My older son got a perfect score on the 7th grade reading portion of the Florida high stakes NCLB test FCAT. He constantly (since 6th grade) walks around the house muttering how easy the test is. I constantly repeat to him that he is to keep those opinions to himself because NOT EVERYONE FINDS IT EASY!!!! and it is rude to say that where someone who is just getting by or struggling can hear you say that. We go over and over the fact that many of the students are English Language Learners or their parents were so that there already puts them at a disadvantage and then it just snowballs year after year. Not everyone finds reading easy or enjoyable. Not everyone has had his advantages. Eventually, maybe he will get it.


...reading is pleasure, not just something teachers make you do in school.~B. Cleary