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Darth was Mauled
Registered: Jun 00
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4/8/02 6:12pm
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I took the ACT the other day, and some of the funniest "possible" answers were in the English section. Some of those choices made no sense and only someone who speaks no English would pick those choices.
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JediJeffro
Registered: Jun 01
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Hmm...tom foolery is a sign of communism... 
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Dev Sibwarra
Registered: Jun 99
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FN- Hmm... I think I got that essay too. Either eighth or ninth grade, can't remember which.
I haven't done anything like that, under the assumption that the part of the grader's brain responsible for humor shuts down after they've read five-hundred essays on the pros and cons of owning a magical robot. Usually, I just try to throw in enough big words to make the person doing the grading reach for their dictionary.
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Registered: Feb 01
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4/8/02 7:49pm
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lol, nerf if i could, I'd add you twice to my watched users list...
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Registered: Jan 01
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4/8/02 8:48pm
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"Hmm...tom foolery is a sign of communism..."
Communism? Where?
Amazing.
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Registered: Jun 99
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Registered: Oct 01
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PSSAs Suck. I had to read a story on Pengins my Junior year. SOOO boring! I will never forget what a classmate said after the story: "F*** pengins. THey suck."
And I had a friend write a story in German on her form. It was a great laugh.
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McNerf-Burger
Registered: Nov 00
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4/9/02 12:52pm
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Well, today was the second day of testing, and behold, it was a Reading section. It consists of two reading samples with multiple choice questions, and a short writing response. On the first page was a map. Why would there be a map on the reading exam? I have no idea, but I commened to the PA. Education system that it was a very nice map. The first reading sample involved the Cherokee's. The second involved accoustics. Why they would want me to read about accoustics and answer questions on it, I shall never know. Well, nothing very interesting happened in the multiple choice section. A few alterations here and there.
Of course, as always, the real fun doesnt come until the writing response. We were supposed to reply to the accoustics sample, and pretend we had looked in an office and we had to suggest ways on how to improve the accoustics of the room using information from the sample. It almost makes sense if you read the sample, but still, it caused me to go like this:
It also said we would use our own ideas. I mainly stuck to the topic, but included things which are sure to be seen as odd. I think I said something of, "Suppose a duck or a duck-like creature was loose in the office? This duck would create a disturbance with its loud sounds of quackery and wing flappery. It would prevent the office workers from preforming their tasks, and they would become agitated and perhaps destroy the duck through means of violence. Obviously, this is a situation we want to avoid." This was one of my reasons why the office should be sound proofed. Ah, ha ha ha ha.
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This duck would create a disturbance with its loud sounds of quackery and wing flappery.
Wasn't that a line from a Wu-Tang Clan song? You've got some hard raps there, McNerf. Keep it real.
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Rebel_Sock_Trader
Registered: Mar 02
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4/9/02 12:58pm
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i took the MCAS today. it sucks.
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McNerf-Burger
Registered: Nov 00
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4/9/02 1:01pm
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Tell me, does this MCAS of your have any effect on you? For the tests I take matter none to myself, for I dont need it for graduation and colleges see it not. Thus, I have a jolly time. You should do the same if these MCAS's are of no importance.
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Registered: Mar 02
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4/9/02 1:03pm
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these days, in MA, you take mcas every year but in 10th grade, it counts. no mcas, no high school diploma.
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Registered: Mar 01
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4/9/02 1:05pm
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I don't feel like reading this whole thread, but here in California, we have what's called the STAR test, and some good can actually come out of it! I got a $1,000 scholarship for any California college from the Governor for scoring in the top ten percent in California on the STAR test! Two years in a row! But they didn't tell us that before we took the test, so it was kind of a surprise to me. So, yeah, now I have $2,000 for college just from one of these stupid standardized tests. Oh, and I don't know if anyone's mentioned this yet, but the standardized tests also determine how much money a school gets, so if you can organize a boycott of them at your school, you could really bring them to their knees. 
