ACT Poetry by Anna Kaiser https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy Musings of an ACT Proctor on a sunny Spring day. en-us 2020-06-13 19:17:26 UTC 2021-03-10 21:06:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f467.png "Just One ACT Proctor's Random Thoughts" akaiser1yahoocom https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy/wish/1295124477 So much potential in one room.
    HIM: a singer.  HER: a soldier
THEM: a teacher.   ALL: someone.
"Students: put down your well-sharpened, #2 pencil and listen up. DO!  BE!  GO! "
Don't you know?
You can do it, regardless of this score.
Do SO much more, Life's NOT about data. It's about YOU.
What you CAN do. What you WILL do. 
SO, who ARE YOU?
Be it.
GO!

]]> 2021-03-10 20:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy/wish/1295124477 Test-Taking Behavior akaiser1yahoocom https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy/wish/1295137381 TICK__TOCK__TICK__
  the clock ticks--
"Don't talk!"  "Walk the walk." "No,
Tick THAT box." 
Is it all for naught? Certainly not.
Don't be fraught-- your gut's in a knot? 
     STOP. Don't walk. --run!--
Ignore the clock. Get up! Forget that box.
GO!
Throw away the test. The REAL test is now.
So be ready-- prepare well--
the only score that really counts is written on your
heart. 
So,
       Start.]]> 2021-03-10 20:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy/wish/1295137381 The ACT Blues akaiser1yahoocom https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy/wish/1295180697 "Testing, testing, Is this thing on?"
What's wrong?
You need numbers to prove I am moving along?
Look at my face, my clothes, my heart
set apart.
I am not a number.
I am a member--
Like you: human.
Not an accumulation
of numbers--scores-- "DATA."
I am flesh-- a soul-- a mind. Must I remind?
    rewind
Look back:
Who was I at 10. . . 12. . . . 14. . . and now?
I've grown. Who woulda known?
I can add, subtract, write, and attack
ANY piece of paper you put in front of me. ---LEGENDARY---
---I can be, if you take this test away from and let. me. be
Me.
"Testing. . .  testing. . . " Oh. . . It's ON.
                                      *mic drop.]]> 2021-03-10 20:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/akaiser1yahoocom/ywmqisvpgynza3uy/wish/1295180697