Just had to share...

This afternoon one of Mia's friends from school came over for a playdate.  This particular child was accepted into the "gifted" program at school.  Now, already we knew that this sweet little girl had no clue when her birthday was and was hazy on how many siblings she had.  We were all a little confused about that last bit.  Anyhoo, the playdate was going longer than I had anticipated so I asked Mia to go ahead and get her homework out of the way and then they could get back to playing.  Part of her homework is to practice reading for 15 minutes each night.  After Mia finished reading the first story she asked how much more she had to do.  I told her maybe two more stories out of this one particular book.  I also said if her friend wanted to read some that we could count that toward their time, although they are in different class I assumed that similar requirements were in place.  The little girl, rather than jumping in and reading, said "I can't.  I don't know how to read."  What?  You mean a kid in the "gifted" class doesn't know how to read.  What exactly are they basing this program on anyway?  

I know, I know.  I need to get over it already.  I am getting more and more over it daily as things like this happen.  Plus, Mia's class this year is smaller than the gifted class anyway.  I hope I don't sound completely bitter.  Because really, I'm only a little bitter still.