High School Exit Exam
As a graduation requirement in the state of California, each High School student is required to pass a rigorous mental challenge known in the academic community as the “California High School Exit Examination”. This assessment tests a students ability to use skills essential to graduate high school. The English portion of this test consists mainly of reading passages and answering questions but also has an essay portion with a prompt so secret that it cannot be read aloud by anybody (including the person administering the test). On the other hand, the math section is a little more difficult, covering such complicated concepts as figuring out the area of a rectangle and how to read venn diagrams.
During the last few days I was given the opportunity to try out this beast of an exam. Yesterday was the English section. I was not feeling too great considering I was sick all day monday but still managed to give it my best effort. My essay ended up being about “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” but it could have been on almost anything. Today was the mathematics section and my only thoughts were, “If this is all I need to know for high school, then what have I been doing taking math for the last 4 years?”
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Do you not know? The CAHSEE is actually a secret exam to see if you are one of the “chosen one”.
All that math went down the toilet. It just means that you will have to start with a more challenging math class in college.
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