Countries Fair

Ruth took part in the 9th grade countries fair this week, where she featured the country of  Iceland. She and her partner offered tasty spice cookies, as well as played Disney tunes in Icelandic.  There were hundreds of kids participating, and as we looked at the displays we were able to sample various foods from different countries.

 I was amazed at the huge span of quality that was present; everything from kids in jeans who had drawn on their board with a marker, to girls in full costume with large hand painted displays.   It makes me question again our nations insistence to educate children according to age, rather than ability; it just seems ludicrous to me.   Though, in the spirit of true disclosure, Ruth had procrastinated making her display to the last minute and was saved by Kaitlin and I pitching in to help the night before.   Still, Ruth's was one of the better ones, and she is getting all A's again this quarter.