Grrr...

June 3, 2008

I know I don't post often in here... but I do a lot of lurking.

Tonight I recieved (in the mail) my daughters Stanford Achievement

Test scores (SAT). My daughter is 5 years old. I placed her in a

private school so that she could start school a year early. So

she's the youngest in her kindergarten class... the youngest in her

school actually...

anyways... her SAT scores were off the chart!! She scored in the

top 10% of all children in Kindergarten NATIONALLY that took this

test. She scored in the 90th percentile in almost all categories!

Of course, I am so super proud of her!! (I always knew that she was

very smart... but I also sorta thought that ALL mothers think their

children are bright... but this test showed that I wasn't just

being the typical momma! LOL)

So... being proud and wanting to share this joy with others, I

showed the test scores to my parents. My father was all smiles and

happy for her. My NADA?? She says " I hate to burst your bubble.

But your brother always scored high in all those tests also. Until

he decided to start playing... and look at him now. He was always

scoring in the 60th percentile on those tests. " (which I guess, to

her, that's " above average " )

My brother is married, works at Walt Disney World, and has a

beautiful family... but he did drop out of high school and never

went to college. He was forced to go into the military when he was

19 years old because of his arrest record. After the final arrest,

the judge said he'd either have to go to jail or go into the

military. He chose the military and it changed his life. He

straightened up and all is now well.

And you know what?? This son is her " good " son!! He's the one she

brags about the most...

Why couldn't she show the least bit of happiness that HER

granddaughter is very bright and did so well on these tests?? It

makes me so angry when she does this stuff! But I discovered a long

time ago that it doesn't do any good to say anything to her about

it... in fact, I think she WANTS me to react. So I don't and that

ticks her off.

geesh. Sorry, I just had to vent.

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