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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

There are tests, then there are TESTS

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Everyone needs a hobby, and lately it seems that most of my friends and family have picked college. Not me. If I want to take on more aggravation and useless debt, I can always get married again.

This week, all of these college students returned home for their spring break. Have they regaled me with wondrous tales about all the exciting knowledge that they’re accumulating? No! All I hear about is how bad the classes are and how tough the testing has been for them – proof that money doesn't buy happiness. Well, college money at least.

They whine about all the studying they had to do (or didn't do), and about the terrible results for all their long hours and torturous efforts. Of course, it could be worse. Instead of college course testing, it could have been std testing.

With college exams, you want to tell the world how well you did. With STD tests, you are forced to tell how well you did – especially to those you "studied with".

With college exams, the preparation is tedious and mind numbing. With STD tests, there isn't a whole lot of thought that goes into preparation – which is part of the problem.

With college exams, there is a lot of anxiety about failing. With STD tests, there is a lot of anxiety about not failing.

Hopefully, all my friends and family will recover this week from their college ordeals. And, hopefully, they won't do anything foolish enough this week to make their course exams seem like a easy walk in the park.

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