The Big Test Short Story

lukas k//After school I hung around with my friends until baseball practice at 4:30. until baseball practice. At baseball practice we practice and fielding and hitting.after baseball practice me and my friend Max walked back to his house, after baseball practice me and my friend Max Walked back to his house, because it's only five blocks away.we hung out and rode bike for a couple hours until my dad pick me up. When my dad picked me up, he informed me that I could babysit. my dad picked me up, he informed me that I could babysit. After thinking about it, I said “yes”. He brought me to McDonald's, then to Shanes. The person I babysit for. After babysitting until 330. I went home, took a shower and went to bed. The next morning I got up at

Albert Einstein once stated, “not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” High-stakes testing attempts to determine the knowledge a person has obtained throughout grades K-12. These standardized tests are being used to judge a person’s ability to graduate from high school and also judge if a child has enough knowledge to proceed to the next grade level. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing how these tests do not accurately portray one’s intelligence, how they have increased drop out rates, and also show the damaging psychological affects they have had.

The names are familiar to most parents: No Child Left Behind, Common Core State Standards, Race to the Top. These initiatives and others signify the importance of education in the United States and the many ways in which the standards have been set throughout the last couple of decades. The early childhood education community has felt the pressure to meet benchmarks set forth by these initiatives just as much as elementary, middle school, and high school teachers have, often times struggling to maintain a balance between play based learning and the high-stakes assessments that are now required. So, how do the United States Early Childhood Education programs begin preparing

Public education today is facing many issues. In my career as a teacher I have seen firsthand many of these issues. The lack of technology and furthermore, teachers trained and comfortable in using the technology is one problem that is facing public education. Besides technology, closing the achievement gap between socioeconomic status and race is an extensive public education issue. Lastly, high stakes, standardized testing is an issue that many educators, students, and parents face each year.

It wasn’t long until summer, this being my last few days at this school. I really liked this school but mama said “Oh, you poor child we must go your father has just got promoted again.” I knew that was the end of that. Mama doesn’t like when I argue so I don’t. As my papa got home I said, “How was work.” He did not respond to that though so I took it like he did not have a good day. I thought to myself I wonder did he have a good day mama said he got promoted. As I walked into my room to change into my play clothes I heard my friends yell, “Dude you coming out?” I sighed, ”Yeah.” I darted down stairs and told mama that I would be back before dusk. I ran outside and a man came up to me and said, “Listen kid I’m goanna kill you if you don’t give that hat and that watch too, OR ELSE!” I started to run and he chased me to the city and of course I fell. The man grab me by the arm and said “if you eve-I cut him off “If I ever WHAT?” He punched me in the jaw and I laughed “A girl can hit harder than that!” For my smart mouth he did again this time my loose tooth came out and I told him “do it again might make ya feel better.” I finally out of his grip and when I got home I got in the shower and after I put my pajamas on. I woke up and got ready for school. I

When we got to school i went to my locker and dumped all of my books on the floor like I did with the cereal. My best friend came over and she was in a really happy mood. She told me Mr. Peters would like to see you. I thought oh what now. I went to his office and he told me you need to stop being so mean and rude to people. You have bullied Emily many times. You told Mike that you would choke him and steal his lunch. I slumped down the back of my set and said I am sorry.

For years now educators have been looking for ways to teacher their student successfully while also having them ready for high stakes testing. While many teachers believe that it is impossible to accomplish both things at the same time research has proven the exact opposite. In this paper I will discuss a strategy that will perhaps change the mind of some teachers (Reich & Bally, 2010).

When we got back to my place and we changed into some shorts and some breathable shirts because we knew we were gonna be outside all day. So after we change we decided to watch T.V for a little bit and of course we did. After we watched T.V we packed a bag of snacks and water after that we grabbed our phones and walked outside. After the almost halfway mark of the mile and half trip we got a little tired so we sat down and got some food and something to drink then we got back up and walked the rest of the trip and we got the rock around 5:00 or 6:00. We sat on top of the rock and talked for a few hours and messed around then Skyped some girl he likes that lasted for hours. Then we decided to walk back and it was dark by this time so I fell a lot and we got back home and we started playing my xbox till we fell asleep. Then we woke up and ate some cereal and watched some T.V then played some PS4 and walked outside and he asked if I wanted to go back to the rock and hang out and I said sure. So we had to pack again and charge our phones and we walked out there again and we messed around talked to that girl again which made no sense to me. And he asked me what was the true meaning behind this spot and I explained to him about my dad and how he showed me this spot before me and my mom divorced and I havent seen him since then. That was the whole reason I come out here

Once upon a time there was an 15 year old boy or adult, his name was Adam he played football. He was pretty good at football. All he wanted was to date a girl that liked him, like the one girl that he sit’s with every day. She just turned 15. She has brownish, reddish hair, about 5’4, and her name is Danielle. She was the head cheerleader and she was pretty good at it to. He likes her, but he doesn’t know that she likes him. It’s Sunday and he can’t sleep he’s so anxious to sit with her or even see her. The weekend kill’s him he can’t stand to be away from her. When he wakes up to get dressed in the morning to go to school his mom walks in said crying and said that his great grandma had passed away at 5:30 p.m and we have to go to her funeral.

