Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Test

"I don't understand why we still have to go to math and English the rest of the year. The STAAR test is over!" said my exhausted daughter on the way to school this morning. 

Despite having intelligent, caring and creative educators to teach my child what she needs to know, the message of why she needs to know remains safely tucked away deep in the heart of Texas.

The fact that there are people who believe that passing this test was my child's crowning moment truly upsets me. Everyone knows she came out of the box a long time ago.