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I'm just wondering. I'm curious as to how you performed and what you thought of it.

what is the New York Math Regents?

Standardized test in New York. All students in the state take the exact same test at the exact same time. A high percentage of students failed it this year and there is going to be a rally against it.

Yeah my mom's an assistant principal at a high school on long island and she's freakin pissed at the state because of their regents exams. so many kids, who have a hard time with math to begin with, failed what was supposed to be a simple exam, and for some of them it could mean not graduating.

on the math A regents they had questions that required a graphing calculator (which math A students do not have), and then the answer didn't fit on the calculator so even if the students had one they would have had to know how to manipulate the settings (which they don't know how to do.)

they physics regents was also ridiculous this year. it was last year too though. people were actually warned against taking it this year by their teachers and luckily they didn't have to since it's not one of the required tests.

I was required to take the physics regents in high school. I think I got an 80-something on it.

it was required for graduation? or just to complete a sequence?

I woulda failed those tests for sure

Oh... just for my science sequence. There are other alternatives, like taking a business or language sequence.

In Ontario you just have to pass a literacy test in grade 10, if you fail it though you can retake it until you pass it, plus it's incredibly easy.

Oh my god, that was such a freakin' JOKE....

"Read the following article and then answer the quesitons.

A) what is the title of this article, and how do you know?"

?!

Anyway, back on topic somewhat (not really), I've got a graphing calculator... the good ol' TI-83... oh yeah baby

I'm a nerd. Really.

Doesn't that one understand Assembly?

Hah, I have no clue. But according to my dad it's a freakin' portable computer.

I knew someone who had the TI-92... it had a freaking built-in keyboard.

Wow

Can't do as much as my Sony Clie

TI-83 Plus.... SILVER EDITION! BOOYAH!

I've never seen people get excited about a calculator before

I think its all priceless, thank the lord Minnesota is smarter than NY.

clumsy_congressman wrote:I think its all priceless, thank the lord Minnesota is smarter than NY.

since when?

Corey wrote:
since when?

Bro....I'm only an hour's drive away from beating you with my mom's dildo