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[thanate]

So, for whatever it's worth, I have just paid exhorbitant sums of money for the privilege of getting locked in a testing room for four hours where I can get kicked out for doodling on my scrap paper during breaks and untimed sessions... which is to say, I'm taking the GRE on June 5 (yes, I am sinful, and that's a monday so I'll be skipping work...) Dunno where (if anywhere) I'll be sending it yet, but it's a step against the whole apathy and inaction thing, at least, so that must be the right direction, right?

But seriously, are all the mandatory tests you take in elementary school costing somebody somewhere over a hundred dollars a student? Because that's kind of horrifying... I'm all about my tax dollars going to education, but IOWA tests? What a waste.

Comments

[ssdevilducky.livejournal.com]

Yea! Getting active, having moving momentum. Only you and time will tell if it is the right direction but it is a direction and action. And even if not it will still be a learning experience. Any thoughts on what you'ld be studying?

Because that's kind of horrifying... I'm all about my tax dollars going to education, but IOWA tests? What a waste.
Which is one of the complaints against the non-funding of "No Child left Behind" and why I'm Libertarian. Big government = massive bureaucracy = ridiculous waste (even on the best of endeavors).

[bluemeg.livejournal.com]

Come up with a list of schools to send it too before you take the test - it's cheaper that way. might as well send it to more rather than less! :)

IOWA tests

[martykp.livejournal.com]

The Iowa tests of basic skills are named such because they were developed and first utilized in Iowa. I don't think that Iowa probably gets much money from a student taking those tests. Most of the money most likly goes to the federal government.