3/30/17 Twinkle Twinkle Little STAAR Test?

    Chubs just went through the honor of taking the STAAR test as a sixth grader.  Because he is in the Einstein program, his class took the eighth grade test for math.  As they were told, nobody in the Einstein program has failed the test in the past.  This little factoid totally made him a nervous wreck.  He doesn't want to be the weakest link and disappoint his teacher and us.  He took a practice exam earlier and he didn't do too well, so he was getting extra tutoring in the mornings the last two weeks.
    So what happens now?  It's like this was the build up, now that the test is over, the student's have smoked their cigarettes and the tests have the proof of what Johnny knows or doesn't.  It isn't even April yet and the kids are going to start getting antsy since the serious part of the year is clearly over, the days are getting longer, and the weather is warming up.  We'll be in triple digit temps in no time, and summer will have arrived.
    Let's say Chubs doesn't pass the test the first time, all is not lost.  They get a second chance and even a third chance on the final week of school.  Chubs was not cool with the lackadaisical efforts of most of his classmates and friends.  Nobody else was walking around stressed about the big test.  He was even telling Wife and I via text about the girl sitting next to him on the first problem dealing with the Pythagorean Theorem that the answer was 12, and the little girl seating next to him had 1000 as her answer.  He whispered "may God have mercy on your soul."  A bit dramatic, but the boy wants everybody to do well.
    We told him not to worry about everyone.  As far as I am concerned, only about 20-30 percent of his class will end up going to college, so most of the kids around him are at school to keep them out of trouble.  His main worry seemed to be that if he did not do well, Wife might take him down to her neck of the woods, and he does not want to do that.
    He has always done iffy on the practice exams and then done well when it counts, so I am not too worried.  Like we told him though, the test is over, there is nothing to be gained from being paranoid or stressing over the tests.  As far as we know, he has three attempts to pass the eighth grade equivalent test, I don't even want to contemplate what if he doesn't pass.