About Yesterday's Post...

Most kids are still taking the ACT their Junior or Senior year. Miss-D was invited to participate in a special program sponsored by Duke University.

****NOTE: Mom, I am adding this little notation to point out my restraint…because your friends read this. There is a great joke here…something about an overzealous prosecutor, a skank and a dozen or so hypocritical professors. Thing is it is not yet 7am and I can’t put it all together without it being completely inappropriate….so you are welcome. ****

Anyway…this program seeks out children who scored well on the Stanford Achievement Test. I am guessing that they want to see how well these kids will do on a test that is not designed for their age group.

I looked at the prep stuff and the math section really worries me. To do well in that section you really need to have had Algebra, Geometry and at least Trigonometry. You can’t just read the question and try to reason out an answer. If you have never heard of the Quadratic Equation you cannot hope to recognize the situation in which it would be needed to solve the problem much less apply it correctly. Surely they do not expect these kids to be prepared to do math at that level.

The English and Reading Comprehension I get. She should be able to handle some or most of that. The science section seemed possible with a little applied logic and luck.

I am concerned that her expectations might not be realistic…I am worried but it was her choice to take this test. She does not seem the least be nervous or anxious about it so maybe my worry is for not. Perhaps she only wants to take it to freak out the older kids. She will be walking into the high school portion of her school Saturday morning to take this test with a large group of juniors and seniors. While they are digging through their wallets/purses to find their driver’s licenses to show proof of ID she will be flashing a year book with her 5th grade mug shot…I can see how that would appeal to her…