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selimdu
Underclassman
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 Posted - 01/11/2009 : 07:01:18
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Your palms are sweaty, your stomach is in a knot, and you think you
feel a headache coming on. You even thought about staying in bed
today instead of going to school. No, you don’t have the flu; you
are simply on your way to take a test for which you feel ill-prepared. For-
tunately, your symptoms can be cured! Mix some preparation with a few
time management skills, wash it all down with a healthy mind and body,
and, voila, you will feel better about test taking in no time!
As a high school student, your days may seem to be filled with these
small inconveniences referred to as tests. A pop quiz in one class leads into
a major chapter test in another. Then, after you have gotten into the rou-
tine of school test taking, you will be presented with standardized testing.
Standardized tests are used by educational institutions and lawmakers to
gauge the overall proficiency of students in a given school or geographi-
cal region. Perhaps the monsters of all tests are the college entrance exams
that you have heard so much about. Examples of college entry exams
include the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) exam and the ACT Assess-
ment. You are even required to take tests to enter the military or drive a
car. During these high school years, it seems that tests are becoming more
than a fact of life; they are slowly taking over many facets of your every-
day existence. In truth, tests are a fact of life, and if you lack the proper
test-taking skills, life can be difficult. |
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