So I haven't written about this yet, because, well, it makes me look bad. 
But I want to write about it, so I'll have to get over any embarassment now. So I stopped going to school a while ago and it's too late to finish without having to stay longer than I should have. So I scrapped that idea and decided to get a GED, which seemed like a really good idea sometimes and sometimes it just seemed like I was throwing something important away. Finally I saw this ad in the Pennysaver for a free GED class, in which upon passing the test you get a high school diploma. So that sounded like a good deal to me. Prior to going to a class, I thought they were actually going to teach me stuff, like it was a course. No, it's basically just this really nice older female teacher and her husband and they don't teach, the woman walks around the room helping people individually and scoring pretests, and the man sits behind a desk reading a book and helps this guy whose primary language is something other than English. And, like I said, it's not a course, we just do a pretest and write an essay. Apparently most people have to do these things more than once. I've been going to the classes for five weeks now. I missed two, one for work and one because I was on vacation. So I've been to three classes now and well, they make me feel like an idiot. Not because I don't understand, but because I have to sit through a bunch of crap I do understand. Also because I was a dumbass and stopped going to school... although that could partially be blamed on my circumstances at the time, then after that I just didn't want to face the people. Oh, and after I take these classes, I get three free credits for a community college. That's cool, so I can take those next semester and hopefully Pitt's Greensburg campus will love me and accept me. I'm not so foolish to hope for main campus. So, now that you know the background, I can write about this class.
So, about the pretesting... the first class I did two of the tests, the second one I did one more and the essay, and today I did one test and redid another. Each test is half the length of what it is on the GED test, but the scoring is the same. 800 is the top score, 410 is the lowest passing score, 450 is the average score. At first I was worried I wouldn't pass, but then I saw the test... it's grade school stuff, all of it. So, because I'm my father's child, I had to get close to all 800's. I was kind of humbled when it didn't happen.
I got two 800's, one in math and one in the grammatical part of the writing test. I got two scores somewhere in the 600's (two or three wrong out of 25), and one 450. Of course, those are pretty good... I mean, they all pass. But I was hoping I'd do better. No such luck. Although I think the 450 might have been a fluke, because that was the first day and I was nervous and, umm... more excuses. 
Anyway, today the teacher was telling me that I only have to come to one more class because attendance to a minimum of four classes is required, and she gave me information on who to call and where to go to take the real test. She seemed happily surprised when I happened to mention plans for college. I guess she doesn't get much of that. I like her, she knows how to give a compliment I can accept. It's a good deal.
Oh, and I've been studying for the SATs. That's also a good deal, because I've always hated studying, but this isn't bad as far as studying goes. Maybe I've changed. Probably not. I can't wait to take one of the example tests. It's a compulsion, I have to know the score I can get.
Oh, and I dyed my hair last night. I dye it from brown to black, but I haven't done it in a while so I had brown roots and the rest was faded black so it was a shock when my hair turned out BLACK. I think it looks weird. I think I look washed out, plain, paler even than is normal for me. This is truth, not just me being insecure. Maybe after I wash it a couple of times it'll fade to a more favorable color. I don't understand, though... I love dyeing my hair black, what the hell changed in, what, six months? Hmm... maybe if I wear dark makeup. What an excuse to try to pull off red lipstick.
So after I wash my hair tomorrow I'll post a picture of it, so you people can tell me your opinions. And if you're going to give an opinion, make it truth, I can hack it. 
Okay so I'm off to bed, and maybe in a few hours, off to sleep.
But I want to write about it, so I'll have to get over any embarassment now. So I stopped going to school a while ago and it's too late to finish without having to stay longer than I should have. So I scrapped that idea and decided to get a GED, which seemed like a really good idea sometimes and sometimes it just seemed like I was throwing something important away. Finally I saw this ad in the Pennysaver for a free GED class, in which upon passing the test you get a high school diploma. So that sounded like a good deal to me. Prior to going to a class, I thought they were actually going to teach me stuff, like it was a course. No, it's basically just this really nice older female teacher and her husband and they don't teach, the woman walks around the room helping people individually and scoring pretests, and the man sits behind a desk reading a book and helps this guy whose primary language is something other than English. And, like I said, it's not a course, we just do a pretest and write an essay. Apparently most people have to do these things more than once. I've been going to the classes for five weeks now. I missed two, one for work and one because I was on vacation. So I've been to three classes now and well, they make me feel like an idiot. Not because I don't understand, but because I have to sit through a bunch of crap I do understand. Also because I was a dumbass and stopped going to school... although that could partially be blamed on my circumstances at the time, then after that I just didn't want to face the people. Oh, and after I take these classes, I get three free credits for a community college. That's cool, so I can take those next semester and hopefully Pitt's Greensburg campus will love me and accept me. I'm not so foolish to hope for main campus. So, now that you know the background, I can write about this class.
So, about the pretesting... the first class I did two of the tests, the second one I did one more and the essay, and today I did one test and redid another. Each test is half the length of what it is on the GED test, but the scoring is the same. 800 is the top score, 410 is the lowest passing score, 450 is the average score. At first I was worried I wouldn't pass, but then I saw the test... it's grade school stuff, all of it. So, because I'm my father's child, I had to get close to all 800's. I was kind of humbled when it didn't happen.
I got two 800's, one in math and one in the grammatical part of the writing test. I got two scores somewhere in the 600's (two or three wrong out of 25), and one 450. Of course, those are pretty good... I mean, they all pass. But I was hoping I'd do better. No such luck. Although I think the 450 might have been a fluke, because that was the first day and I was nervous and, umm... more excuses.
Anyway, today the teacher was telling me that I only have to come to one more class because attendance to a minimum of four classes is required, and she gave me information on who to call and where to go to take the real test. She seemed happily surprised when I happened to mention plans for college. I guess she doesn't get much of that. I like her, she knows how to give a compliment I can accept. It's a good deal.
Oh, and I've been studying for the SATs. That's also a good deal, because I've always hated studying, but this isn't bad as far as studying goes. Maybe I've changed. Probably not. I can't wait to take one of the example tests. It's a compulsion, I have to know the score I can get.
Oh, and I dyed my hair last night. I dye it from brown to black, but I haven't done it in a while so I had brown roots and the rest was faded black so it was a shock when my hair turned out BLACK. I think it looks weird. I think I look washed out, plain, paler even than is normal for me. This is truth, not just me being insecure. Maybe after I wash it a couple of times it'll fade to a more favorable color. I don't understand, though... I love dyeing my hair black, what the hell changed in, what, six months? Hmm... maybe if I wear dark makeup. What an excuse to try to pull off red lipstick.
So after I wash my hair tomorrow I'll post a picture of it, so you people can tell me your opinions. And if you're going to give an opinion, make it truth, I can hack it.
Okay so I'm off to bed, and maybe in a few hours, off to sleep.