Dottie: you should just write "a, Living la vida," since the site gives you "Loc:"!

LOL!

A short update:

I did talk to DS last night about the proficient, advanced and perfect.

We had a lapse back into our montessori nightmare. To show proficiency at his montessori school he had to complete the entire workbook error free and neat enough to meet the teacher's dictates. If he missed 1 answer anywhere in the book or it wasn't up to her standards of neatness, he had to redo the same book start to finish. Hence, DS's belief that if he made a mistake, he would have to go back to the beginning again and that proficiency meant perfect.

Also, I while I couldn't get a clear answer from him about the idea that his teacher would lose her job, I think he was probably creating a frankinstein

I honestly think I might be ill, ! Keep talking to him E, and make sure he knows how unrealistic that truly is!

LOL Kriston on the "Loc"-a!

Dumb question de jour....this from the 8th grade math test!

Which of these items do you need to be precise about?

A. Flowers in a garden
B. Baskets in a basketball game
C. Pennies in a piggy bank
D. Number of grapes in a bushel

Now...I know the answer is B, but I really have a thing for precision and money, and don't really care about sports, if you kwim! And I'm wondering if this question doesn't really belong in the verbal testing? DD13 brought it home as her daily ridiculous example.

And as someone with a passion for landscaping, my first pick was A. Have you ever seen a floral clock, or some other design created using flowers? You must be very precise with your plantings for a good outcome.

As a multiple choice flunkee I probably would have gotten that question wrong. I don't know anything about basketball and would have been confused.
I guess I am NOT smarter than an 8th grader!

Neato

Of course....it might not be B! ROFL! DD13 actually liked the flower answer the best (but reluctantly selected B).

Grandma, I was just thinking of you....I of course didn't see the actual question, so my wording is not...ahem...precise, but I did think of you as I ended my version with a preposition, .

OK, I have to start signing my name. GS8 was talking before I could accept anyone using the 'G' word when addressing me!
I still get unnerved when the grands say it!

Chris

What's funny is, I know how young you are! But the OH part always slows me down, so you're "Grandma" in my mind. A very feisty one though with that preposition thing, as I swear I think about that every day, as that is one of my grammatical stumbling blocks.

Anyway....nice to meet you Chris! That might take some getting used to, but I'll try, .

(For those who are curious... http://giftedissues.gt-cybersource.org/BB/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=11767#Post11767 Sorry to keep bringing that up CHRIS, but that was truly a Laugh Out Loud moment that keeps on giving me the chuckles!)

ROFL,
The only answer I could eliminate on that one was d. I would have answered c I think. I like to know how much is in my bank account to the penny