11 Year Olds..... (formerly

[alicia5270]

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From: alicia5270
Subject: 11 Year Olds..... (formerly
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7195] Re: Wizard education of standard subject
Date: 8/18/00 4:09 pm  (ET)

Largely OT.....

I don't recall fifth grade that well, probably because my *distinguished*
classmates required painfully dreary review sessions on basic grammar
and mathematics on a daily basis.

I essentially spent that year reading Jeffrey Archer books under my desk,
falling asleep in the back of math class, making pretty designs on my
notebooks, and not listening to a word that was said..... something that
greatly aggravated the other 23 children in my class, the majority of
whom couldn't spell the word 'homework'. I felt terribly for my teachers,
but I dare anyone on this list to sit through seven weeks of repeating
the parts of speech and not grow somewhat bored. :)

I do remember being called either 'The Brain' or 'The Freak', though. In
fact, the only thing about this scenario that has changed is the caliber
of my retorts. Suffice to say, my school district doesn't support a
Gifted program and offers AP courses for only juniors and seniors. I
guess it's another year of non-leveled English for me.....

--Alicia/Sue "Yeah, I'm Overanalytical" Spinnet