Then left at 7:30 to go to my bustop as I’m at the bus stop I see the police going bye I wonder what’s happening they turn right on to my road. I say well something happened on my road to my friends the us comes I get on shortly were at school. As I walk to the library where I meet my friends and we hang out I’m thinking I feel like something bad will happen today. So as I’m in school I’m walking down the hall to go meet my girlfriend when I see Brandon another guy who likes her but she don’t like him. As I see him trying to hug her I feel so angry like I never felt before I go up and I growl get away now I see both of them staring at me weird but I don’t know what I’m doing I push him he goes like 5ft backwards and he runs away. Zoey looks at me and says what happened I say what you mean she said you growled and your eyes were a bright iridescent blue. I say I don’t know and we walk off down the halls as were in class I’m paying attention when all of a sudden I get a deathly painful headache I bite my cheek so I don’t scream. And slowly the pain decreases and I stop biting my cheek as my headache

The short story that I read for my reading response is ‘Examination day’ by Henry Seslar. This short story is about a young boy named Richard Jordan (Dickie) spending his twelfth birthday doing an exam with the government and how his parents reacted to it. All he wanted and all he wished for is harmony above all. He wanted the day to be happy, but the moistness of his mother’s eyes, the scowl on his father’s face, spoiled the mood of fluttering expectation. Earlier that day his parents had mumbled out some words about a exam, but he was too young to understand. In the following week before the Exam day, his father had told him that he would be having a appointment. His mother had told him earlier of what the exam would be about. She told him

It’s been two days and my stomach would not rest, it was constantly turning and nothing could calm down my nerves. Today was the day my mom comes back from Doctors. I never really knew what was going on except the fact that Mother was very sick. 3rd grade started to become a wee bit more challenging. It was a Friday, November 2nd, so it was a little chilly with a bitter winter breeze. The air felt like needles on young 9 year old’s skin. The walk from the bus was a much different one than usual, today was the day mommy comes home. As we walked into the classroom (my brother and I) hardly any students where there at the moment. I greeted my teacher and walked to my seat and began working on the morning start up. As more people strided in we began our day by starting out with a spelling test, I got 8 out of 10. This past week had been rough but it was finally going to be over. Lunch was a upon us and I was eating a PB and J. My dad packed me the most easy stuff because he was not willing to do anything extravagant. My stomach had been growling all morning not to mention all of the nerves. It felt like a party was going on down there. Right after lunch we had recess I regularly ran the mile club. I let out a sigh of relief as the school day was finally over. Then I began to prepare for the bus, I grabbed a sharp enough pencil to defend myself to what was about to come. I made a decoy sandwich so I could eat my other sandwich in peace. As the

It was Monday, everything was going normally until the clock struck 1:00, my friends called me and said “you are in karate class”, I suddenly jumped off of the couch and said Yes! I was so happy to be in Karate class it was one of my dreams to be in karate and it has come true. I wanted to run everywhere and tell everyone I was in karate. I asked my friend when is my karate class, and he answered “it’s today”, so be ready for it. My phone almost fell off from my hand because of my joy and I asked when, and he said “6:30 pm”, Then I asked him is there any way I could go to karate class now, and he laughed and said “no”. I asked him how can I be patient when my dream is coming true, and my friend told me to “try your best”, “You can figure out a way to not to be bored”, said my friend.

It is 2:50 in the afternoon, my favorite time of the day. I get to leave school, I get to leave the zoo school is just like a zoo, we are all animals locked up in cages all day. It is my favorite day of the week it is Wednesday! That means crossfit today. There is this really i mean really cute boy at crossfit he looks like a stick. His name is Dylan and for doing crossfit he is sure not full of muscle. I am going into the bathroom at crossfit to fix my hair and make sure i am looking cute, I come out of the bathroom “boom” the bathroom door slams shut. “Hey logan” Dylan says’ i start to blush “ umm hi haha” i say back. And he starts to say “would!” “woah” i thought i said in my head, oops he says “would you go out with me?” i say of course!

I wake up to the annoying sound of my alarm, I reach over to my phone to shut It off. I see I have a missed call from Matthew my boyfriend. Hm I call his number the phone rings as I wait patiently for his answer. "Hi" I hear his somewhat deep voice say. "Are we going to walk to school together?" I say with joy "Oh sorry I can 't go with you today" he says with a monotone voice "what why not? You 've been skipping out on me a lot recently, you promised we would walk to school together today." Hoping with my sadden voice he 'd change his mind and take me to school. Sadly that doesn 't work out and he responds with "look Audrey I 'm sorry I 'll take you home after school I 'm busy trying to finish my homework" *sigh* "well alright then meet