For those who don't know what the TAKS is, it's a state standardized test that must be met by high school seniors in order to graduate. There have been rumors going around that the state will be getting rid of the test, which deals with math, language arts, history, and science. The problem is, I haven't passed the science yet, and I have 2 times to pass it I do believe. I just find the whole damn thing impossible to past, and the only tutoring I know of is for the math portion. So, what i'm basicaly saying is that I hope they don't get rid of it, while I had to struggle with it.
california has the CAHSEE....passed it my first try.....considering its like 8th grade level everyone should pass it.....but lots do notLA_lakers_4life
We're given more than enough times to retake it, but it still sucks.
california has the CAHSEE....passed it my first try.....considering its like 8th grade level everyone should pass it.....but lots do notLA_lakers_4life
Yeah. I had to take it too... and passed it in my first try as well. :)
What I hate the most about TAKS is that most people finish after an hour and a half, but then there's ALWAYS those few people that are either ****ing retarded, or try too hard, and take 4 hours just to finish the damned thing, and you're sitting there with a couple friends around you and are unable to talk because of those damned few that lack the capacity to understand the question or just try too hard to make a level 3. It especially pisses me off when people do that in the tenth grade (which I am in), because it doesn't even count until the junior year.
What I hate the most about TAKS is that most people finish after an hour and a half, but then there's ALWAYS those few people that are either ****ing retarded, or try too hard, and take 4 hours just to finish the damned thing, and you're sitting there with a couple friends around you and are unable to talk because of those damned few that lack the capacity to understand the question or just try too hard to make a level 3. It especially pisses me off when people do that in the tenth grade (which I am in), because it doesn't even count until the junior year. MordusMythril
I know exactley what you mean. At my school, this girl was taking the TAKS...It started at 7:45 and she had to go into overflo and took until 2:15 to finish the English...JUST THE ENGLISH. I finished at 9:50... Also, there are even teahcers at my school who are anti-TAKS...and the science was really hard...
[QUOTE="MordusMythril"]What I hate the most about TAKS is that most people finish after an hour and a half, but then there's ALWAYS those few people that are either ****ing retarded, or try too hard, and take 4 hours just to finish the damned thing, and you're sitting there with a couple friends around you and are unable to talk because of those damned few that lack the capacity to understand the question or just try too hard to make a level 3. It especially pisses me off when people do that in the tenth grade (which I am in), because it doesn't even count until the junior year. Carlos_Santana
I know exactley what you mean. At my school, this girl was taking the TAKS...It started at 7:45 and she had to go into overflo and took until 2:15 to finish the English...JUST THE ENGLISH. I finished at 9:50... Also, there are even teahcers at my school who are anti-TAKS...and the science was really hard... I took the English test yesterday. It was the easiest damned thing ever. I cannot fathom how people take five minutes to answer questions about grammar such as "Should they're be changed with their?".
california has the CAHSEE....passed it my first try.....considering its like 8th grade level everyone should pass it.....but lots do notLA_lakers_4life
I passed it too. There was one question with a ven diagram and it said like how many things are both. Although it was more specific
I'm lucky Virginia doesn't have a test to determine if you graduate, they do have the Standards of Learning test though, which is just to make sure that everyone knows the basics. I did well in school, so I did'nt have to worry about big standarized tests.
[QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"][QUOTE="MordusMythril"]What I hate the most about TAKS is that most people finish after an hour and a half, but then there's ALWAYS those few people that are either ****ing retarded, or try too hard, and take 4 hours just to finish the damned thing, and you're sitting there with a couple friends around you and are unable to talk because of those damned few that lack the capacity to understand the question or just try too hard to make a level 3. It especially pisses me off when people do that in the tenth grade (which I am in), because it doesn't even count until the junior year. MordusMythril
I know exactley what you mean. At my school, this girl was taking the TAKS...It started at 7:45 and she had to go into overflo and took until 2:15 to finish the English...JUST THE ENGLISH. I finished at 9:50... Also, there are even teahcers at my school who are anti-TAKS...and the science was really hard... I took the English test yesterday. It was the easiest damned thing ever. I cannot fathom how people take five minutes to answer questions about grammar such as "Should they're be changed with their?". We had the worst prompt for the essay EVER. It was "Write about a time you had to resolve a conflict: :|
[QUOTE="MordusMythril"][QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"][QUOTE="MordusMythril"]What I hate the most about TAKS is that most people finish after an hour and a half, but then there's ALWAYS those few people that are either ****ing retarded, or try too hard, and take 4 hours just to finish the damned thing, and you're sitting there with a couple friends around you and are unable to talk because of those damned few that lack the capacity to understand the question or just try too hard to make a level 3. It especially pisses me off when people do that in the tenth grade (which I am in), because it doesn't even count until the junior year. Carlos_Santana
I know exactley what you mean. At my school, this girl was taking the TAKS...It started at 7:45 and she had to go into overflo and took until 2:15 to finish the English...JUST THE ENGLISH. I finished at 9:50... Also, there are even teahcers at my school who are anti-TAKS...and the science was really hard... I took the English test yesterday. It was the easiest damned thing ever. I cannot fathom how people take five minutes to answer questions about grammar such as "Should they're be changed with their?". We had the worst prompt for the essay EVER. It was "Write about a time you had to resolve a conflict: :| Ours was "Write about how a person helped you find out about yourself". What. The. ****.
california has the CAHSEE....passed it my first try.....considering its like 8th grade level everyone should pass it.....but lots do notLA_lakers_4life
same here.. i live in CA and i took that **** freshman year... so easy
[QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"][QUOTE="MordusMythril"][QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"][QUOTE="MordusMythril"]What I hate the most about TAKS is that most people finish after an hour and a half, but then there's ALWAYS those few people that are either ****ing retarded, or try too hard, and take 4 hours just to finish the damned thing, and you're sitting there with a couple friends around you and are unable to talk because of those damned few that lack the capacity to understand the question or just try too hard to make a level 3. It especially pisses me off when people do that in the tenth grade (which I am in), because it doesn't even count until the junior year. MordusMythril
I know exactley what you mean. At my school, this girl was taking the TAKS...It started at 7:45 and she had to go into overflo and took until 2:15 to finish the English...JUST THE ENGLISH. I finished at 9:50... Also, there are even teahcers at my school who are anti-TAKS...and the science was really hard... I took the English test yesterday. It was the easiest damned thing ever. I cannot fathom how people take five minutes to answer questions about grammar such as "Should they're be changed with their?". We had the worst prompt for the essay EVER. It was "Write about a time you had to resolve a conflict: :| Ours was "Write about how a person helped you find out about yourself". What. The. ****. Are you a sophomore?
I got lucky. In my state (sig) they have the CIM. Certificate of Initial Mastery. It did not become a state standard test until after I graduated. It was so stupid. You had to pass speech, english, math, science. Now it is required for this years seniors juniors and sophomores. But not for the freshmen because they realized that it was completely pointless and a waste of money. And only one college in the state really cares about the CIM scores and I dont go to that college.
[QUOTE="LA_lakers_4life"]california has the CAHSEE....passed it my first try.....considering its like 8th grade level everyone should pass it.....but lots do notAlucard32
same here.. i live in CA and i took that **** freshman year... so easy yeah...if you cant pass it.....you should not be graduating
oh yeah i already passed that on my first try....i wasn't trying, i was just messing around and i got a high score on it....so it's not that hard...badaboom187
See, what's just what i'm talking about. Why can't I do that.
Florida has the FCAT. Luckily for me, I finished it all up in my freshman and sophmore year. The testing is next week, and being a senior that has passed it I can skip the entire week. Well except for Wednesday, but woot two 4day weekends in a row? Hell Yes!!!
[QUOTE="gamefreakomega"]Ugh, taking the TAKS yesterday was the worst possibly way to waste 4 hours.
It was English, by far the easiest subject on the TAKS, and some people still took like 6 hours to finish. volgin_101
Some people just can't comprehend with English that well. And yet the crappy American education system we have drags out English for four more years after middle school, in which you don't learn about the language and its structure, you read books.
Took exit level English yesterday. That was horrible. Next up, history, science, and math in April. Those will be easy but still these tests make me angry.
Yeah..My graduating class has been the grade to keep the Gateway and 30 minute essay going. My class started it back in the 6th grade, and every year it's come with us. Now they decided to add another one called the CCA...which just stinks. The questions are just bad and hardly make any sense..and I'm not what one would call a slacker.....good thing I'll be graduating soon.
