Flu + 'Testing' = Are you Kidding Me?

I got the flu.
I got the flu shot, so how did I get the flu?
I blame it on mandatory testing/writing class.
The writing assignment was assigned shortly after the last 'Skype' session with the over-seeing instructor.  I'm a writer.  I should have jumped at this assignment with utmost enthusiasm -- but the assignment wasn't for me.  It was for my 5-year-old.  Yes.  My Daughter had to create a story complete with an outline.  My head started hurting... and then the 'instructions' arrived for 'administering' the DIBLES testing that we 'failed' during our Skype session.  Here come the stomach cramps...
The game plan was to 'conquer' a portion of the story each day.  We spent time 'brainstorming' and I took notes.  Should she have written down the items we were discussing? Of course, but, then again, SHE IS 5.  I knew this process was not going to be a good learning experience - it was going to be a 'there, I satisfied the rules' mess.
And then the flu took over my life for nearly one week.
Sarah got to learn - but not at our usual pace.  And we totally skipped the writing... which leads us to today.
I am not a crunch-time finisher.  I do not understand people who say that they didn't have time to make/get a present for birthday/Christmas/Anniversary/etc.  The dates don't change.  They're there every year at the same time.  I know when things must be accomplished by, so I begin as soon as possible to ensure the least amount of stress.... but, here we are now.  It is now the last minute.
It is crunch time.
Testing must be done.
Story must be written.
This sucks.
Remember that fun learning that we were doing?  Sorry, kiddo, in order to satisfy the educational system that we have stepped into, we have to throw a kink into it.  You are going to hate it.  You are going to learn that education isn't always fun.
Wait.
What is wrong with that entire paragraph??
Most people would glance at it and say, "Yep - that's life. At least she's learning it now."  Or, "You can't shelter your kids forever."
I am not trying to 'shelter' my daughter.
I am trying to instill a love for learning that will catapult her leaps and bounds beyond the mediocrity that seems acceptable for so many.
Because we signed on to be a part of a virtual charter academy, I know that we have hoops that we must jump through.
We completed the story.
It was not fun.
I promise to make story-writing fun from now on.  I want Sarah to understand that she has the ability to make magic with her words.
We then began the DIBLES testing.
Sarah had to identify letters.  She looked at me like I had three heads.  Yes, honey- I know that you know these, just bear with me for a bit.
Sarah then went on to read words.  She had twenty seconds left after she had finished. Yes.  My Daughter is a kick-ass reader at the age of 5.
And then the most asinine part of the test.  Read nonsense words.
What?
Why?
The official response to that question: To make sure she knows the sounds that the letters make.
She does.
We still have to test that.
No, trying to read made-up/misspelled words will confuse an early-reader, I do not want to do the test, it will negatively impact her learning.
I stand my ground.
I think our teacher hates us.