She was so intelligent by kindergarten that she taught herself to understand Spanish by watching the Univision channel and also to read National Geographic at 2 and a half. Her appearance is described as being short with reddish-blond hair. Nora Rose Rowley: The main character of the story and secretive genius.Byrne supports Nora, saying that she did think grades were getting too much heed. Nora expresses that she thinks grades cause too much competition, and that it causes the extra smart kids to be all snobbish and stuck-up, and the normal kids to think they're dumb. She stays home the next day, pretending to be indisposed, but gives up her ploy when she discovers that Stephen has started a campaign for all students to rebel by scoring zeros on their next tests.ĭuring an emergency school meeting, Stephen and Nora apologize on behalf of the involved students before the whole school. Hackney, the next day for scoring a zero on her last three tests, Nora explains that she loathes grades because they cause too much competition.

When she is confronted by the principal, Ms. As word spreads, Nora begins to act like a snob and challenges teachers by bringing up topics that have not been taught in class yet. He intentionally tells the school's gossip, Jenny Ashton that Nora is a genius. Soon, Nora reveals to Stephen that she is actually a genius and he comes up with a plan to prove grades don't reflect everything about a student. To encourage Stephen and prove the CMT scores are not important, Nora deliberately gets a bad report card: all D's except for a C in spelling.ĭue to all the D's that Nora gets, her parents contact the school, and Nora starts to receive special attention. When their CMT (Connecticut Mastery Test) scores come out, Stephen's low scores persuade him that he is stupid as students start treating the scores as a competition reflecting their intelligence. She becomes interested in one of her schoolfellow, Stephen, and they become friends. To disguise her intellect, Nora observes and emulates her classmates so she doesn't stand out. Nora is secretly a genius but does not tell anyone for fear that she will be thought of as 'different'.ĩ year old Nora is not a normal child, and she figures this out as a little kid. The story is narrated by a 5th-grade girl, Nora Rose Rowley.

The Report Card is a children's novel by Andrew Clements, first published in 2004.

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