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Post by StrawberryFields on May 29, 2003 5:05:22 GMT -5
 Sounds like what we have here in Texas (TEKS)..We used to have the TAAS, which was like Texas Academic..yeah, something like that  Both are standardized tests, and they put your score on your transcripts  Also, if you don't pass them, you'll get held back..if you don't make good enough scores, they'll put you in Academic classes..  It's really dumb, considering they don't teach us the stuff on there..the teachers teach what *they* want to, so us students get screwed over! Heh, that sounds about the same...Except regents...That's all they talk about from the day you enter kindergarten till the day you finish your last one. *sigh* ...And they ONLY teach us what's on the regents, because they have to. It really kind of sucks sometimes...It kind of makes you feel...I don't know...Just like everyone else in the state, like no one really cares about you or your class personally, like it's just a chore, something they HAVE to do.. But whatever.. For the English regents, we have to write FOUR ESSAYS... Ohh man....Four..It's gonna be hell... For the Global History, we have to write TWO and answer 75 multiple choice questios.. (So of course, the finals for those classes this year are practice regentses..) |
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Post by HerMajesty on May 29, 2003 6:42:53 GMT -5
For the English regents, we have to write FOUR ESSAYS... My god! We have a writing TEKS every four years or so..and they'll grade it from 1-4 and last year i got a 3 I was SO mad...they said it was too "unconventional"..Our prompt was "write about a project you once did". So I talked about a mix CD I made for my mom..and stuff..and apparently they only wanted school projects  |
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Post by LadyMadonna on Jun 1, 2003 13:12:42 GMT -5
uhhh...i'm reading various stuff: LOTR (duh!) The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire IT -Stephen King and more, but i won't bore you with listing them  |
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Post by beatlesbabe on Jul 26, 2003 11:20:33 GMT -5
I've read quite a few books over the past couple of weeks: Harry Potter OotP (duh) Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden  Driving Over Lemons (travel writing about a guy who moves to Spain to start up a farm with his wife, v.good reading) - Chris Stewart  A Parrot in the Pepper Tree (sequel to Driving Over Lemons) - Chris Stewart  Quentins - Maeve Binchy  Angels - Marian Keyes  Notes from a Big Country - Bill Bryson (VERY funny, defo worth a read!)  i was bored so i looked for pictures of them, lol  |
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Post by HerMajesty on Aug 2, 2003 13:50:59 GMT -5
Nice pics! ;D I haven't read any books lately  Well, last week I was reading Slaughterhouse Five[/i] by Kurt Vonnegut (sp?) but I lost interest in it. Does it even have a plot? It's one weird book.. I'm halfway though 5 or 6 Beatley books (I have a habit of reading a lot of books at the same time) but I have no idea when I'll attempt to finish them, lol. |
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Post by eleanorrigby on Feb 13, 2004 21:06:28 GMT -5
Artemis Fowl the eternity code - Eoin Colfer (to practise my English) Four Ever (gues, who there four are! ;D ;D) I think that's all...... weird.... usually I'm reading 7 books at a time.......  |
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Post by AppleScruff64 on Mar 20, 2004 14:47:26 GMT -5
Right now, I'm reading 'On The Road' by Jack Kerouc. It was written in the 1950s. It's really good. I just finished reading 'Alice In Wonderland', 'The Catcher In The Rye', 'Jane Eyre', and 'Emma'. If you can't tell, I've got a lot of free time on my hands I've also been reading a collection of poems by Sylvia Plath. peace, Leslie |
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Post by pluto on May 23, 2005 21:24:11 GMT -5
I am reading THE GIFT OF GABE, by Brian Joseph. It is a novel but it includes intense and deep analysis of a lot of Beatle songs.
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Both are standardized tests, and they put your score on your transcripts 
Also, if you don't pass them, you'll get held back..if you don't make good enough scores, they'll put you in Academic classes.. 
It's really dumb, considering they don't teach us the stuff on there..the teachers teach what *they* want to, so us students get screwed over!
Well, last week I was reading Slaughterhouse Five[/i] by Kurt Vonnegut (sp?) but I lost interest in it. Does it even have a plot? It's one weird book.. 
