"Audiobody"
I don't precisely know what to think about the SAT I spent four hours completing this morning at an unfamiliar school with unfamiliar people. It felt much more difficult to me than did the ACT, a sentiment I share with almost nobody. Part of it may have been the ten sections rather than four. Part of it may have been the problems I've been having with my neck that caused me a lot of pain. Part of it may have been that on this test I felt like every question was intended to trick me, especially on the grammar sections, which I thought should have been the easiest for me. Whatever the reasons, I didn't feel especially confident leaving the test.
These general tests seem to cater to those with less skill, especially within the reading sections. In AP English this year, we were taught to actually delve into a text, and look for deeper meaning and various patterns in the writing. On this test, it mostly tested my patience to flip back to the passage and search through for some minor detail, or ask a generally irrelevant thematic question that barely glossed the surface of these pieces someone took the time to write. I felt far more secure in my answers on the AP test than on this standardized whatever.
The silver lining is that both this test, and the school year are over. Next week is intended for finals, but I have none. All I have remaining that involves work is half of an English presentation on "Mother Night" and a senate simulation in History worth basically no points. I am ridiculously close to getting an A in English this semester, which is rare in Graglia's class, so I hope she appreciates the other half of my presentation (as well as the first half I did yesterday, I suppose.) My history grade won't change. So I am sure of three As and one B. The jury is still out on my English grade, and I'm a bit scared that I will end up with an 89.8 that Graglia will refuse to round. All it would do is make me beat myself up for some arbitrary five points I lost somewhere along the way due to apathy that would have gotten me the grade I wanted.
Interlochen is only two weeks away. I need to have my audition well prepared, but I'm still not sure what I'm going to perform yet. I feel somewhat screwed. For the audition intensive during the first week we are supposed to bring every song and monologue we have ever accumulated in our repertoire. I think I lost all of them when my voice lesson notebook vanished. I don't think the stress will ever end.
These general tests seem to cater to those with less skill, especially within the reading sections. In AP English this year, we were taught to actually delve into a text, and look for deeper meaning and various patterns in the writing. On this test, it mostly tested my patience to flip back to the passage and search through for some minor detail, or ask a generally irrelevant thematic question that barely glossed the surface of these pieces someone took the time to write. I felt far more secure in my answers on the AP test than on this standardized whatever.
The silver lining is that both this test, and the school year are over. Next week is intended for finals, but I have none. All I have remaining that involves work is half of an English presentation on "Mother Night" and a senate simulation in History worth basically no points. I am ridiculously close to getting an A in English this semester, which is rare in Graglia's class, so I hope she appreciates the other half of my presentation (as well as the first half I did yesterday, I suppose.) My history grade won't change. So I am sure of three As and one B. The jury is still out on my English grade, and I'm a bit scared that I will end up with an 89.8 that Graglia will refuse to round. All it would do is make me beat myself up for some arbitrary five points I lost somewhere along the way due to apathy that would have gotten me the grade I wanted.
Interlochen is only two weeks away. I need to have my audition well prepared, but I'm still not sure what I'm going to perform yet. I feel somewhat screwed. For the audition intensive during the first week we are supposed to bring every song and monologue we have ever accumulated in our repertoire. I think I lost all of them when my voice lesson notebook vanished. I don't think the stress will ever end.