Aug 29, 2004 20:04
Oh God. The GRE is upon us. Mom asks, “Why are you studying only now. Don’t you need more time?” Well, yeah I do, but there’s not enough study time in the universe for me to avoid making a big a## of myself. So I figure starting now is just fine. In preparation for taking the test sometime in October (Hey! No pressure with the “setting a date"thing ok?!), I’ve spent what, two whole days looking at a GRE exam preparation book and I’ve come to the realization that I think my IQ has taken a significant leap for the worst since I’ve graduated-heck, since I’ve taken the SATs to get into UH! And so, burdened with my huge apathy for math and the quantitative section of the GRE, I thought I would cheer myself up by taking a gander at the Verbal Section. Much to my chagrin: This stuff is hard! Now you have to feel some of my pain considering that I have a degree in English and pride myself on stuff like Analogies, Reading Comprehension, and Antonyms! I am down with the grammar man, hip to the litwit know-how, into the read-ing for com-pre-hen-sion! But tell me how can one accurately pinpoint that BAREFACED is to SHAME as HEADLONG is to FORETHOUGHT! Oh well, at least I’ve got my fractions and ratios down. And I mean FINALLY!