Friday, October 9, 2009

Standardized Testing

They coral students into icy rooms where the buzz of an air conditioner overpowers everything. The guy next to you always smells bad, taps things, and/or smacks his gum. You scribble & scratch, dreading the consequential onset of carpal tunnel syndrome.
They begin with something easy - reading. It lulls you into a false sense of security.
Then BAM! The math section. You have twenty seconds a question, you learned this stuff in freshman Algebra, you have no idea what to do, you sit your freshly-sharpened pencil on the table and pray. The timer goes off & you wasted your time praying.
Standardized testing. What can you do? The test is sent off & they compare you to other students as if everyone is the same. If i wasn't in the top 10%, i would hate it...

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