Squeeballs. In chocolate. With hazelnuts.
Jun. 27th, 2007 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteI got a 12 on my Writing Proficiency Exam!
...That's the highest possible score, by the way.
I guess I neglected to mention it here on LJ, but I did tell Baba and Grandpa the day of the test what I wrote about-- ironically, Strilkethrough 2007. Since it was going on at the time of the exam, and the exam prompt fit in line with ST07, I wrote about it. I wrote until my hand hurt, but I felt pretty confident about it. After the fact, I decided to think modestly-- a 10/12 (meaning two scores of 5 from the two examiners) would be okay.
But a 12...!? The highest possible score, which the practice exam guy told me he RARELY saw? SQUEEBALLS!
Of course, I regret NOT writing about exactly what the topic was on the day of the entry (I think that was the day I came down with a pretty lousy stomachache, and my feet were aching from the walk home), because I can't really remember, but I *do* remember thinking how appropriate it was. Now that the exam is over, they won't reuse the prompt again, and if they update the website by next semester, then maybe they'll use my essay and the prompt as an example *_* I did give them permission to do that, and even if I wasn't named (and I wouldn't be if they chose to use it), I would love it~~
This was the article that the essay prompt was adapted from, from the Ventura County Star (a newspaper down here in Southern California). It's about manners on the web, and I recalled seeing ST07 as an absolute explosion of people from all ends of the spectrum, from being polite and thoughtful while others were on a rampage.
I do wish I could see my essay now-- I'm not expecting red scribble marks, comments, or questions as I would if it were an English class or other class where I had to submit an essay for a grade... but I would like to put it back up again, or in my own portfolio, just for the heck of it. I wonder if I can do that? I mean, it's not like the prompt will be used again, and it IS my own writing...
SQUEE~!!
...That's the highest possible score, by the way.
I guess I neglected to mention it here on LJ, but I did tell Baba and Grandpa the day of the test what I wrote about-- ironically, Strilkethrough 2007. Since it was going on at the time of the exam, and the exam prompt fit in line with ST07, I wrote about it. I wrote until my hand hurt, but I felt pretty confident about it. After the fact, I decided to think modestly-- a 10/12 (meaning two scores of 5 from the two examiners) would be okay.
But a 12...!? The highest possible score, which the practice exam guy told me he RARELY saw? SQUEEBALLS!
Of course, I regret NOT writing about exactly what the topic was on the day of the entry (I think that was the day I came down with a pretty lousy stomachache, and my feet were aching from the walk home), because I can't really remember, but I *do* remember thinking how appropriate it was. Now that the exam is over, they won't reuse the prompt again, and if they update the website by next semester, then maybe they'll use my essay and the prompt as an example *_* I did give them permission to do that, and even if I wasn't named (and I wouldn't be if they chose to use it), I would love it~~
This was the article that the essay prompt was adapted from, from the Ventura County Star (a newspaper down here in Southern California). It's about manners on the web, and I recalled seeing ST07 as an absolute explosion of people from all ends of the spectrum, from being polite and thoughtful while others were on a rampage.
I do wish I could see my essay now-- I'm not expecting red scribble marks, comments, or questions as I would if it were an English class or other class where I had to submit an essay for a grade... but I would like to put it back up again, or in my own portfolio, just for the heck of it. I wonder if I can do that? I mean, it's not like the prompt will be used again, and it IS my own writing...
SQUEE~!!
