There once was a girl with a face
Whose mind went all over the place
A standardized test
She took without rest
Then fell down a mountain with haste.
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, that was a Limerick about my weekend. The SAT was the test. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, but it was rather long and grueling. One thing I thought was funny was that after we took the first 2 sections, they had us turn to the back cover of the testing packet where there was one of those statements, "I hereby agree to the terms and conditions blah blah blah dot dot dot etc," and then they had us COPY THE ENTIRE THING IN CURSIVE. We haven't had to do cursive since like third grade. It was so pointless.
Sample SAT question: Read the question carefully and use the magic sorcery of mathematics to select the best answer, not that there are any other right ones to chose from:
L'Sunjayabalakeem plans to give a speech about including exaggerated racial diversity in standardized tests for 3 hours. While giving his speech, he stands on a podium that is made of cedar wood. The cedar wood was fashioned (having cut it into several equal parts) by a logger whose dog follows him at a constant pace wherever he goes. The ratio of the length of the dog's hind legs to the length of the dog's front legs also remains a constant. The dog got lost and wandered out into traffic on the day of the speech, and L'Sunjayabalakeem nearly ran over him on his way to the Diversity Club Center. This caused him to be late, and he lost 1 hour. If the Diversity Club Center was in New York and the logger who owned the dog was in Ontario, what is 3 minus 1?
Answers:
A. 2
B. (3)x/2
C. 2cotx
D. log(dog)
E. The ratio of the dogs' legs will no longer be constant.
Fun stuff. One thing I will say about the SAT though is that the whole experience made me appreciate going to my high school much more, because the school where I tested is in pretty bad condition in comparison. There were unidentifyable smears on the walls, the desks were worse than the ones I had in middle school (and just for mentioning middle school I have to now go through salt over my shoulder and sprinkle oil on my head). The flickering flourescent-blue lights served as the final resting ground of many a fly...Let's just say I took a nice long shower afterward. And it wasn't even bad compared to other stuff I've heard about...I guess it just put it into perspective for me. I now feel more motivated to support programs that work to clean up schools. In all seriousness, I would not feel motivated about my education on a campus that isn't well kept, and I wouldn't feel safe either.
When I become a teacher I'm going to work hard to make sure that the environment my students are in is of quality.
After the SAT I got to go snowboarding, which was uber fun in comparison. I could go into so much more detail about that but--
[Impish giggling]
Oh, joy, I see our Leprechaun problem is back. They don't make mousetraps like they use to.
[HORROR-INVOKING ROAR]
@#$%^ they brought that Orc cross-breed! I've got to--
A standardized test
She took without rest
Then fell down a mountain with haste.
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, that was a Limerick about my weekend. The SAT was the test. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be, but it was rather long and grueling. One thing I thought was funny was that after we took the first 2 sections, they had us turn to the back cover of the testing packet where there was one of those statements, "I hereby agree to the terms and conditions blah blah blah dot dot dot etc," and then they had us COPY THE ENTIRE THING IN CURSIVE. We haven't had to do cursive since like third grade. It was so pointless.
Sample SAT question: Read the question carefully and use the magic sorcery of mathematics to select the best answer, not that there are any other right ones to chose from:
L'Sunjayabalakeem plans to give a speech about including exaggerated racial diversity in standardized tests for 3 hours. While giving his speech, he stands on a podium that is made of cedar wood. The cedar wood was fashioned (having cut it into several equal parts) by a logger whose dog follows him at a constant pace wherever he goes. The ratio of the length of the dog's hind legs to the length of the dog's front legs also remains a constant. The dog got lost and wandered out into traffic on the day of the speech, and L'Sunjayabalakeem nearly ran over him on his way to the Diversity Club Center. This caused him to be late, and he lost 1 hour. If the Diversity Club Center was in New York and the logger who owned the dog was in Ontario, what is 3 minus 1?
Answers:
A. 2
B. (3)x/2
C. 2cotx
D. log(dog)
E. The ratio of the dogs' legs will no longer be constant.
Fun stuff. One thing I will say about the SAT though is that the whole experience made me appreciate going to my high school much more, because the school where I tested is in pretty bad condition in comparison. There were unidentifyable smears on the walls, the desks were worse than the ones I had in middle school (and just for mentioning middle school I have to now go through salt over my shoulder and sprinkle oil on my head). The flickering flourescent-blue lights served as the final resting ground of many a fly...Let's just say I took a nice long shower afterward. And it wasn't even bad compared to other stuff I've heard about...I guess it just put it into perspective for me. I now feel more motivated to support programs that work to clean up schools. In all seriousness, I would not feel motivated about my education on a campus that isn't well kept, and I wouldn't feel safe either.
When I become a teacher I'm going to work hard to make sure that the environment my students are in is of quality.
After the SAT I got to go snowboarding, which was uber fun in comparison. I could go into so much more detail about that but--
[Impish giggling]
Oh, joy, I see our Leprechaun problem is back. They don't make mousetraps like they use to.
[HORROR-INVOKING ROAR]
@#$%^ they brought that Orc cross-breed! I've got to--
1 comments:
HAHAHAHA I love the sample question.
And in case you weren't aware, you a magician with words. No joke.
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