Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Don't Mess with my Bathroom Buddy

Any one who has ever taken a Pssa Test knows how aggravating and tiring they can be. Not that they are hard, but sitting on you rear end for 4 straight hours is boring especially when the test that are given each day takea1 hour and a half tops. Then state law requires a chaperon to escort you to the bathroom. When the teachers administering the test where ask why, they told us for our own safety so we won't get kidnapped, hurt or dismembered on the way. Now what is even more pathetic was the fact that the bathroom is right out side of the room we where testing in. So I kind of doubt that in the short time it took me to walk into the bathroom that any one would have enough time to kidnap or even pick their nose (sometimes it takes awhile to do that, so maybe that wasn't a good example). Anyways, so as I was walking out of the class room and to the bathroom with my teacher/bathroom buddy, I thought that maybe I should run head long into a wall. Reason behind this would be after I let the nurse bring me back to consciousness I would complain that even with the teacher watching out for me I was still injured on the way to the bathroom. Then I thought maybe this wasn't such a good idea because then they would make kids wear a straightjacket and do there business in a training toilet in the middle of the room away from dangerous walls and surfaces. I already hate pssa because of testing, and to add insult to injury they must humiliate us by having a "adult" accompany us to the little boys room. Now this may seem bad enough but to top that off there is always that annoying person. You know, that person that is always asking question and defying the authority of the teachers. For example during testing no electronics are allowed (with the exception of calculators). So of course to most teens this is like capital punishment. Though surprisingly enough no one complained........expect for this certain individual, who asked why we can't at least listen to our iPods. Well the teacher explained since the rules state no electronics (with the exception of calculators) they couldn't even allow iPods. Then later on after we where done testing we are where asked to put our answer book inside our other book and then put our name card inside our test book, confusing right. So every one just did it because that is what they asked. Well of course today is the last day we are using this certain book so technically they did not need the cards to figure out whose book was whose. I though about this briefly, but the teachers are the ones in charge and if they make a mistake that’s their problem. Well this individual again has to show that she/he is smarter then the teacher. So this individual doesn't put her/his name card in her book and when the teacher comes to collect in she insists that taking her/his name card is unnecessary. So as she/he argues with the teacher, another teacher comes up and informs the other teacher that this student is right and that since we are not using this book any more the cards are not necessary. Now unless the card has same sort of sentimental value to you, I don't understand why arguing with the teacher about this is worth the time of day. Then the other teacher needs to learn that you never tell people like this they are right, THAT ENCOURAGES THEM. They do not need encouragement to get better they get lots of practice to make up for that. If I was to argue with the teacher it would be about having to be escorted to the bathroom. I don't like causing problems, so I wouldn't argue, if I wanted to make a point I would have peed myself and then told them I was too scared to go to the bathroom with a stranger. That way I wouldn't cause any problems. As strange as this may sound, that is not half of the things that run through your mind when you are sitting in a chair staring at the same wall for 4 hours. If they would have given be about 2 more hours I would have though up a really good escape plan, by braiding my paper and books in to ropes and jumping out the first floor window.

3 comments:

  1. I can't relate and I doubt that anyone else reading your blog can because we are all homeschooled.
    I thought your mom was homeschooling you! When did ya switch?
    ~Kylie

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  2. my school (which is homeschooling) requires use to take pssa's since it is state funded.

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