tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post7010079273265848675..comments2023-11-03T01:07:50.102-07:00Comments on AJ's Clubhouse: Holding PatternHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05180730302829554796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-26283856384832056272009-05-05T18:26:00.000-07:002009-05-05T18:26:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comments. Claudia, I think you're...Thanks for your comments. Claudia, I think you're right about that. I'm glad they've already spotted a problem. I'm less glad that they won't override it given the stuff we have already, but whatever. It's bureaucracy. I'm a great believer in working from the inside, not antagonizing, so we'll do what we have to do. MKM, that's a good point. Although since this is a one-on-one test, the tester will explain that to him as they go (she told me she would). But it wouldn't hurt to mention it to him as well. KB, thanks so much for weighing in. I'm so wrapped up in the middle of this that I don't have much perspective. But my hope is that the stuff we've done to figure out how to help will save someone else some steps. I hope to post something a little more analytical about it sometime soon.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180730302829554796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-50619113814999181382009-05-04T12:55:00.000-07:002009-05-04T12:55:00.000-07:00Process posts are definitely not boring. I've been...Process posts are definitely not boring. I've been working with my kid's teachers and higher-ups too and your comments are helpful. Good luck on the 19th, and in the fall.kbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666727122768868995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-65163709354644681142009-05-01T11:43:00.000-07:002009-05-01T11:43:00.000-07:00The hardest thing for kids on an IQ-style test is ...The hardest thing for kids on an IQ-style test is understanding that the questions will continue until **they get more wrong than right** He will have to get many questions wrong before they stop asking harder and harder questions. He might get three in a row wrong, one right, but the criteria are to get all four in one category wrong, for example. So, make sure he understands that NO ONE can get all the questions right, because NO ONE is perfect. It can be very frustrating when they're clearly over their head but they guess correctly here and there and the examiner must keep going even though the kid is frustrated.My Kids' Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568872428132909098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430112182493224146.post-28021278743133581802009-05-01T08:05:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:05:00.000-07:00Cautiously optimistic. Sounds like things are movi...Cautiously optimistic. Sounds like things are moving in the right direction and that the folks in charge are smart people who have realized where the cracks are in the system.Claudiabhttp://freshhell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com