Math Dementors

Homeschool prerogative: when the math dementors have sucked out all our happy thoughts, we can eat chocolate.

The Long Story:

I gave the girls a math placement test. It did not occur to me to let them know ahead of time that I did not expect them to know how to do every problem on the test. They were greatly distressed and at the point of tears when they could not answer all the questions.

I felt so bad for not preparing them properly for the true expectations.

We took a break and ate chocolate. Hopefully they aren’t traumatized forever.