Monday, June 02, 2008

I am S-m-R-T

So let the record show that I took the placement test at Pima Community College in Arizona TWICE. (The writing portion I took 3 times)

And Each time I placed into remedial math (the math you take before it even means anything) and the lowest English class (not the regular 101) I scored a 100% on reading comprehension so we call know I can read and get what I'm reading.

But scoring low in the English department has always had me pissed off. I took it the first time, scored low. Re-tested doing a written form instead of an online "editing" exam. Placed low. Two years alter, took the online editing part again.... Placed low.

How could that even be? I was a writer! Yes, my spelling and grammar do suck. But I thought I was decent enough to be placed into a regular English course...

Well today, I went over to Macomb community college to take the placement tests and get this low scoring over with. I was convinced I'd do the same, place low in everything but reading.

Well kids, I placed in regular writing 101. I placed in Intermediate Math (which is ABOVE what I placed last time) and My reading comprehension score was yet again, 100%......

The math bit I have no idea how I placed higher, but the English part, over the past year or so I have been working really hard on making sure things that I wrote were correctly spelled and used correctly.... It worked.

I'm a normal college student! I'm not behind.

I thought the term was use it or lose it..... I haven't been in school in almost 3 years.... I definitely didn't lose it!

1 comment:

The Bewildered Bride said...

And here I am just praying to place into retard math at Rio!