[Antioch]

The perp and his mom

[Cindy]

Answer: Homeschool.

[rvoitier]

I want to see him in chains and a monitoring device attached to his ankle. Have his Cheerios checked for toys, too.

[Canard]

"You look out one day at school and see your principal flying by a window"

"He's asked, "So why didn't you answer that question?" "

That's not a question!

[Pacothecat]

I'm sorry am I missing something? This kid sounds like brat who wouldn't do his work. While the school should have just failed him on the test (calling the mom was bizarre) I'm not really feeling sorry for this punk who wasn't smart enough to make up some stupid crap up to get though the test. And as a mother of a third grader and seventh grader I am sick of these parents who are not teaching there kids respect and yes even sometimes when you know its stupid.

[Navy Patriot]

Seems the crybaby is running the school and the adult is taking the tests.

[Bonaparte]

" If a teacher and principal browbeating a test taker into answering a question in any particular manner is not against the rules then the test is worse than useless."

IMO, it's useless with or without coercion. That question he refused to answer was a psychological test. Since when are children who are not showing signs of emotional disturbance subjected to that kind of test?

[gondramB]

>>WASL opponents also believe the principal and teachers broke the law by interfering with the WASL test. <<

So what's WASL? Whining as second language?

[B-Chan]

In the letter that went home to mother, the principal writes, "The fact that Tyler chose to simply refuse to work on the WASL after many reasonable requests is none other nothing less than blatant defiance and insubordination."

Who wrote this? A third-grader?

[DB]

The truth is the test scores reflect on the school as much as they do the kid. The principle was acting in his own self interest in trying to make the school look better ahead of the interest of the child.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"You look out one day at school and see your principal flying by a window."

Sounds like the principal thought he was a superhero and wanted to hear nothing but praise from the kid.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

He should ha completed hat section of the test. It may have been a stupid topic but students have had to write essays on stupid topics for many years - Even when I was in school many many years ago. He is a child and don't get to pick and choose what he will do.

[MikeHu]

The highest intelligence is being able to recognize a nonsense question -- and not answer it.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Standardized state-administered assessment test.

Can you say, "Funding?" I knew you could.

I was a gimme question. Gotta keep those scores up!

[ryan125]

The test he was taking reflects on the school. The reason they wanted him to finish it is because they get funding based on how well the students do on the test....so who ever called the kid a brat and needed to do his homework, read the article.

[ko_kyi]

"You look out one day at school and see your principal flying by a window. In several paragraphs write what happens next."

The Engineering Club declares their re-creation of a medieval trebuchet a success?

[Right Wing Assault]

Sounds as if the school was trying to boost its scores on the standardized test. I wonder if any other kids left questions/tasks blank.

[Mischi3vo]

Hehe, reminds me of the quote:

"Forget it, Mazer. I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first."

Ender's Game

[Recon Dad]

Kid, what's so hard about the question.

Question: Principal goes flying past your window.

Answer: School's out for the rest of the week, no need for grief counseling.

[Niteranger68]

Creative writing is WAY overrated!

[dforest]

If they absolutely MUST have a response, they should have asked for something that had nothing to do with the principal. The idea of this was totally idiotic. The person who dreamed this up should have been suspended.