If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
[snip]
However, by saying exam prep disaster because a baby tooth came out and then perhaps the child didn't sleep as well as one would have hoped - to me you're telling the kid "OMG!! You didn't sleep well!! You'll do terribly. Oh well, the other school isn't *that* bad." That's not the message I want to send to my kids. Nothing in what the OP wrote indicated that she told her kid that. For all you know, she was easy-going with her kid about it but came here to vent a little. Yeah, that was it. I was calm about it to R, but also frustrated: the tooth came out about half an hour after lights out. Actually posting here gave me a lot of prospective: I've realised that not everyone else's child would have gone to sleep perfectly, and woken up well rested. Really, the other school isn't that bad. In fact the other school is extremely good. The only problem with the other school is that it isn't the grammer school. The other school's results are in the national top five for that type of school. A government report has rated the school as "excellent". -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
|
#13
|
|||
|
|||
I took the SATs twice, and did better on them the second time than the first,
despite being well-rested and in excellent spirits the first time around, and having a nasty backache and menstrual cramps the second time. I took the GMAT one week before my wedding, the morning after my bachelorette party. I was making lists on my scratch paper *during* the exam and rushed out to do last-minute errand running afterward. I scored in the 99th percentile, the best I'd ever done on a standardized test. There are those of us who, when well-rested and "primed," actually do worse because we over-think things. I do best when I'm relaxed and giving top-of-mind responses. There's one good thing to this -- at least his test is over! -Dawn Mom to Henry, 12 |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
36 Wk Exam (and OUCH, strep test!) | Jill | Pregnancy | 14 | December 26th 04 07:48 AM |
Video childbirth prep courses? | Donna Metler | Pregnancy | 12 | September 14th 04 07:50 PM |
Internal exam and bright red bleeding? | Jill | Pregnancy | 1 | May 8th 04 05:32 AM |
2nd OB Exam ~ A waste of time?? | Sophie | Pregnancy | 10 | September 17th 03 05:10 PM |
Recommended Questions to Ask at First OB Exam | Carol Ann | Pregnancy | 2 | August 13th 03 03:06 AM |