I also believe in equal treatment, so here's the report from Avritt's teacher:
I am enjoying having Avritt in class this year! He is a good friend to his peers, and a very hard worker. Avritt puts his personal best effort into his work, and frequently raises his hand to participate in class discussions and share his ideas. He is respectful and considerate to his peers and adults at school, and is very responsible. Avritt has a great sense of humor, and is very clever. He is doing well in all areas of the language arts curriculum, and is a great reader and writer. Avritt continues to demonstrate an overall strong number sense in math. Avritt has done a phenomenal job in 4th grade this year. He is a great problem solver and thinker.
Avritt took the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, and received a national percentile rank (he scored better than that percent of national students) of 93 in vocab and 97 in comprehension. He is scored at grade 10.5 for vocab and Post High School for comprehension. His total was at grade 12.5.
The latest favorite book of his is called The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden. Here is the beginning of the introduction: "In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage. The one thing that we always say about childhood is that we seemed to have more time back then. This book will help you recapture those SUnday afternoons and long summers--because they're still ong if you know how to look at them." The book includes how to make a bow and arrow, the five knots every boy should know, making a battery, the rules of soccer, understanding grammar, famous battles, spies - codes and ciphers, astronomy tidbits, making a paper water bomb (this worked quite well), sampling shakespeare, the navajo code talker's dictionary, skipping stones, a brief history of artillary, and more.
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