Hi all,
So my dd10 is signed up for the Explore for January. I thought I had done a good job of explaining that there was no pressure, that it was just to find out what she knows so we can find the appropriate challenge for her, not too easy and not too hard, etc. That it was for 8th graders so there would be info. she wouldn't have been exposed to yet, that it was OK if she didn't know the answers. So the sample test comes with the test info. and we have tears and drama. She said if she didn't do well on it people would think she was stupid. (Which prompts me to think I should actually get out her Terra Nova results from last year and show her in writing why we want to do the Explore). So she finally settled down and worked on the sample test and I am sure she will do just fine on the Explore, but in the meantime she really wants me to track down more sample tests for her to practice. I really didn't want this to be a "big deal" but now it seems it is. And she is already reminding me that we CAN'T be late on the day of the test. Ugh! Any words of wisdom?
