Contrary to my success story this is about kids that should not under any circumstance be in grade one. I refuse to fault myself because they scored the lowest out of all of my students in all of my classes. We will call them Y, V, and B. Y and V are twins, V does okaaaay but he still got a 56 on the test. V should not be in grade one under any freaking circumstances ever! He got a 16! 16% boggles my mind, how anyone could do that poorly on a test...
I'm not faulting him, I'm faulting grade placement. I knew he shouldn't be in grade one from the getgo. I get kids ready for tests by drilling it into their head so there is no conceivable way they could get certain things wrong. Y on the other hand, is always behind, he stares off into space, and he cannot write a simple sentence. He is not suited for grade one at all.
B, got a glorious 40% on his test. I was asked earlier to observe him to see how he was doing. He was doing fine. He even got 80% on the first test. I thought he'd be fine but he blew it on the last test. Recently he was doing the same thing Y was doing, staring off into space and not keeping up. I'm not angry at the students, myself, or even the school (proper). I'm upset with the lack of placement tests. All three of these kids have a similar story. The parents of Y and V wanted them to be in grade 1 because they thought they were smart. Needless to say they're in for a rude awakening. B went to Kindergarten at a different school and as a result wasn't as prepared for grade one as others. I would prefer that these three don't be in my class because it saddens me to fail a child who is not in the correct grade.
*sigh*
That's all...
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