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Does anyone have any demographics for the HN community's age? I am curious how many people here have attended schools with standardized tests. If you did atten
by joncalhoun 14y ago
Does anyone have any demographics for the HN community's age? I am curious how many people here have attended schools with standardized tests.
If you did attend a high school with standardized tests - do you feel it negatively affected your education? How? Do you have specific examples or courses?
For clarity - I am not claiming that standardized tests do/don't help. I just want to hear form recent HS grads.
- icelancer 14y agoI took standardized tests in high school to pass 11th and 12th grade. At best it was an annoyance. I overslept one of them (we took them all in one week, one day for each subject) and was kicked out of my home by my mother. I simply took both tests (Reading, Math) in the same day and finished with honors in both. It taught me nothing. It was a waste of time. Why test the kids who are naturally good test-takers or who had parents who intellectually stimulated them (me, fortunately) - it strikes me as an exercise in mental masturbation.