Tests
The College Board.
What a horrid name for an
equally
horrid institution.
It decides our
futures
based on the experiences of our
pasts
to guide our
presents.
It presents us
with a score of scores
that are supposed to represent us.
We are figures, all of us,
in the literal numerical sense
as supposed to the pleasing physical sense.
To lack common sense
is to not take the tests,
but to take the tests
really does not make sense.
The most brilliant of minds,
the most talented of hands,
the most skilled of feet,
the most caring of hearts,
would
fail
the tests, if given today.
They do not examine our knowledge,
for these examinations
are impossible to know
how to take.
Memorize the tricks.
Remember the methods.
Learn the material?
(Why waste time doing that?)
Knowledge is required
for kids to learn,
yet there is no knowledge on
the tests.
Learning requires material,
yet the only thing to gain
is the flimsy substance with your number.
Am I a number?
"No, of course not,"
replies The College Board,
"silly you!
You are not just one number,
you are a set of numbers, of course!"
AP, SAT, Subject Tests ---
is there no
end
in sight?
Aptly
Pursue
Some
Academic
Track in a certain
Subject, and don't forget the
Tests.
No, don't forget
the tests.