Now that school is back in session it’s much quieter around the neighborhood during the day. All of the kids are back in school and filling their brains with a wealth of knowledge. Of course with all of the new things they learn they are also tested on it.
In order to get the children to do their best and perform, a lot of teachers are starting to provide test taking incentives. One of the neighbor kids came home and showed off some fancy pencils and bookmarks. She said her teacher gave them to the whole class. It reminded me of a time when I was in school and we had to take the yearly standardized tests. The test was called the CAP Test. Our teachers gave us all a decorated baseball cap and called them our “Thinking Caps”. We got to wear them during the times we were taking the tests. I think the entire class was totally convinced that our “thinking caps” had super powers and made us smarter.
I wonder if the neighbor’s teacher told her class that the pencils had super powers and would help them get the right answers to the test questions. I’ll have to ask her when she comes home from school today.