Why test?

Why do you test? Is it for the grade? Is there anything that you do with the information after the test?

Quilting

It amazes me how much learning to quilt has given me confidence in myself. Before quilting, I would have described myself as math challenged. Now, there isn't a math problem that I am not willing to try. It's truly amazing. I used to be afraid of algebra, to the point of crying. Now, I routinely do algebra problems and most often do not even realize it.

It is very interesting to me how it is that we learn to read. I remember sitting in my first grade classroom on the first day of school. My teacher, Mrs.Nolan, wrote "red ball" on the chalkboard. She held up a red playground ball and pointed to the words on the chalkboard and then to the ball. I can clearly remember seeing those two words on the board that day. We didn't have Kindergarten in Oregon in those days. This was my first experience with school. But I must have known all of my letters in order to recognize those words as she pointed to them. I do not, however, remember any playing of school or things like that at home before first grade. I know my mother read to me constantly during my early years, but I do not remember anyone sitting down with me and teaching me any letters or words.