As a parent, we would like everything to go perfectly each and every day but we realize that is something that isn’t going to happen. In fact, we may find ourselves struggling from one day to the next, and at times, we may even have a bad day. For the mother in the story below, it seemed as if a bad day was on the horizon when her son told her that he had cried at school that day. When she read the letter that the teacher sent home, she cried too for all the right reasons.
Rylan got in the car today and told me he was embarrassed because he cried at school. I asked him what upset him, and he told me he cried because he was happy about a letter his teacher gave his class before they take ISTEP.
Needless to say, when I read it, I cried too. We need not just more teachers like her, but also more people like her in this world.
‘These tests do not define you. There are many ways of being smart. YOU are smart! YOU are enough! You are the light that brightens my day and the reason I am happy to come to work each day.
So, in the midst of all these tests, remember that there is no way to “test” all of the amazing and awesome things that make you, YOU.'”
