That School is Crazy!

I am still so frustrated with the school and their absolutely ridiculous and arbitrary way of deciding who is gifted.  Starling is so smart, especially for a girl!  How many girls can there possibly be who got a B in math last year?  I’ll bet Starling is the only one.  She is such a wonderful and curious little girl.  I found her after school today, measuring away for some assignment.  Why does she have to be held back in that way?  She learned measurement LAST year and she needs to be challenged!!!!!

Warning, genius crossing!

 

Meanwhile, the gifted teacher acted like he had no idea what I was talking about when I told him that a violin is a girl’s instrument.  Hello?  And this is a TEACHER!  Wow!  Finally he agreed to give Merlin another instrument.  The first day he came home with a practice drum pad.  Well, we marched that right back.  Now Merlin has a guitar, of all things.  Oh well, he seems to like it anyway, and I guess the rest of us will have to walk around with ear plugs in while he insists on practicing every single day.  UGH.

He’d better not start listening to heavy metal.

At least Starling is one of the most popular girls in her class.  She has tight knit little clique and they are all very pretty to top it off.  I couldn’t be happier to have her friends over.

Starling with two of her MANY friends.

I went in one more time today to ask about gifted classes for Starling and the office lady told me  that the decision had been made and I needed to move on.  I even offered to give up Merlin’s spot for her and was told, “It doesn’t work that way.”  I don’t see why not.  It is all so frustrating that it has given me a my grain!

You Have to be Kidding Me!

So some genius at Merlin’s school decided that he belongs in the gifted program.  Can you believe it?  I thought they had made a mistake when he brought the paper home yesterday and called to let them know that it is STARLING they are thinking of, but nope, it’s Merlin.  I am dumbfounded.  I marched right into the office today to ask them to test Starling again and the lady (and I use that term loosely) who is in charge said she had been tested and did not qualify.  Clearly there is something wrong with their testing but I guess it will be good for Merlin to meet some smart people instead of the hooligans he wants to invite over (which is why I have a no playdate rule with him).

 

Then today he came home with a violin!  Excuse me, but isn’t that a girl instrument?  I told him to take it right back but apparently it is a part of the gifted program.  I hope they are ready to replace it when he breaks it, because I am not.  I think I will call tomorrow to see if there is a more manly instrument he can play instead.

A violin! They must be crazy!

 

I decided to try something new for dinner and bought some artichokes.  Does anyone know how to cook these things?  They are ridiculous.  I stuck them in the oven for hours and they were still all leafy and weird looking so I threw them away.  The children had all fallen asleep waiting for dinner so I poured myself a lil’ wine and relaxed!

How the hell do you eat these things?

Röbert is still camping with his buddies.  Or maybe not camping, I don’t know.  There are mountains there…is that camping or hiking?  Maybe mountain climbing?  I am not sure.

Does it look like mountain climbing maybe?