This is an "honors" blog

This isn't just an ordinary blog anymore. It's an "honors blog."

What changed? Will the content be more stimulating? The topics more intellectual?

Nope. The only thing that changes is the name. I decided to call it an honors blog.

Preposterous, you say? (Actually, you probably said something less Cambridge-sounding than "preposterous" didn't you? Something starting with a "B" maybe?)

Now you understand my surprise at finding out that's how "honors" classes in Shenandoah County Public Schools are named. The teacher and principal decide. There's no standard for an "honors" curriculum. No guarantee of extra challenge. Nada.

One parent told me their kid says, "It's just that kids who want to study go into an honors class. They don't do anything different." My son says it's not even that. He says half the kids choose the honors class, the rest are there because it fits into their schedule.

So, I'm now a part of the "Local Advisory Committee" for Gifted and Talented Education. I think maybe my first goal will be to establish a "truth in advertising" policy for "honors" classes.

Now that you've read your first "honors blog" post, don't you feel smarter?