Saturday ACT Waiting Thread!

abasket
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:44:53 +0000

DS made it through and is motivated to start practicing for the 2nd one - I think that’s good news! (definitely figured he would take it a few times)

He felt great about the English, pretty good about the math (although he has not learned a few of the questions yet), Science was ridiculous he said.

Get this on the Reading section - apparently they had 35 minutes to do it. After 25 minutes the instructior said “5 minutes left” - my son knew he was wrong, but also knew he was doomed to lose that 5 minutes. After the Science section the instructor said, “My bad, I shorted you all on the Reading - you can have your tests back and have 5 more minutes” - are you kidding me?! Son said his mind had already moved on, he had already randomly guessed some answers when time was running out the first time, so THIS 5 minutes hardly did him any good! What do you choose to go back and fix? Wonder if this is worth reporting…

He loved the writing prompt and thought he did well. He said someone “other” than the student or teacher is responsible for a student’s success - he said “parents”. Don’t you love it?! Had well thought out reasons too!

He’s already off to an afternoon activity and pep band tonight at the basketball game.

How soon before they get scores?