Shark Speak: Finals are coming up soon— would you prefer to take them online or on paper in person ?

“I definitely prefer to take finals – or any test for that matter – in person. I think, subconsciously, the structure of a classroom setting encourages me to perform better. Also, with an on-paper exam, you never have to worry about technical difficulties like the site freezing or navigating a new web page.” –Jahleeya Muhammad […]

FCAT, SATs, ACTs and the GRE: A standardized life and a scholar’s nightmare

This is my beef with standardized testing: It’s bogus — especially when you were unfortunate enough to have been passed through the entire Florida educational system. For those of you feeling the impending doom of the post-college life, I’m right there with you. Graduate school sounds like a fantastic escape from the “real world,” right? Ehh, not when you step out of a GRE testing center.