Well it's been one hell of a weekend. Scouting in the outfield was a bust...just like the last time it was so disoragnized that we ended up leaving as soon as the game was over. Rather than deal with the kids being up until 4 in the morning, I brought them home and we set up our tent in the back acre Saturday night. Allison and her family came over and set up their tent too and we had a nice little camp out. It was a lot of fun except for the giant misquito bite I got on my forehead. Thing hurts.
Just got done cooking breakfast for the kids...FCATs start today. I think that it's about one of the worst ideas the school board has ever had. I'm sure standardized testing works great for Japan and such, but the thing of it is, places like Japan have a high value placed on education than we do. The reason these kind of tests aren't a big deal in places like Japan is because they are better equiped to teach and the students are more serious about learning. (At least, this is how I see it working so far) The fact that if you fail this single test in 3rd grade you don't pass on to 4th grade is total bullshit! It's just setting out kids up to hate school. Poor Patrick has a mouth full of canker sores from the stress of the past couple weeks trying to study for this test. I wish there was a way that as a parent I could say, no my son isn't taking this stupid test, but of course that's not the way it works.
Oh well...not much I can do about it other than help him study and pray.
Kay
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