The STAR test results came in the mail today. This is the California assesment tests all school kids take at the end of the year. Brian's percent correct in Math compared to the Percent Correct Range of students statewide is: 100% in Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability; 98% Decimals, Fractions and Negative numbers; 96% Algebra and Functions; 87% Measurement and Geometry; and 83% in Operations and Factoring for the Advanced range.
And his teacher told me to drug him because he always daydreams...
Maybe he daydreams because he is always thinking...
His English - Language Arts results do show the Auditory disability, especially in writing. However, my x husband and I are about to have Brian tested for a new, highly regarded program for kids like Brian. They stimulate the part of his brain where auditory processing occurs with some very specialized exercises. They are able to see marked improvements, and again - no drugs.
I am happy to see the numbers reflect what I see in Brian. I am also glad that I ignored what the school system attempts to tell me, and instead help him on my own.
Imagine doing that well in Math with an Auditory processing deisability...he is a trooper. And growing up too fast (*pout*).
At football practice tonight, a little boy leaned over the railing and yelled down, "Wow!! ARE YOU a football player???" Brian looks up, smirks and smiles, "Yeh" he answers (as he puffs up like wet sponge). Oh here we go...
C
PS. Of course Brian loves Math, because I hated Math, even tho I got A's. God, I hated it. I had to study twice as hard as everyone else to understand it. In my Calc years I got myself a tutor and still eventually gave up. Now my son will be a Math guy - God really does have a sick sense of humor.
