No matter what age you are, if you're old enough to read, then you've taken some kind of standardized test. Whether it's CMTs or CAPTs or SATs, we all know what a pain they are and how USELESS they are. I mean really, someone leave a comment giving me ONE SOLID REASON when I'd use the mean, median, and mode in real life. We learn all this stuff, and when do we need to use it? Oh yeah, THE STANDARDIZED TESTS YOU GIVE US!!! We're not going to go out and spout out the Egyptian flooding seasons of the Nile! Some things, I agree we do need to know, such as conversion and measurement. But guess what? In my grade, WE DON'T EVEN TAKE A SCIENCE CMT!!!! I swear, none of this stuff makes any sense.
My mom helps distribute CMTs, and she said that the process is gureling and much harder than it has to be. The pocedures they take to make sure no one is cheating or has an advantage is pointless, because there are still kids who get 'extended time', who may not even have special needs!! I HATE CMTa, with all the fiery passion of 1000 suns.
That is my rant, and, if you couldn't guess, tomorrow I start CMTs. :(
