Yea Ok, We Needed This...
Look! It's a test, it's an exam, no it's the High School Proficiency Assessment! All the homeslices out there say it slang like the HSPA, but it doesn't matter who you are, you don't even have to wear pants to know, this test is a waste of time. Right off the bat, the test is fundamentally flawed. If we're all living in this happy go lucky, second chance, "alternative assessment" society, then why are we being handed tests that decide whether or not we graduate with a high school diploma. You're telling me that after getting an A in Pre Calc, I'd have to go take Basic Skills Math for failing this exam, oh excuse me, assessment? Not that it was extremely difficult but still, what happens if you were having a bad day, buttered the wrong side of your toast, or had to take your exam with Steve Patelis, like myself. In anyone one of those extreme circumstances, you'd be lucky to come out of that room with your composure, much less a passing grade. Can they seriously say a whole high school education can be erased in one morning? I'm sorry Johnny, you may have lassoed Osama bin Laden, replanted the rain forest, and invented the longer lasting lightbulb, but with this 50 on the HSPA, you're not going to college. Here is a shovel, now go practice digging some holes. It doesn't help the whole operation is run like a Nazi prison camp. No talking, no eating, no going to the bathroom, and don't even think about breathing! The teacher turned evil HSPA prompter always leaning suspiciously over your shoulder. Listen lady, don't live out your lost expectations through me by trying to catch me cheating. I'm not cheating in the first place, but if I were, you can forget about catching me. You forget we do learn SOME things in three years of high school, even if its not the kind of stuff we saw on those tests. All in all, they're not that bad so let's just do it like the Governor of California, and tear em' to shreds. On a side note, if you feel you're not doing well, buying a HowellSurfCo hat may dramatically increase your performance.