The First Boy To Raise His Hand
January 4, 2008 11:50 AM
From a New York Times article about a school visited by NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein.
Mr. Klein...emphasized in his remarks that the school did more than the basics, and had robust arts, music and computer programs. In one fourth-grade class, he encouraged students to tell him what they liked about the school. And he seemed surprised when Andrew Xu, the first boy to raise his hand, replied, “They help us get ready for the state ELA test.” Andrew, 9, was referring to the test for English Language Arts to be taken next week by all students in grades three through eight. “They teach us what methods to use and how to write.”
There's one 9-year-old who's absorbed the lesson.


