Who has students taking the ACT today?

[Quiver0f10]

I just got back from dropping off my 10th grader. He is nervous, poor kid. I am praying for all the students taking it today!

[Katia]

Thank you. I'm praying for them, too!

My 16yo dd is taking it as well. It was so hard to just drop her off and drive away.....I'm a nervous wreck!! And will probably continue to be so until we get her results.

I think all homeschool moms feel the pressure of this test, as we have such a vested interest. It's a reflection on all that we have done and taught. And it determines, to a large extent, their future.

And for me, with this dd especially......she has been at home with me for always and forever: my totally homeschooled dc. (my oldest went to ps through most of 4th grade and my middle did preschool and K in the ps) AND she is my last. My baby.

This is so hard.

[Susan A.]

We do - our 10th dd. She was more nervous about not knowing her way around the school than taking the test - ha. Thankfully, there were some ps teachers who go to our church helping out there today. Since we know she will probably take it again a time or two, we are trying not to get too stressed out about this one.

[Quiver0f10]

We do - our 10th dd. She was more nervous about not knowing her way around the school than taking the test - ha. Thankfully, there were some ps teachers who go to our church helping out there today. Since we know she will probably take it again a time or two, we are trying not to get too stressed out about this one.

I think that was a lot of my son's issue to. He had taken the PSAT there, but there were only a handful of students taking it. When we pulled up today to the high school there were already @ 150 students in line. I don't think he expected that many and it was a bit unnerving.

[SusanNN]

Is this harder on the Moms, so you think?!

Best wishes to all!!!!!

[Laura K (NC)]

A lot of other homeschoolers he knew were taking it at the same public school, so that helped with the stress some. He's been taking a lot of practice tests, and that helped, and we got there really early (so unlike us!) and that helped a bit too. I wasn't stressed at all because as I told him, I don't care how he does, his goal is just to finish and experience the test this year. Next year, his junior year, will be more important!

[Hilary]

My youngest, the ninth grader, took it today for the first time. I was really surprised at how well it went. We have had great difficulty getting him out of bed in the morning for several months now. Thankfully, my DH and I have found some techniques that seem to be working well, and so even though my son had to get up at 6:30, he got to the test on time. He also has OCD and is currently off his medication, but didn't seem to get unduly stressed. I have been having him work in practice books for a few months, so the actual test didn't seem to present a big problem.

Neither of my older kids took the ACT in ninth grade, but I decided that it would be a good alternative to the Stanford achievement test that our homeschool group gives. That's three mornings of testing, versus the one morning for the ACT, and I think the ACT scores will be more meaningful if we pursue outside classes.

Good luck to everyone who took it today! I know for us it was a big relief to have it over!

[CynthiaOK]

My 10th grader took it today. He said he thought it went well. Thankfully, a best buddy was in the same room - they assign rooms alphabetically. His practice tests were great so I hope the real thing comes close to the practice ones

[Quiver0f10]

My son thought it went well too. Now to wait patiently for the results. :D

[Blue Hen]

My 16yo took it today as well. He thought it went well. We'll see.

Carole