Interesting news from the pizza place.
Tonight was one of the fund-raising events that the elementary school has at our local Ci-Ci’s pizza. The food is pretty good, the price is right, and Boy #2’s teacher invited him to come (on her), so we all ate there. I was very, very bad: even though there was salad there, I ate nothing but pizza and even had dessert! I’m not looking forward to my bedtime blood glucose level!
But, the most interesting thing was what Boy #2’s old teacher told us about his PACT test scores. PACT is the Palmetto Acheivement Challenge Test or something like that, in any case, it’s the test that the state uses, along with the more familiar ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) to place students in the proper levels, assign them to honors or challenge courses, and rate the schools and their teachers. You’ll never believe it, but I was told that Boy #2 missed just ONE question on that whole test! Just one! I was blown away! The PACT not only measures how students achieve, but what kinds of strategies they use to get to their answers, and all year long, Boy #2 had to relearn the strategies he had already learned in Christian school. But for him to do that well just is overwhelming! We are all very excited and very proud. She also told me that she had heard that Boy #1 had placed in the “advanced” level, too. I’ll have to see how he (and his sister) did when the scores actually become available later this month.
Did a little bit of writing on Overtures, and more on some of my RP venues. The post I did last night for CIR was really, really good. Made Hobbeth go “Wow!” Finally got some shopping done after the pizza party. I was wearing my sneakers again because I went to the prosthetics people yesterday and they put a “metatarsal bar” in my custom insole. So now my callous, which was debrided on Tuesday, should grow more slowly. But I can use the insoles in both my ugly black shoes (which are wearing out) and my nice white walking shoes. Yay!
Time to stick my finger and face the music. More as my muse moves.