40-391-2002
The TAAS test
was an easy test. The only thing that I had a problem with was the English
part. The reading part and then answering the questions was kind of hard for me
because I really do not do well with things like that. The math part of the
test was pretty easy because it is one of my strongest subjects. Overall I did
pretty well on my TAAS test. It really depends on what you know and what you
have been taught by your teachers. My teachers taught me pretty well and went
over alot to help me on my TAAS test. I think that is why I did fairly well.
40-392-2002
The TAAS test
was an experience. It was an exam that culminated what I learned and didn't in
high school. In our English classes we wrote various papers over various topics
to practice for one prompt. I felt alot of pressure towards this exam because
of all the preparations that I went through to succeed or try to succeed. I
must have gone through hundreds of punctuation exercises capitalization errors
correct sentence structure exercises that did nothing but bore the living hell
out of me. Sure it assisted my writing skills and definitely transformed me
into a more competent writer but it also took the fun out of writing. I
understand practice makes perfect; so who practices for 10 years for one test.
I just thought that if we needed to practice for such an important test we
should've had a class for it rather than taking a few weeks out of the semester
to take a mock test. No one wants to take a mock test. The more mock tests I
took the more I detested the day of the official exam. But it was definitely an
experience.
40-393-2002
The TAAS test
was just for me anyways a big burden for me to worry about and to get streesed
out over. they said it was the hardest test in texas but it was a peice of cake
I mastered all objectives and just overall kicked ass. Now if it was a good
educational experience for me that I have to say no. b/c it was like pulling
teeth all throughout my middle school years and in highschool. Also teachers
just taught us to pass not to really learn.
40-394-2002
The TAAS test
was made a bigger deal than it really is. In high school all the courses
revolved around the TAAS. We did practice test after practice test and reviewed
the material a thousand times until it was the only thing we could think of. We
also thought that if we failed the test we would not graduate and work at
McDonalds for the rest of are lives. They neglected to mention that we could
retake the test if we failed. When it was time to take the test it was
extremely easy.
40-395-2002
The TAAS test
was made out by the teachers of high school as this big thing that determines
the rest of your life. As we can tell it is not it is important for the
students to do well on it but it will not ruin your life if you don't do well.
I think the only reasons why high schools even care about the test or the
reason they make such an important matter of it is because the state gives the
school money based off of how well the students do on an average. So the better
we do the more money they get to waste away on something. So they have good
reason to make a big deal about it. I quess I could say it was a good overall
experience for me but it didn't have to be such a big deal where they close the
school doors and put ten teachers in every hall by the classrooms and the
superintindent comes around and says good luck to every indiviudual student. It
can't be that important.
40-396-2002
The TAAS test
was not as necessary as everyone made it out to be. Preparing for the TAAS was
monotonous it was all the same thing over and over again. All the test is is
learning the same thing just plain memorization for years what about everything
else we need to learn. There is always so much more out there. Yeah sure you
learned things but what good are they after you take the test? It would be so
much easier if the outcome of the test didnt determine so much of your future.
40-397-2002
The TAAS test
was not really beneficial to me. It was really easy and a great way to get out
of taking the TASP test but other than that it did not help
40-398-2002
The TAAS test
was really easy for me. It was basically covering everything that I had learn
in elementary school. I personally thought that it was a waste of my time. For
weeks during school we did nothing except do practices to prepare for the test.
I think it was a waste of time because we could have been learning new stuff
instead of just going over stuff that everybody already knew. I did however
make a good score on it which made me excempt from taking the TASP test.
Overralll the only part of the TAAS test that I did enjoy was when I wasn't
taking it. All of the freshmen juniors and seniors got half of the day off. So
when we heard TAAS if pretty much just meant that we were all goning to be able
to go to the beach. So the time off from class was cool.
40-399-2002
The TAAS test
was something everyone in elementry and in high shcool had to take. The
teachers would always pressure us how important it was to pass this test in
order to graduate from high school. We were given practices to prepare for this
test all year. At the end this test to me seemed like they just wanted to make
sure that we knew the material before we went to college.
40-400-2002
The TAAS test
was something that I took because I was told that it was mandetory to take to
get into college. I dindn't really study for the TAAS test like I did for the
SAT or ACT I didn't think that it was that necessary because the test has a lot
of questions that are common sense. When I took the TAAS test I brought a
calculater that was not appropriate for taking the test so I had to give it to
the instructor. I did the whole math section without a calculater which made me
do all the math problems in my head. So when I got the test results in I ended
up failing the math part and passing all of the other sections. Since I failed
the math section I was told that I either could retake that part of the test or
I would have to take a math course in college to make up for it. I decided to
take the math section over but this time a brought the right type of
calculater. When I got my score in the mail I had passed the math section. I
was relieved that I could drop the college math and take a different class that
I wanted to.