<p>Tomorrow we have the HSPA Science Field Test. Last year like 1/2 of the juniors didn't go and just came in when seniors did after HSPA time. The teachers just say "there is no make-up date". No one will tell us but like over 1/2 of people say they are going in late. Should I risk it? They might count it as a cut or call home but they didn't last year. I also don't know if I believe some of the kids that claim they won't come. What would you do?</p>
<p>Um...what advantage to you get by going in late? If there is no advantage, then there is no point.</p>
<p>well, sleep in a bit, go to breakfast, its kinda like a "junior cut morning" like senior cut day but just for one morning.</p>
<p>any opinions?</p>
<p>Personally, I'm always the one advocating to cut (when the situation arises), but I always end up going because I don't know how to explain to my dad that I kind-of-don't-really-have to go to school.</p>
<p>Cut!</p>
<p>I think I'll decide tomorrow morning. I go to the school and gauge the junior parking lot. If no one's there, they can't punish that many people.</p>
<p>no you know what, if you miss any other test, you will have a make up, except for science, because that one doesn't count. They just let us take it as an extra part. I dont know y. I dont know when they will start counting it though... So dont worry, if it's counted, they will let u have a make up (hopefully)</p>
<p>i know it's not counted and it will be for the first time next year HOWEVER, I don't want them to mark me as a cut because our school is extremely harsh in their punishment for cutting. (in-school and community service plus a blemish on the record) but if everyone does it, it wont matter so much.</p>
<p>so y dont u just take the test??? u know, just for fun! lol I know it's no fun at all, but ... just dont cut school...</p>
<p>because you know how embarassed i would be if i were the only junior in my testing room? there are like 20 people in my room and i heard almost all of them planning to cut but i dont know if there all words or if they will stick through.</p>
<p>if I were you, I wouldn't cut.</p>
<p>u wont know if you're the only one who will be absent tomorrow, that will be even more embarassed! and dont u have school after testing? My school does. so we cant cut</p>
<p>Nobody's going in my school.</p>
<p>no we have testing in place of our one morning period. seniors have off and soph and fresh have class. they do the schedule different everyday so everybody misses block 3, then we have 4, lunch, 2, 1. very odd. but we have tests first thing in the morning, school starting ending normal time. i definitely would not go if they expected us to stay later.</p>
<p>wow, that's really weird! In my school, juniors have to take the tests in the morning, Soph take the practice tests, same time. Freshmen and seniors come in late <after juniors="" +="" soph="" finish="" the="" test=""> about 10:30. btw, it's 4 days testing.</after></p>
<p>4 days including the field science one, i think that's statewide. testing the first day went from like 8 till 11 30 and wed and today went like 8 till 1050 and tomorrows only goes like 8 till 920 or something. thats gay that sophs take practice tests. what a waste of time. and the school closes off the A-Hall (first hall) where all the testing is with big orange cones and flags and tons of staff members and they lock the doors and dont let fresh and soph in their a-hall lockers during the classes they have that we dont. its so excessive. they take cell phones in the office for the testing and barricade the library because that is where all the spanish kids have to take the HSPA. sigh..and i had the most annoying proctor today for part of the testing. she read what we were writing and stood over us staring at our papers for like 5 minutes each.</p>
<p>I hate it when the teachers do that, seriously, I just cant concentrate! But locking the entire hallway is ridiculous. I know why you cant bring cell phone into the class room, or I-pod or anything like electrical materials. Last time, the security found a lost ipod, and when they open the main menu, they found the answers for the math midterm exam, and it IS RIDICULOUS. They even caught a student w/ his gatorade bottle that has the answers on the other side of the labels. I dont understand y people do that >_<</p>
<p>wait..how do they even know what's on the test to cheat? like what the hell?</p>
<p>they sneaked in the math office and took picture of the answers. Then they saved it in their ipod, since cellphones are so obvious. And when the security asked the algebra teacher to take the answers out, it's exactly the same</p>
<p>that's ridiculous. the test is so easy, it really takes idiots. not only are they too dumb to pass the test on their own, but they're dumb enough to get caught. How many do you need right to pass anyway? isn't it really low??</p>
<p>you should have seen the chaos after the testing(10 minutes after) a pencil sharpener caught fire and the fire dept was called.</p>