[QUOTE="Carlos_Santana"][QUOTE="gamefreakomega"]Ugh, taking the TAKS yesterday was the worst possibly way to waste 4 hours.
It was English, by far the easiest subject on the TAKS, and some people still took like 6 hours to finish. gamefreakomega
What grade are you in. If you're a Junior, we probably had the same prompt (which sucked)I'm a Sophomore.
Our prompt was explaining how someone helped you discover something about yourself.
Yours couldn't have been any worse than that.
Write about a time you resolved a conflict for the juniors. Took me a little over an hour to come up with something though I did fall asleep at one point.:oops:. I hate the english. It's the worst out of the 4.
[QUOTE="volgin_101"][QUOTE="gamefreakomega"]Ugh, taking the TAKS yesterday was the worst possibly way to waste 4 hours.
It was English, by far the easiest subject on the TAKS, and some people still took like 6 hours to finish. MordusMythril
Some people just can't comprehend with English that well. And yet the crappy American education system we have drags out English for four more years after middle school, in which you don't learn about the language and its structure, you read books.
Took exit level English yesterday. That was horrible. Next up, history, science, and math in April. Those will be easy but still these tests make me angry.
supermetroidfan
I just can't get a hold of stuff when it comes to higher level math, I wish I could though.
Write about a time you resolved a conflict for the juniors. Took me a little over an hour to come up with something though I did fall asleep at one point.:oops:. I hate the english. It's the worst out of the 4. supermetroidfan
Fun fun.
I heard there was also some depressing story on there about some dude in the Vietnam War who saw his friend get killed.
Speaking of falling asleep. the guy in front of me slept for the first hour, woke up, finished the test in 2 hours, then went back to sleep.
[QUOTE="supermetroidfan"]Write about a time you resolved a conflict for the juniors. Took me a little over an hour to come up with something though I did fall asleep at one point.:oops:. I hate the english. It's the worst out of the 4. gamefreakomega
Fun fun.
I heard there was also some depressing story on there about some dude in the Vietnam War who saw his friend get killed.
Speaking of falling asleep. the guy in front of me slept for the first hour, woke up, finished the test in 2 hours, then went back to sleep. Yeah, I remember that story. It wasnt that sad though...and kinda blandly written
[QUOTE="supermetroidfan"]Write about a time you resolved a conflict for the juniors. Took me a little over an hour to come up with something though I did fall asleep at one point.:oops:. I hate the english. It's the worst out of the 4. gamefreakomega
Fun fun.
I heard there was also some depressing story on there about some dude in the Vietnam War who saw his friend get killed.
Speaking of falling asleep. the guy in front of me slept for the first hour, woke up, finished the test in 2 hours, then went back to sleep.
It was actually about the guy going back to Vietnam 20 years later with his daughter to get over the war.
You're right. I remember having a test that has 28 reading questions, 3 open-ended questions, an essay, and 20 revising and editing questions. I really hate those tests cause they take a bunch of class periods.
For those who don't know what the TAKS is, it's a state standardized test that must be met by high school seniors in order to graduate. There have been rumors going around that the state will be getting rid of the test, which deals with math, language arts, history, and science. The problem is, I haven't passed the science yet, and I have 2 times to pass it I do believe. I just find the whole damn thing impossible to past, and the only tutoring I know of is for the math portion. So, what i'm basicaly saying is that I hope they don't get rid of it, while I had to struggle with it.
Don't you just hate these types of test? volgin_101
Heh, i actually didnt have to take any test last year when i graduated high school. Granted, KUHS isnt exactly a highly rated highschool either....
hahaha TAKS test. what a freakin joke. i got a 98 on the science portion. it was a joke. huge waste of my time. but i passed. and being a senior i got to go in to school at 1145 yesterday....so how was it....sitting there ...testing....knowing i slept.....then stayed at school for 1 hour. took 2 lunches then left for early release....oh yes....the taks is a joke. i cant wait for the 3 days in a row i get to do that later on
In FL we have the FCAT and it sucks. When my teacher received 500 FCAT practice booklets for the next 3 years, he banged his head on the wall repeatedly, and said we could light them in a bond-fire at the end of the year.
We've been studying the blues and he played The Allman Brothers Band to show what slide guitar is and he played Led Zepplin to show how British blues went on to become Rock n' roll. He's awesome.
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