Sat, 2006-12-02 17:13.
things used to be simpler. elementary school. when we used to agonize over awkwardly duplicated, handwritten quizzes. copied in hazy purple ink. bleached white by the sunlight.
of course the tests weren't as difficult back then. once the teacher left room for our lopsided, unevenly spaced cursive, there wasn't much space for questions.
by middle school the tests were getting longer, though. and as agonizing as they were, you could take some consolation in the fact that they'd take a while to get back to you. hand grading tests took time.
the sting of a poor test was mostly gone by the time you finally got your score.
