How To Take Standardized Testing Persuasive Essay
Do you love school? Hate it? Enjoy the day? Or do you really just go because you have to? Well, whatever your opinion is I barely make it through the year! With the loads of standardized tests, horrible classes, and a boring school, I think you’ll see my point.
First I’ll tell you about the tests. We have a lot of tests, standardized tests. In fact I took one the day I started writing this paper! It was a MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests, they are my least favorite type of tests. We take nine of these a year! They measure how much we can comprehend, and how much we know, versus how much we’ve learned. So basically, how smart we are. We also take the tests on computers, so I have to rest my eyes when they start to ache. In October, we will have to take the PSAT’s (pre-SAT’s) and we most likely will have to take them again. At the end of the year we take tests called PASS (Palmetto Assessment of State Standards) and ACT, we are tested on Science, Social studies, math, reading, and writing. You tell me if that’s a lot.
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First of all, there are no spirit weeks, ever. Ever since we got a new principal, we haven't had a single fun activity. We also don’t have any actual FUN fundraisers. All we had last year was a field day at the end of the year that was insanely boring. We also have uniforms, Now I know that they have to have some rules about dress code, but when have a pair of jeans hurt anyone? We can only wear light blue, navy blue, white, grey, and light pink tops and sweatshirts. For bottoms we can only wear black, navy blue and khaki. Also we can only have quarter zippers on our jackets, or any logos of any size.
So, as I have clearly explained, I strongly dislike this school. Just knowing I have to go the next day, and the day after that, makes me want to pull my hair out. Now, if you unconditionally love school, that’s great, and you probably don’t go to my school, because I don’t know many people who
First I’ll tell you about the tests. We have a lot of tests, standardized tests. In fact I took one the day I started writing this paper! It was a MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests, they are my least favorite type of tests. We take nine of these a year! They measure how much we can comprehend, and how much we know, versus how much we’ve learned. So basically, how smart we are. We also take the tests on computers, so I have to rest my eyes when they start to ache. In October, we will have to take the PSAT’s (pre-SAT’s) and we most likely will have to take them again. At the end of the year we take tests called PASS (Palmetto Assessment of State Standards) and ACT, we are tested on Science, Social studies, math, reading, and writing. You tell me if that’s a lot.
I find most of my …show more content…
First of all, there are no spirit weeks, ever. Ever since we got a new principal, we haven't had a single fun activity. We also don’t have any actual FUN fundraisers. All we had last year was a field day at the end of the year that was insanely boring. We also have uniforms, Now I know that they have to have some rules about dress code, but when have a pair of jeans hurt anyone? We can only wear light blue, navy blue, white, grey, and light pink tops and sweatshirts. For bottoms we can only wear black, navy blue and khaki. Also we can only have quarter zippers on our jackets, or any logos of any size.
So, as I have clearly explained, I strongly dislike this school. Just knowing I have to go the next day, and the day after that, makes me want to pull my hair out. Now, if you unconditionally love school, that’s great, and you probably don’t go to my school, because I don’t know many people who