I've reported at length about how my then 5-year-old son's English was assessed by his American school in the autumn and deemed so poor that he needed "servicing" by the in-house ESL specialist. This is due to be reassessed in the coming weeks (let's hope he's mastered the American accent sufficiently to get a more acceptable score this time).
What I did not mention is that my now 9-year-old daughter was also evaluated last year, and scored 100% (8/8 and 10/10). Yet strangely enough, she too was re-tested this week.
Do they honestly think that Anna's English could have deteriorated to such an extent that she may now need ESL input after all? I know she's started learning Spanish at (American) school and still attends French school in the morning, but isn't that taking bureaucratic pedantry a little too far?
What I did not mention is that my now 9-year-old daughter was also evaluated last year, and scored 100% (8/8 and 10/10). Yet strangely enough, she too was re-tested this week.
Do they honestly think that Anna's English could have deteriorated to such an extent that she may now need ESL input after all? I know she's started learning Spanish at (American) school and still attends French school in the morning, but isn't that taking bureaucratic pedantry a little too far?
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