by Katie Jochems
On March 29 the junior class had to take a pilot MCAS US History exam. I, for one, thought it was a complete waste of a day. I took the AP US History exam a few weeks ago, and I had to endure a few hours of random, and sometimes embarrassingly easy questions by the state of Massachusetts just because they wanted to see how well we would do. Massachusetts, if you are listening please do one thing for me, go back to the times when only the fourth, eighth, and tenth grades took MCAS; Where it was only the core subjects and not things like US history, biology, and chemistry.
The only reason I slightly tried to do well is because Mrs. Lynch, whom I greatly respect, asked us to, not only for her, but for the entire history department. More than half of the students in my classroom finished far before the half way time was called, wasting most everyone’s time. I could have definitely used those three periods to help prepare for my finals in those classes. Instead I was stuck in a classroom with nineteen other kids who couldn’t care less about the silly MCAS US History test. Thanks for making me spend one of my last eight days of school doing something that will never count.
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