Ode To TAKS

Ok so, blog time. I decided to blog blog blog. It's lots of fun and it's therepudic. Even though this is "my time cooking a baby" some other things will slip in there from time to time. This is one of them. So here ya are...

For those of you reading this that has never administered a TAKS test let me say it's nothing nice. You are REQUIRED to stand and watch them take the test. You are looking for cheating, sleeping, talking, etc. When you are entering into hour 3 you get a bit punchy and your mind begins to wander. This was the product of my wanderings. Enjoy.


TAKS test, oh TAKS test how I loathe thee,
with all of my heart & soul, and even some of my knee.
My certificate you threaten to take, you imprison me against my will,
leaving my career cold, dead, and still.

You leave the school in complete hysteria,
making us all wish for malaria.
No sleeping, no talking, no cheating please,
for that'll bring even the strongest teacher to her knees.

We are all a big ball of nerves, what purpose does all this serve?

If the seal they could not even break on their test,
this is destined to be a big idiot fest!
Morons you've created, degenerates they will all be
TAKS test, oh TAKS test how I loathe thee.


Ok, so the line about not being able to break the seal...there were two sections in this particular booklet. Science, which was taken today, and a Social Studies test to be taken tomorrow. The instructions called for them to break the seal on the Science section only. The instructions said for them to use the eraser end of their pencil or finger to break the seal. Now it's just one of those paper seals with the perforation on the edge...not kryptonite. It's designed to lift the first page and scoot your pencil or finger along the edge and voila broken seal. They were to raise their hand if they needed help. I HAD TWO 8TH GRADERS WHO COULDN'T BREAK THE SEAL!!! One was using her eraser like she was erasing a pencil mark (imagine a person taking a sticker off of a piece of paper by erasing it with a pencil) and the other one was trying to peal it off like a sticker. WOW....interesting day.