ACT

I took the ACT in mid-September. Daddy wants me to take it as many times as I can. It wasn't as hard or scary as I thought it would be. I was scared because I'm only on a ninth/tenth grade level for science and math.

Daddy drove me to Greene County High School early that morning. He dropped me off and went to visit with Mam and Uncle Will. The testing room was a very boring classroom. The teacher was kind and he let me sit in the first desk on the first row (that's always been my favorite seat). There were a few people I recognized from George County High School. I made friendly small talk until the tests were handed out.

The English test was first. I opened it and got right to work. It was easy. I breezed through it.

The Math test was harder, but not as hard as I had feared. I gave it my best shot, but I had to guess on some that I couldn't even begin to work out.

The Reading test was next. I expected it to be even easier than the English test, but I found out quickly that it wasn't. I had to Re-read passages more than once, which I've never done before. The questions were hard and I raced to finish before time was called.

I bombed the Science test. It was awful. I couldn't understand the passages, no matter how many times I read them. I tried to make educated guesses on about 20% of the questions, but I was running out of time. I only had ten minutes left. What the heck, I thought, and just started filling in circles.

Daddy took me to lunch after the test, and I told him all about it. "I'm betting on a 24. What do you think?" Daddy asked me. "I don't know...I think I'll be happy with anything above a 16." I replied.

I got my scores back today. And I'm pretty happy with them. Happy enough to post them here.

I'm very pleased. =)