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Monday, November 7, 2005
The Miracle of Motivation!!!
Last
week was another busy week for Tori. She had six PACE tests which
are unit tests. If she fails, she has to repeat that unit.
It is a disappointment but it is something I love about the ACE
curriculum! It is mastery-based. You cannot go on and learn
unless you know what you are doing. A far cry from public school
these days where they don't even fail kids even if they don't know what
they are doing.
And just so you know, a "pass" in ACE is 80% or
better. A higher standard of learning and achievement.
Another thing I love!!
But back to Tori....two of those six tests had me very nervous: Geography and Science.
You would swear I was the one taking the tests with how stressed out I
get!! She passed the other four with no problems.
Geography she scrapped by the skin of her teeth! 
But Science was the one we dragged our feet on. She had failed
through the whole unit which was on atoms, elements, compounds, and the
periodic table, etc. She was convinced she was going to fail, and
truth be told, I was too. I just didn't want to admit it to
her. I gave her encouragement and extra study days but we were
still not hopeful. Then....one afternoon, she was looking through
the Christian bookstore's latest CD flyer. She was moaning about
not having any money to buy her favourites. I reminded her
Christmas is coming, and then....I was hit with a brilliant idea!!
I told her I'd buy her a new CD if she made 100% on her
Science! Amazingly enough, she jumped at the idea. I was
really surprised. She sometimes gets excited about things and
then it fades into nothing. But she studied harder than I'd ever
seen her. She took the test at Jamie's amidst the cacophony of
three toddlers. Again, truth be told, I was just going to be
happy if she passed! But.....drum roll please.....she made
98%!!! I am SO thrilled that I am rewarding her despite missing
the 100.
Thus, the miracle of motivation!!! 
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Tuesday, November 8, 2005 - Untitled Comment
((Oh yah, one toddler and two preschoolers, thank you very much. ;) ))