NittanyJen Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I swear I'm becoming the person who posts all the odd stuff lately . . . I decided to go ahead and give my kids the Stanford. Finally got everything all lined up. Swapping out the different age groups as required (which works well anyway, since they get breaks between sit-down sessions to go play and snack and stuff). I nicely packed away the older's books and test response papers inside the test book, set aside so things would not get mixed up while the younger sat for his session. I was doing some work on the computer while younger took his session and I heard "chomp chomp chomp chomp." I looked over . . . NOOOOOOO! Baby girl kitten was happily munching away on the part of the machine-scoreable form that was poking up out of older's test book . . . now nicely perforated with kitten toothmarks across the top. *sigh* Time for a call to customer service. Really? At my age I have to call somebody to say the cat ate my homework??? :blushing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalmama Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 :lol::lol: My mom wants to know what customer service said when you called! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 What's really cracking me up is that there was another thread recently where someone's cat barfed on their standardized test. What's up with these cats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 :lol::lol: I laugh, only because my cat thinks that paper is food, too. And when we had dogs, one did literally eat DD's homework when she was in PS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 What's really cracking me up is that there was another thread recently where someone's cat barfed on their standardized test. What's up with these cats! Oh my! I have to go find it now and see what happened!! I missed that one! To frugal: I figured I will wait until Tuesday to call because of the holiday weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Now, see, if we had done this at my house, there wouldn't have been any cats. :lol: When I saw your post I just had to laugh. I hope they can get a new form sent to you before June 14th. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readinmom Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I'm sorry, but that is hysterical! :lol: Maybe its making a political statement about standardized tests...No Cat Left Behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAPeachie Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 *giggle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 No Cat Left Behind :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I know when I was still teaching, if a STUDENT got sick on a test paper (or it was otherwise damaged), we were still expected to send it back! And, FWIW, I once had a 7 yr old EAT a chunk of his test. The poor kid really struggled with reading, but didn't have the ID needed to get alternative forms of testing (it was in progress, but the wheels hadn't turned to that point yet), and I think he just got so frustrated that he figured that if he could make it disappear, it would go away. Yes, we returned the part of the test that was left. So I'm guessing kitten toothmarks aren't the most unusual thing the testing company has seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I know when I was still teaching, if a STUDENT got sick on a test paper (or it was otherwise damaged), we were still expected to send it back! I've read that in some places they have special barf bags for the tests enclosed with all the materials... and they'll still be graded! :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I'm sorry, but that is hysterical! :lol:Maybe its making a political statement about standardized tests...No Cat Left Behind :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I've read that in some places they have special barf bags for the tests enclosed with all the materials... and they'll still be graded! :001_huh: The sad part is that it really wasn't unusual, even 8 years ago, for kids to be so stressed that some WOULD be physically sick. Add that parents were told, basically, that unless their child was dying and in the hospital they had to be there, and you had kids who, on any other day, would have been sent home if they'd tottered in looking glossy-eyed and like death warmed over. Poor kids still had to take the test, and their scores counted, both against them and against the school. The absolute best principal I ever worked under gained great respect in my eyes when one of our families, who had a child with a serious genetic illness, found out their Make a Wish trip had been scheduled during the test week-and he told them, point blank to go, take ALL their kids, and not worry about it-that the kids wouldn't be penalized in any way for missing the test, he'd make sure of it. He told me, later, that he wouldn't have felt right as a person had the family missed this opportunity (which, for these kids, meant the only trip they'd ever taken out of their home town that didn't involve a hospital or specialist)-and if the school district or state didn't like it, they could kiss his posterior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 The absolute best principal I ever worked under gained great respect in my eyes when one of our families, who had a child with a serious genetic illness, found out their Make a Wish trip had been scheduled during the test week-and he told them, point blank to go, take ALL their kids, and not worry about it-that the kids wouldn't be penalized in any way for missing the test, he'd make sure of it. He told me, later, that he wouldn't have felt right as a person had the family missed this opportunity (which, for these kids, meant the only trip they'd ever taken out of their home town that didn't involve a hospital or specialist)-and if the school district or state didn't like it, they could kiss his posterior. What is appalling to me is that this would be something remarkable. Of COURSE a Make a Wish trip trumps a test. Sheesh. How is that even a question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 What is appalling to me is that this would be something remarkable. Of COURSE a Make a Wish trip trumps a test. Sheesh. How is that even a question? Given that this was a state in which officially not passing the test at specific grade levels meant an automatic retention, and that is now saying the test must count 25% of a student's final grade (meaning that there are a sizable percentage of high school seniors who do not yet know if they graduated, even though they've already passed the minimum competencies because if they have, say, a low C going into the end of course exam for Geometry, they could potentially fail that required 3rd math class, even though the passed the math gateway test last year.), and schools are judged on their performance, I can well believe other principals saying "Tell Make a Wish you can go next week, not this one". That was about the point that I started praying for ANYTHING to get out of the schools-because even though I had a good principal who was doing his best not to let the test run the show and to do what the kids needed, he was facing so much pressure to show performance that it was scary. A week later, I discovered I was pregnant with DD :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Sorry for resurrecting such an old thread, but in case anybody searches for similar information (not sure what... Cat perforated paper? Barf bag tests?) I wanted to post the outcome! I sent in the punctured test papers as is, no comments or explanations, and they were graded just fine. I do not seem to have been charged a hand-grading charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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