Last week my daughter came home with a note from her teacher explaining that there was a big social studies test the following week. The children were to study the content in their social studies binder each night for review. We reviewed the content the first night, the second night I traveled out of country, the third night I sent home an email in the middle of the night reminding her to study, the fourth day she forgot her social studies binder at school, the fifth day she forgot it again …
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