Report cards came!
Mar. 15th, 2011 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyAnd I baked for the bake sale!
About the report cards: The nieces got a full set of "3s" and "4s" on their report cards. For those unfamiliar with the new system NYC uses "4" means above grade level, "3" means at grade level, "2" means approaching grade level (or, as we used to say, "Needs Improvement") and 1 is really failing, but they don't say that, they say you're "below grade level" and "at risk of retention".
Despite the fact that they break every subject down in little bits, it's still not exactly clear what Ana's doing in class, except for "ELA" (aka: reading and writing). In that she's getting straight 4s across the board, where 4 = reading level "N" or higher. They said that explicitly on the report card. For reference, "Rapunzel's Revenge" is pretty near exactly an "N" reading level... or at least, it's a 3.2, and the comparison chart says they're just about the same thing.
However, Ana's teacher said she needs to "work on adding more description to her writing". I was actually happy to see this, because I could then stick it in her face and go "SEE? SEE? THIS IS WHAT I KEEP TELLING YOU! NOW IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE!" and do a little "told you so" dance. (I lie. I didn't actually dance. But I did LOL.)
For the bake sale I made blondies, mint chocolate chip brownies (which weren't nearly as good as I'd hoped), chocolate chip cookies, and, of course, cupcakes in ice cream cones with rainbow frosting. Honestly, every time I make those it occurs to me that it's well more trouble than it's worth. My arms nearly fall off trekking them to the school! Top-heavy suicidal cupcakes. Ugh. They're easily $10 each in blood, sweat, and tears, but there's no chance they sell like that.
And when you think about it, bake sales are a weird thing, aren't they? I mean, I spend $6 or $10 or so baking (and another $7 buying juice boxes to sell) or purchasing baked goods, and then they're sold for 25¢ or 50¢ apiece, and the school makes another $100 or more off of what we donate. But if the people selling items just gave the money to the school outright, and the people buying items just gave the money to the school outright, a lot of time and effort would be saved and there'd be less sugar highs at parent teacher night and more money!
It's like Halloween, another thing that, when you think about it, doesn't make much sense at all.
About the report cards: The nieces got a full set of "3s" and "4s" on their report cards. For those unfamiliar with the new system NYC uses "4" means above grade level, "3" means at grade level, "2" means approaching grade level (or, as we used to say, "Needs Improvement") and 1 is really failing, but they don't say that, they say you're "below grade level" and "at risk of retention".
Despite the fact that they break every subject down in little bits, it's still not exactly clear what Ana's doing in class, except for "ELA" (aka: reading and writing). In that she's getting straight 4s across the board, where 4 = reading level "N" or higher. They said that explicitly on the report card. For reference, "Rapunzel's Revenge" is pretty near exactly an "N" reading level... or at least, it's a 3.2, and the comparison chart says they're just about the same thing.
However, Ana's teacher said she needs to "work on adding more description to her writing". I was actually happy to see this, because I could then stick it in her face and go "SEE? SEE? THIS IS WHAT I KEEP TELLING YOU! NOW IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE!" and do a little "told you so" dance. (I lie. I didn't actually dance. But I did LOL.)
For the bake sale I made blondies, mint chocolate chip brownies (which weren't nearly as good as I'd hoped), chocolate chip cookies, and, of course, cupcakes in ice cream cones with rainbow frosting. Honestly, every time I make those it occurs to me that it's well more trouble than it's worth. My arms nearly fall off trekking them to the school! Top-heavy suicidal cupcakes. Ugh. They're easily $10 each in blood, sweat, and tears, but there's no chance they sell like that.
And when you think about it, bake sales are a weird thing, aren't they? I mean, I spend $6 or $10 or so baking (and another $7 buying juice boxes to sell) or purchasing baked goods, and then they're sold for 25¢ or 50¢ apiece, and the school makes another $100 or more off of what we donate. But if the people selling items just gave the money to the school outright, and the people buying items just gave the money to the school outright, a lot of time and effort would be saved and there'd be less sugar highs at parent teacher night and more money!
It's like Halloween, another thing that, when you think about it, doesn't make much sense at all.
