I wish you'd go read this. I know I keep urging you all over to this guy. First of all, he's really a great, cynical wordsmith, and so good at healthy self-bashing. But the main reason is that he often is a step ahead of us, in both the real tasks and events of parenting and in analyzing his reactions to them.
Schuyler is, as her daddy has mentioned before, kind of a rock star in her little world. Rose seems to attract a following such as mascots attract. Schuyler is plucky and determined, and facing a world of increasingly steep academic slopes. She's just a year ahead of Rose, and as a third grader, facing her first standardized academic tests. Rose is also often off-task, often a victim of "normal" owies, often (REALLY often) defiant. And Rose's team has mentioned that in the spring, as she transitions from primary to intermediate elementary grades, we'll have to consider whether or not she'll take the typical state test (CSAP) or the test for kids with severe cognitive limitations (CSAP A).
Maybe this doesn't have a lot of meaning for you. Let me try to put it into context for you. In any given year at MY school, there MAY be one kid that takes the CSAP A. Or there may not. So it's a little bit hard to try and embrace that my little girl may be the kid that needs it.
2 comments:
Just think how challenging it would be if there wasn't a choice and she HAD to take the regular CSAP. At MG we had at least four kids that took CSAP-A--kind of hard to believe we had more than at your school!
Very thought-provoking.
Liz
xoxo
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