With all the talk that our local schools aren't making the grades, I have to challenge that. My daughter just had a bonus word for her spelling test, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. She is in first grade! There aren't too many people that can say it let alone spell it. I have to tell you that she spelled it correctly.
I think that kids today are expected to do so much more. As technology advances, so do their expectations. We are able to do so much more in less time with technology. Children start using computers in school in pre-school sometimes. I didn't learn how to use a computer until I was in high school. Children are so much smarter and exposed to so much more than we were in the past.
There was just an article this week in the News Journal stating that our scores were up in Volusia County. Read more.....
This has even sparked a new TV show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? What a great idea for entertainment, demoralize adults in front of millions of people. I love it! It is amazing how much you forget when you don't use it.
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