<p>notre dame, no one in our household encourages retakes for sport, nor has anyone encouraged retakes at all. Reporting something is not the same thing as endorsing it. I don’t think you are off the mark about the rude awakening for SOME kids–I’m simply saying that it does not apply to many other high-scorers who may want to retake the test. The scenario described by WIS 75 comports with my experience. Yours doesn’t. People are different. Is there a problem with that?</p>
<p>I agree about the importance of intrinsic achievement. What I wish for my own kid is that he find something where the desire for that very thing means more than anything else.</p>