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4/9/02 1:08pm
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that's it! i'm moving!
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yodaboy
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4/10/02 10:23am
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I have standardized tests next week... I can't wait 
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JediFarfy
Registered: Nov 00
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4/10/02 4:34pm
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HA! My young friends, you have it so easy! Imagine this:
The WASL test. The Washington (state) Assesment of Student Learning.
Writing--you have to write 2 full, 5 paragraph essays. One is a book review (you have to remember the book, you can't have it with you), the other a regular essay about whatever.
Reading--you read your typical section. Then you have to answer about 3 multiple choice answers and write about 4 short answer things.
Listening--you listen to two sides of an argument, describe both sides pros and cons in about 2 minutes, then choose a side and write a couple paragraphs on why.
Math--This is the worst. You're given a story problem. You have to solve it, write it all out, and explain how you solved it in 1-2 paragraphs.
That's the 10th grade test. It doesn't count yet, but kids in elementary schools will have to pass it for it to count. The year after I took it, they gave kids who passed a field trip. I got screwed! What sucks is you have to wait a year till you get your results, and nothing really happens with them. But I passed. 
We also have the CTBS tests, which is taken by just about everyone every year. It's just a basic SAT-like test. I skipped an entire page accidentally in 4th grade, but I probably would have had a perfect score. I was a genius! 
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Registered: Sep 99
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I regfularly have to take crap like this. 
I live in PA too. Wierd. PSSA, McNerf.
I have to do well on these test comiung up though, as if you don't pass ,you can't graduate and you won't have a seal tha tdoes absolutely nothing on your diploma when you finally do.
This is positively RETARDED. Do they really expect us to pass? MAybe we should get some teachers who know what they're talking aboiut. I mean, I'm one of the top students in my class, and I didn't pass the pretest. GRAH! The public school system sucks. I wish there was an arts high school around here. 
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SithDewd
Registered: Jun 00
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4/10/02 4:49pm
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Nerf you should take those tests a little more seriously. I am not sure if the policy is the same where you live but doing poorly on those tests could follow you for a long time. First of all if you do poorly on the test quess what? You do not graduate. Let's say you pass the test but just barely guess what? You rank that the scored on the test is inscribed on your diploma. Just a little something to think about. Bo am I glad this only does not start until next year.
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Registered: Oct 00
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Excerpt from first post regarding the importance of the exams :
You may wonder to yourself, "What is this test for?" Ah ha. I shall tell you. Nothing of importance, for me anyhow. It is not necessary for graduation, and colleges dont see it. Therefore, I care little for being the guinea pig of Pennsylvania."
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McNerf-Burger
Registered: Nov 00
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4/10/02 5:40pm
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Sithdewd, thats not correct. The PSSA has no impact on whether or not we graduate. And I have heard that the scores are not on our diploma's this year. Basically, it has no impact on me whatsoever. Besides, I am still answering all (most of them anyway, I would think) multiple choice questions right. There is no way in heck Im failing this thing, but if I did, it wouldnt matter.
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Registered: Feb 01
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4/10/02 6:40pm
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well, if you didn't want to fail, you could just write your JC-name in your name box, put some different address, and fake everything else, then go on a weird rampage.
when you finish the test, and it's all done, say you accidentally put the wrong info on the test, and you need to take it again, this time correctly
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McNerf-Burger
Registered: Nov 00
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9/20/02 1:17pm
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Funny thing:
I got the test results back today, and it seems in the writing test I ended up in the 97th percentile of 11th grade students in Pennsylvania with a nice score of 1766 out of a possibe 1800. This makes me feel pleasant, since the schools get money for good scores on the PSSA, I probably got my high school a few bucks, and I feel they owe me something in return.
On the math test, the one I put the most nonsense into, I actually got in the 56th percentile, and only the 65th percentile in Reading, which may be due to some of my nonsensicalalities.
Tee hee!
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