Doss Elementary’s PTA newsletter confirms Mr. B.’s third place in the science fair. Along with twenty-two other fourth graders. Some of his friends on the list, more on the second and first place lists. Oh, well.
The projects are worthwhile, I suppose, in teaching science. But even the teachers know we parents have a big hand in these things. Without continual advice and goosing prodding, the kids would never finish them, much less do them correctly. They’re simply too young and science is too hard. (Unless you’re a climate researcher. Then you just make it up as you go along.)
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 