Ever since Ethan was in kindergarten I have been dreading this day- I have no idea why, but just seeing signs all over the school that advise you to be very quiet because state testing is in progress have given me the weird feeling. Maybe it is because I know that Ethan has to come a lot more responsible stage at his school career or just the reassurance that he is definitely growing up, or maybe even the fear of him not showing his full potential and doing what I did as a kid and always freeze up when it came time to take a test. But the day has come- Ethan has his PA state testing in 2 weeks! He is calm about it, looking at it like that will be just an other day at school. Me- not so much, I am a basket case, making the poor child take sample tests every day and lecturing him on right techniques about answering reading questions and writing little essays. In all reality my sane side of the brain knows that my little brainiac will do just fine- he didn’t miss a single answer on the 4th grade’s math quiz. But he is a boy, age 8 who has no patience to bother with any kind of creative writing, but even with that he is doing just fine most of the time. I am also in process for planning the breakfast menu packed full of protein and figuring down to the last second of what the perfect time should be to leave the house- he’s not going to be taking a bus on the testing days, I’m driving him to give him little pep talks :) . These are going to be rough next few weeks for Ethan and me, admitted that I am driving myself crazy and taking Ethan along for the ride of his mother’s madness. But I will keep you updated on how he did once he get the results back, that I’m estimating won’t be for quite a while.
Meditating Brainiac
He'll do fine Ieva. You've done a great job with him. He has always been super smart. Good luck Ethan but you won't need it.
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