One day, there will be a standardized test that will randomly have all answers as just one letter. The poor student that gets that test will be completely screwed over.
When kids get perfect on standardized tests, they become society's little player pianos -- they do exactly what they are programmed to do, no personality, no flaw, no style.
Yes. And I don't want to live with a bunch of player pianos. I just learned that kids have figured out that they can score perfectly on scantrons if chapstick is judiciously applied to the scantron. I don't use scantrons. And I thought this was kind of funny. Because what shows more thought--figuring out what chapstick will do or bubbling in answers? I like flaws. I have so many of them myself.
especially the state testing. I have a daughter who is in AP classes, has a phenomenal GPA, and chokes every time she has to take one of these. Sad, sad, sad state of affairs.
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Chicken nuggets.
Word verification.
DRM.
BPA.
ATF.
Er, wait - that's all just stuff I hate.
One day, there will be a standardized test that will randomly have all answers as just one letter. The poor student that gets that test will be completely screwed over.
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I grow fangs when I see scantron forms. I scowl. I have taken to breaking number two pencils.
When kids get perfect on standardized tests, they become society's little player pianos -- they do exactly what they are programmed to do, no personality, no flaw, no style.
Yes. And I don't want to live with a bunch of player pianos.
I just learned that kids have figured out that they can score perfectly on scantrons if chapstick is judiciously applied to the scantron.
I don't use scantrons. And I thought this was kind of funny. Because what shows more thought--figuring out what chapstick will do or bubbling in answers?
I like flaws. I have so many of them myself.
I am purposely imperfect.
especially the state testing. I have a daughter who is in AP classes, has a phenomenal GPA, and chokes every time she has to take one of these. Sad, sad, sad state of affairs.
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