Would telling Franny about the fun, creative projects and field trips that are part of G&T classes be a good motivator, by making the class itself seem like a reward for trying hard and doing well on the test?

No because there is no G&T classes at the school. Well, there's one math class after school, but she's already enrolled in it. The only reason the school wants to test Franny and a few others is that they want the $25 a year (that's right, they get only $25 a year per gifted student). That's enough to make a difference to the school, but it's not enough to create a special class or program for such students. The only reason I care is that our local middle school has a good gifted magnet, and I'd hate for her to be ineligible on the grounds that she isn't "gifted."

I knew I should have checked B.org last night, because I missed the news that Downton is back!

But you're all fired, anyway.

This is totes the car I want [link]

Oh, Sophia, I totally approve. Gorgeous color, too.

I miss the old morning crew! Having posts to read when I am up at ungodly hours. (hi, I'm at the airport again)

'Suela,

I was PISSED. I was like, did I fucking miss an episode? I have seen every ep of "Supernatural" and the seasons prior to last season, I've seen the eps multiple times. how the fuck did I miss the paintball episode?

Bwahahaha!

I would LOVE a paintball episode of Supernatural.

Oh, that would be beyond cool. Oh, Dean!

I'm attempting to listen to the Horses in the Morning show and they are talking about a major animal rescue/neglect case involving horses and dogs in Louisiana. Didn't catch which Parish. Any of our Louisianans hear about this and possibly have a link?

ETA: Nevermind - it was tweeted.

When I was in elementary school, I think that the gifted program just took everybody who was scoring 99th percentile on the standardized tests that we took each year anyway.