Standardized...

Standardized tests are a royal waste of paper. Come to think of it, today was a royal waste in general. Had to take the math TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills), which was 70 questions long and painfully easy. After I finished, I took an hour nap and then read a chapter in my AP bio review book. That was the ONLY thing productive that occurred today. Afterward, instead of letting us go home at 12 (which would have made sense, since they had already gotten their money for our attendance) we had to keep going. So, since 3rd period is the lunch period, it has to 2 hours long (we have 4 lunches), which left 40-50 minutes for 4th and 5th period. Seeing as I have speech for 3rd, I did nothing, and there wasn't enough time to do anything in 4th or 5th. Needless to say, nothing was accomplished from the entire 8 hours I spent at school today. Yay. On the bright side, only 2 more classes of gov. and Japanese (I have to write a 30 sentence oral tonight...=[)! =] Soon I shall be able to go to jiu-jitsu twice a week again (which is the minimum required for such things, though I'll likely actually be going 3 times), so I can get assessed for my blue belt. ^_^Off to work on the nihongo.-Cap'n Midori