It just gets better, and by better, I mean worse

[adrianem]

The state university system has a writing skills test every newly admitted student has to take to prove minimum writing competency skills. I took the test a couple of weeks ago.

I got the results today: I did not pass.

30+ years of experience communicating in the written form of English; all AP English classes in middle and high school; more college classes than any one person should have (which is also causing me grief trying to get this degree); 2 years of writing research papers at the graduate level; ellipsis, ellipsis, ellipsis.

Furious does not begin to cover my state of mind.

Luckily, there is a third option not mentioned in the results email, beyond re-paying for and re-taking the test or taking an English skills class. There is an appeal process and I have initiated it. By luckily, I mean for them, not me.

Comments

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

That's ridiculous. They must have gotten yours switched with somebody else.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a freakin' PIB! So sorry - hope it gets resolved soon, or you'll have to send in Mz Kitteh. *hugs*

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

That's ridiculous they should indicate you failed! Go for that appeal, babe.

[toymaker.livejournal.com]

Jeebus, I hated the WST... I thought it was an utter waste of time, but you know, it is a thing. My favorite one about ti was they were going to dis-enroll me if I didn't take it before the end of the first quarter there.

San Jose State wanted to make me take it too...

[dakini-bones.livejournal.com]

I so selfishly insisted that my ENGLISH DEGREE should count as a replacement.
Eventually they slunk off in embarrassment.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I took the CBEST test a few years back to get my sub credential. I did poorly on the writing test, too, but I expected it, since the writing test was to write on a subject flat out, without any rewriting. I just don't write that way anymore.