By: Katelyn Ramsey
While some people take the time to study for Extreme Test Day, I sat there just doing my homework like the PSAT meant nothing. While freshmen explored Missouri Connections, sophomores took the PLAN or the PSAT, juniors took the practice ACT or the PSAT and the seniors got to go off and go to college visits. Most seniors, I’m sure, went on “college visits.” They stayed home instead of coming to school.
That’s what I would do.
Extreme Test Day was one of the days that people either had a strong appreciation for or an extreme dread. If you’re anything like me, you didn’t like having only 30-minute classes. On my B days, I had my more important classes that I couldn’t afford to miss such as AP Government and Politics, as well as Pre-Calculus.
I believe that the school district should have made it a half-day. We come in and do our standardized testing, and then we all get to go home. The next day would then be a B day, so we don’t have to mess up the scheduling.
The stressfulness of the testing environment is enough to drive a person to insanity. In the frigid room filled with sophomores and juniors, and all you hear is the punching of fingers on calculator buttons, the clicking of heels, or a pencil dropping onto the hardwood floor, echoing throughout the silent Auxiliary Gym.
People take this test too seriously, while others don’t take it seriously enough. The freshman just think it’s stupid they have to do the Missouri Connections, and the PLAN test doesn’t really help the sophomores. The only test that could be of benefit is the practice ACT, so someone would know what kind of questions would be on the actual ACT test. The ACT is required for most colleges before they can admit you to their school.
Extreme Test Day is all about taking standardized tests and students trying their best on these said tests. The students, I’m sure, don’t enjoy taking these tests, sitting there for hours on end with a pencil in their hand, responding to questions they don’t know the answer too. The students ended their testing with lunch, which they never thought would come.