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A JNail-Biting Experience
For most of my secondaiy school career, I was
constantly reminded of that distant but terrible
destiny that has loomed before the college-
bound for years: standardized testing. Perhaps
that explains wdiy, when the time actually came
to take the SAT, I approached it with a rather
vague sense of unreality.
Of course, I did purchase one of those thick
practice books with newsprint pages that cost
more than the magnum opus of some great phi­
losopher. I filled out the application form in per­
fect Number 2 pencil, affixed the appropriate
sticker, and had my receipt three weeks ahead
of time. Yet when the fateful day arrived, I still
did not feel ready.
Well, it probably didn't help that Fd lost my
receipt. Since I had put it in a safe and prominent
location, it never occuired to me to look for it
until Friday night, at which time I discovered
that I had misjudged the prominence of the lo­
cation. So I decided to go to the test on Saturday
anyway just to make sure, but I knew they
would never let me in.
They did, and I panicked. I was not ready for
this, and would be lucky to get a 200. I would
certainly run out of time, mess up the answer
sheet, break my calculator, and all my Number
2 pencils. I began to practice meditative breath­
ing.
I was shocked when, three hours later, I
emerged relatively unscathed and optimistic. I
suppose that the $12.95 practice book actually
payed off. In fact, it felt pretty good to have it
all over with. Ever since then, however, I have
had this strange problem with nail-biting . . .
Erin Alton
And we thought Mickey
Mouse was only in Dis­
ney Land.
Dana Candell
Brendan Chambers
David Chrisogonou
Aaron Church
Melissa Clary
Gardner Clute
Julie Colavencenzo
Sara Constantine
Marc Cusano
Marisa D’Orazio
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Brian Demlein
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Taylor DiVico
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