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    oh ick ick ick on the 401K comment.

    Master of none - 99% is really smart!

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    Originally Posted by incogneato
    I heard a parent talking about their sports talented kid as their: "Little 401K". Yuck!

    A friend played walk-on baseball for a large, well known college team. He was a starter his Sophomore through Senior years, but never went into the minors, though he had offers.

    One of his sons can throw a ball very, very far, but he is not pushing him into anything. He talked a lot about parents who spend 10-20K a year on sports for their kids, and how "Can you imagine if they just put that money into savings or land, what they would have when the kid is 21? They think their kid will break into the majors, but that will never happen. The kid may get onto a college team, but that is it."








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    Oh Skyward, sorry. I hope I didn't offend you.

    My DD 27 mos. has had a monkey backpack leash since she could walk. It is her only beloved toy and she loves wearing it. Have you ever seen a child standing in their stroller with their straps on as tight as they go? Our DD never tolerated the stroller.

    As for keeping DD with us... forget it. The leash is to keep us with her. lol


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    Back to bragging... wink

    I've been giving DS7 the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) this past week. It's all a walk in the park since I'm not testing above grade level (a choice I find myself regretting AGAIN this year... <eyeroll at self>).

    But he and I had both been bracing ourselves for the timed math test. This is not his strong suit. This is the kid who practically broke out in hives when faced with a timed multiplication table test at the beginning of the year. He is deep but not fast, and he really doesn't do well with the pressure of a time limit.

    So we got to the timed math portion. Before he took it, I was already consoling myself with "Well, he has done a near-perfect job on everything else on the test. So what if he blows this one subtest? No big deal. We know he's not fast."

    HA! grin

    The kid had finished all the problems with 3 minutes to spare...out of just *8* minutes total! I'm not sure I could have done it that fast! He did much of it in his head, too, the child I have always said is so visual and always needs to write things down! And unless my math was wrong, I think he got them all right, too!

    What an improvement! I'm so proud of how far he's come!

    Yay, DS7! Such progress! laugh laugh laugh laugh

    Now we just have to persuade his chicken-hearted mom that it's about time for an above-level test... blush


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    I haven't done a formal spelling program with DS2ndgrade yet, because he's a pretty good natural speller. But I decided it was time to start one, so I had him take a placement test to see what level to start with. He's spelling at a 6th grade level! That is 2 levels higher than what I thought.

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    Awesome Kriston's DS7! I'll bet he'll love an above level test!

    RJH, that's wonderful! I'll bet he was so pleased! Would you mind sharing which spelling test you used, I wouldn't mind gauging DD6's spelling.

    Thanks!
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    That's great, RJH! smile


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    We are using Spelling Power. It's nice because the child only has to study the words they don't know. This one book is all you need for 3rd-12th grade. http://www.amazon.com/Spelling-Powe...mp;s=books&qid=1237385878&sr=8-1

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    Congrats Kriston! This is the day I would pat myself on the back and take all the credit. laugh

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    YEah Kriston and DS7!!!! WOOHOO!!! We'll do the IOWA on April 9,10.

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