Kat is going to have testing to see if she qualifies for the GATE program here in town. Her test is on Monday and I am a little nervous about the whole thing. She's a bright girl but what if my motherlove means that I am not seeing her clearly? What if she decides not to bother with the test and goofs off? What if she misses the cut off by a smidge? What if she gets accepted and we have to decide where to send her to school next year? What if she goes to the GATE school and Drew doesn't? That could bring some emotional and logistical pain.
Silly worries. They aren't consuming but when I think about Monday I think about these worries. I also worry that I don't really know what to tell her about the testing. From her point of view, her current school is the bee's knees. First grade looks awesome to her. She knows the kids in her class. She can't wait to eat in the lunchroom and play on the playground. Why on earth would she want to give that up for a school she's only been to once or twice? So far I've only told her that she will go for a test, the tester will be nice, she should answer all of the questions as best she can and that the test will decide where she might go to school next year. We talked a bit about her current classroom in public school and how some kids there learn fast like her and some take more time. I told her that the GATE school is full of kids who learn fast and that she wouldn't have to spend so much time waiting between tasks. She liked the idea of that!
It's hard to know what is best right now. We have wonderful options available to us, all full of pros and cons. What to do...what to do...
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