Our school district tends to be high-performing, lots of Tiger moms, etc. Our gifted program is very competitive; you get the picture.
The gifted teacher emailed everyone a few weeks ago saying that the kids could retake the spelling test and receive partial extra credit. We had no time to help my son study and he got a 75%.
Part of me thought, who cares? It's 4th grade! But obviously other parents really complained and that is why the gifted teacher did it. Because the grades were so important to them in 4th grade! Crazy.
We talked about it and finally decided to have him retake it since it's always good to try to get extra credit in life. He got a 100%.
Last edited by jack'smom; 11/18/12 11:49 AM.
