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School is like…
By Braden | June 11, 2008
I am in Summer School right now. Not Summer School like “I was a bad kid during the rest of the year,” but Summer School like “I’m married.” I’m taking two classes that I really don’t like (read: “brutally despise”). So for me, at this point, school is like gambling. Allow me to explain.
I go in to take a test. I’ve studied, but that doesn’t mean I know anything. I look at the bubble sheet, choose some random letters, maybe ones that correspond with my name or birthdate, and turn it in. Then, as I go to look at the scores screen, I’m thinking to myself, “Come on, big money, big money!” Invariably I’m disappointed because I don’t win. I think there are about the same odds of me getting 100% as there are of me winning the lottery, but there’s always next time.
Yeah man, and that TV that displays the bubble sheet scores updates like some sort of race ticker, and I’ve seen people rejoice of dismay when they learn how their bets turned out. I personally, of course, was mostly rejoicing.
Posted by: Logan on June 11th, 2008 at 8:33 pmI like how they say “Good Job” “Fantastic” or some other sort of praise. My eyes are automatically drawn to these only to find that I am not the one to receive such praise. I would also like to see them make comments to those that failed. Such comments could be “Better luck next time” “Did you study” “Two thumbs way down” “Maybe you should consider changing your major” or some other sort of comment about how the person performed.
Posted by: Ryan on June 11th, 2008 at 10:17 pmSounds like when I went to school, but they didn’t have the TV. Is the TV for public shaming purposes?
Posted by: Brent on June 17th, 2008 at 2:36 pm