PACT Testing

Yes it's that time of year where our kids are busy taking tests. You might think that they should have end of year or end of semester tests, nope, not at all. In fact all they have to do is kinda' take the PACT test... which takes 5 days or something and they're done. Done with school completely. Yes I know there is still 2 weeks of school, but they are done. All they have to do now is go to parties and watch movies.

Remember when school started, they had two weeks or so to get everything in place, watch movies, and go to parties then too. So that's a month that kids are in school and no learning takes place. Wonder why South Carolina is in the education dumps now? Well the kids get two weeks of no learning at the beginning and two weeks at the end, that could be part of it. And don't think I'm blaming teachers, at least not completely. Everything is hinged on these PACT tests... once they take them it doesn't matter what happens, this system has got to change.