I see, you see, Eden took her ISEE.

I am so proud of Eden. She is very brave. On Sunday, she took the ISEE exam as part of her application process for St. Paul’s School for Girls. She had to get up very early in the morning to be at Friends School for the test at 7:15 AM on a Sunday morning. She had her number 2 pencils and some blue and black pens.

It was a small group. Most of the kids were high school age, clearly much older. A few of them even drove themselves to the test or took a bus. There were a handful of 4th and 5th graders, maybe 7 or 8 kids. Eden was the smallest. But, they called her name, and she stood up confidently. She gave me a hug and went down the hallway. She didn’t look back.

She had worked for a few days practicing for this test. So, she felt confident walking down that hallway. She was scared. I am her dad, I can tell. But, she suppressed her fears. She put on her brave face, and she took care of business.

She said that the first few minutes she was nervous. She had to plan out her time to answer all of the questions. And she could tell which kids were in 4th and which were in 5th. But she recognized some of the type questions from the practice test she took.

I’m proud of my girl. She never ceases to impress me.