Thursday is, thank god,  the final day of testing for New York City public school fourth graders. The ELA (English Language Arts) Test is a big deal because some middle schools require a certain score for admission.

For those who don’t know — NYC public school kids have to apply to middle school. It’s sort of like college…

Just to get into 6th grade. Fun. Crazy. Idiotic.

The kids have been doing test prep for months at PS 321 and they’re sick and tired of it. I imagine many of them will be relieved when it’s over. So will their parents. 

OSFO was stressed. She went to sleep early each night and struggled to fall asleep. She tried to eat a good breakfast — even if she wasn’t hungry. 

She was very worried that if she didn’t do well she wouldn’t be  promoted to fifth grade.

I told her not to worry. There wasn’t a chance of that. Not a chance.  I hate to see my girl so stressed out. I love her so.