Tooting His Horn

I have to dedicate a blog post to my 7th grader to "toot his horn" a little. At this moment, he is sitting at the high school with a bunch of 7th and 11th graders fixing to start the SAT test.

Duke University has a program called the TIP Program in which it takes the top 5% of the nation's 7th graders and gives them the opportunity to take the SAT. If they pass it, they are part of this program through their high school years and will receive information to help them pick out high school classes and colleges, etc. If they get a high enough score, they won't have to take it as a Junior. They offered preparatory classes he could have taken every Saturday in January for four hours each time. We decided not to torture him like that!! We just signed him up for the test!

This week we have been looking over the practice booklet that the SAT people sent out. Although I was getting sweaty palms going over the stuff, he seemed to take it in stride. I kept telling him that we are doing this for practice so that, if he is anything like I was, he will not freak out when he takes it as a Junior.

He has been a sport about this -- even though he is missing his first two baseball games of the season while he is sitting in a desk solving math problems and writing an essay!! I am so proud of him and I pray he will continue to excel in all he does in his life. I never want him to become lazy or unfocused - because the world is his and he can do great things if he tries. So, right now, fill in those black circles, baby -- mom knows you will do great!