home I relayed the message and went back out to work the land. Personally, I find there is nothing like a little dirt to make you feel better.
As it turned out, the insurance company has to go through me, instead of Loren now, since they made him change to another type of insurance. We are still good to go.
In news of an escapist nature, I spent around 5 hours out in the garden, today. Though the woeful academic news would be enough to drive me to shovel, I already had an agenda due to incoming rain, tonight and tomorrow.
So this is what I got done:
--dug up a small plot for Carolyn to plant beets
--finished weeding the strawberries, 3/4 of which I did today. This included (almost) all the grass and dandelions, in the paths and amongst the berry plants.
--dug up another small bed and transplanted a few wildflowers. Plus, I set up three small tepees and planted all the rest of the sweet peas around the stakes. Threw another packet of carrots in three small patches, for good measure. Stuff is starting to take shape!
The dirt is literally ground into the grooves of my hands and fingernails and that means I'm successful at something.
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posted by Ma Hoyt | 9:02 PM
1 Comments:
Reading up on some blogs...so just now reading this post.
I have utmost confidence that their test results are no reflection of the quality of education your boys are receiving - some people are just "bad" test takers! And those tests even go through phases - some years they ask the most random questions about things you've never heard of in your life, and other years it's topics that you're familiar with.
I think standardized testing is over-rated anyway, just because everyone's different and thinks a different way.
Yay for a growing garden!
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