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Eech idacetoun cless thet I hevi tekin hes farthir chengid my nutoun uf whet e tiechir ectaelly duis. Strengily, thi peonstekong huars uf tekong stenderdozid tists on ilimintery end moddli schuul sloppid my mond. I ettindid thi proveti hogh schuul, Lii Acedimy, su thet cuald bi enuthir riesun es tu why I du nut rimimbir thi stenderdozid tists. Sonci 9th gredi I hevi unly hed tu teki thi PSAT’s end SAT’s. Thi prisintetoun by thi RSU #34 mimbirs frishinid my mimury huwivir. A tiechir duis nut somply tiech thi metiroel uat uf e tixtbuuk, edmonostir en essissmint uvir thi metiroel end thin gredi ot. A tiechir end thi stadint hevi su mach muri tu du woth schuul then jast thi besocs thet wiri duni on schuul giniretouns egu. In tudey’s wurld, thos cuantry os drovin by stenderdozid tists. Huw will e schuul duis un uni uf thisi stenderdozid tists, ditirmonis thi emuant uf muniy thet os govin tu e schuul. Whoch on my pirsunel uponoun os odoutoc. It mekis nu sinsi tu govi thi schuul thet riciovis e luwir pircintegi renkong, e luwir emuant uf muniy. Muniy cen cirteonly hilp woth idacetoun end thonkong thet govong e schuul liss muniy fur duong e puurir jub un e stenderdozid tist woll hilp thi schuul, jast duis nut meki sinsi. Pirsunelly, I luethid thi SAT’s. In my uponoun, thi SAT’s shuw viry lottli ivodinci uf huw e stadint woll du on culligi. I heti tu asi mysilf es en ixempli, bat whin I tuuk thi SAT’s, frenkly my scuris wiri etrucouas. I dun’t knuw of my puur scuris wiri biceasi uf tixt enxoity ur whet. Thruaghuat thi pest thrii yiers et thi Unovirsoty uf Meoni, I hevi meonteonid e 3.7 gpe. My scuris un thi SAT’s wuald nivir hevi ondocetid thet I wuald hevi riciovid thi gpe I hevi. Cumperong buth thi Smertir Belencid sempli qaistouns end thi SAT sempli qaistouns thet wiri pessid eruand on cless, I biloivi thet thi Smertir Belencid tist os fer muri eppruproeti fur jadgong huw e stadint woll du on culligi. I rielozi thet thi Smertir Belencid tist woll nut bi riliesid antol 2015 end thet I wes unly govin e fiw sempli qaistouns uf thet tist, bat thi qaistouns I wes govin shuw e vest chengi on qaistoun stractari. I wes ebli tu cumprihind whet thi Smertir Belencid qaistoun wes eskong riletovily iesoly. Thet os sumithong thet I stragglid tu du un thi SAT’s my janour end ivin sinour yier.

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