seCret cOdes in oUr schooL sysTEms...Right?

So we did it. There was kicking and screaming and tears, but after about 15 minutes I calmed down and was ok with it. After all it was only Kindergarten registration, C'mon mom's you know you feel my pain...*sigh* Yup, my Lil Man is officially joining the ranks of mini people in the cogs of the public school system. He is SOOOOO dang excited so I hope that lasts for another 13 years or so. :)

So, here in Chesterfield they do an intake assessment on each child. You know "point to the square" and "Where is your hips?" and "Stand on one foot with your eyes closed" (no really, he had to do that), all the things that deem a child "Kindergarten Ready" (which I don't really get, isn't Kindergarten supposed to help MAKE you ready???). At the end of his assessment Lil Man was bouncy and even more excited, except for one small thing. The conversation was as follows:

"So Lil Man how was it?"

"Fine, but I had to tell her she didn't make any sense" (Uh-Oh, talking back before even the first day of class

"What do you mean?"

"I had to tell her that her test didn't make any sense because I couldn't figure out her secret code" (WhAT?!?!?)

"What code? What didn't make sense?"

"She had a bunch of letters mom, but none of it made words...so it had to be a secret code. But I couldn't figure it out in time, so she told me to just tell her which letters they were"

Now don't worry all of you conspiracy theorists, our government is not teaching our youth secret codes on the sly in order to recruit. Turns out they have a section on ABC recognition where there's a few lines of random letters that they are asked to identify. Lil Man was asked to "read" the letters to her and was trying to make words that weren't there. Phew...that was a tough intro to school!