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kerosene · 04-04-2012, 08:45 PM

Standardized tests piss me off. I could have smacked my kid's teacher a couple of weeks ago. She had my son so worked up over the tests, he thought he might not pass 4th grade if he didn't get to sleep on time one night. It took close to an hour to convince him that he had nothing to worry about and the test wasn't for a grade.
Oh yeah, and he has yet to get a grade lower than an A- all year.

04-04-2012, 08:45 PM	#33
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Standardized tests piss me off. I could have smacked my kid's teacher a couple of weeks ago. She had my son so worked up over the tests, he thought he might not pass 4th grade if he didn't get to sleep on time one night. It took close to an hour to convince him that he had nothing to worry about and the test wasn't for a grade. Oh yeah, and he has yet to get a grade lower than an A- all year.