Summertime and Reflection
Ahhhh....summer! After the hustle and bustle of my nephew's graduation, I finally feel like summer vacation has begun. It's Monday morning and here I sit with my computer thinking about what I want my big rocks to be for the summer. I mean, of course the usual: vacation, spending time with family, getting things done around the house (Lord knows we need to do stuff around the house)....but I mean professionally. I want to take advantage of this time and really help myself grow. So what is it that I want to focus on? It's funny that I am pondering this question as I have the ability to view my children's ISTEP scores this morning. One child has had PASS+ scores since 3rd grade. The other child has passed ISTEP one year since 3rd grade and failed every year since then, including this year. As I anticipated seeing his scores this morning I thought "Maybe this year. Maybe he will pass this year." You know, I am the first pe...