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[rynne]

1. Harry Reid, Nevada's senior Senator and the Senate Minority Leader (and therefore probably the most powerful Democrat in the nation), came and spoke at my high school today. And you know, even though I like him...he's very much a politician. He propagandized (that's a word, isn't it?) about Social Security, and while most of the hour he had was devoted to questions, he gave maybe two of them straight answers (does he think legalizing marijuana is a good idea--no--and what does he think about the recent debate on teaching evolution vs creationism in school--a science class is hardly complete without evolution--this was my question, btw). Still, even though he's every inch a politician, I like him.

2. I took the Statistics AP test today. Not allowed to say anything specific (*rolls eyes* Dude, how am I going to cheat now, or help anyone else cheat, when the test is over in all parts of the US?), but if I didn't pass, I'll be very, very surprised.

Also, I hate AP tests. Not the tests themselves, but the fact that we aren't allowed to do anything when we're finished. We had an hour and a half to do the multiple choice part, I finished after forty minutes (it was forty questions), and then I wasn't allowed to do anything but sit there. Well, and take a nap, as that's what I did. AP test time rather tends to become naptime, as there's nothing else to do.

English tomorrow. Not worried, cuz it's English. I got a 5 (which is the highest grade, and something very few people in my class got) on the Language one last year, and...it's English. Not a problem.

Now I need to bug the little sister about lending me her rhyming dictionary. Need it for my new R/S fic-type-thing...

Comments

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

You will do splendidly on the English test. I have SO much faith in you. Nevertheless, here's a good luck *hug*.

I know absolutely nothing about statistics, but I'm sure you did well on that, too.

Whee, you're almost done with high school! College is the BEST!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks. *g*

I so can't wait to really be done with high school. I want to get to college! *impatient*

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

You will LOVE college. I can SO see you loving college!

[juliette-kelley.livejournal.com]

Also, I hate AP tests. Not the tests themselves, but the fact that we aren't allowed to do anything when we're finished.

*nods* I took the English one Monday and had that same problem-- I finished the multiple choice half quite early and felt obligated to go back, reread, and check every answer. This gave me a headache and put me to sleep, neither of which were particularly helpful when the time came to finally take the essay portion.

I don't know if you saw it on my LJ, but I did wish you luck on your tests, even if you're just so gosh darn clever you don't need it. :)

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Took English Lit today, and again--finished the multiple choice in half the time alloted, so I took a nap. :p I really wish they allowed us to bring books...

I saw, and thank you. :) I was probably just multitasking when I was reading the flist (I usually am), so I didn't comment, but thanks.

[illuminations.livejournal.com]

Yeeeaaaahhh - I dropped the AP Lit/Comp test. English is definitely not my favorite. I'm good at math though. Kind of. Sort of. I took naps during the AP Calc test - that means I'm good at it, right? Sure.

^_^

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Ehehe. Me=such an English person it's not even funny. I hate math. I only took Statistics because I needed another class and I figured I might as well take something useful.

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

I didn't take Stat, I'm a calc girl, but I heard from the Stat peoples that it was quite easy. QUITE easy. You lucky dogs :P Calc was... as expected. Tough, but not impossible. I'm pretty sure I got a five. :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

As English is now over with, I'll also comment on that... I actually enjoyed the English exam, it was fine. Although a couple of the excerpts for the multiple choice were complete *bitches* (the first one? Die.) But I liked the short story for the essay a lot, and the free response was pretty good too. What book did you use? I did Portrait of the Artist.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Dude, it was the last one on the multiple choice that killed me--my twin and I were commiserating over it at dinner. I just picked answers that seemed likely, as I sure as hell didn't get most of that poem. :p

I liked the short story, and I think my essay for the poetry kicked ass. I was thinking about using Portrait of the Artist, but I figured that, since I both finished 1984 and liked it, and neither finished Portrait nor liked it (I read Sparknotes :p), I should write it on 1984.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Maybe your Stat people are actually good at math. :p Well, I thought most of it was easy. There were some parts I didn't know how to do and therefore just BSed my way through, but for the most part, I thought it was easy and I should have passed.