This is both hilarious – AND SCARY at the same time.
Enjoy and keep in mind that this is the status quo in a test crazy society.
It starts,
“When I realized I couldn’t answer the questions posed about two of my own poems on the Texas state assessment tests (STAAR Test), I had a flash of panic – oh, no! Not smart enough. Such a dunce. My eyes glazed over. I checked to see if anyone was looking. The questions began to swim on the page. Waves of insecurity. My brain in full spin.”
Please continue and get a dose of what the world of high stakes testing looks like… (and get over the fact that it’s from the Huffington Post)
caffeinated rage 