Thursday, July 26, 2012
Diagnostic Test Review
Wow, I did not do so well on this test. Of course, I could blame the fact that I was trying to finish quickly because I'm leaving for New York tomorrow, and have yet to pack, but I would say I still did quite terribly nonetheless. Also, I took the test without printing it out, and they say that you retain about 30% less information reading from a computer than from a hard copy. That's just what "research" claims, though (possibly pseudoscience? Olstad's class, anyone?). Anyways, judging by this test, I don't think I would receive any type of college credit from the AP test, which would is the aim of the game, here. I found that I wasn't familiar with a lot of the vocab and literary terms on the test, or I had seen it before from Brit Lit or earlier, but couldn't exactly pinpoint the definition. I guess overall, this test just made me realize that I have a whole lot of studying to do for next year, which should be just terrific.
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Hmm. Was the tone of that last sentence, perhaps...sarcastic? =) Don't worry too much, Vivian! The AP Lit questions are notoriously hard, and even students who get a "5" miss a high percentage. We will practice together in class A LOT and we will work hard on retention of definitions and skills so that, by the time you take the test in May, you don't feel quite so much like the information is always just out of reach for one reason or another.
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