Thoughts During The ACT

Well, the national ACT took place yesterday! This means college is approaching! It also means the anxiety levels of teens all climaxed at the same time. I took an ACT prep class so I was feeling pretty confident. However, most of my thoughts while taking the ACT went like this:

"Stay awake stay awake"

"Someone just flipped their page, I am behind??"

"What is this? Oh, just another thing I didn't learn in school"

"Will I honestly ever need this in my life?"

"HURRY UP AND FINISH"

"Ughhhh I just wanna go home" :( 

Basically all of that was running through my head while I was trying to understand what the questions actually meant. I was so relieved when it was finally over. All I want is to see my scores. Your score determines a lot, mainly what college will accept you. However, I realized one thing. Your score does not define YOU. So what if you got a lower score than someone else? Some of the smartest people are the dumbest people in certain situations. And if you got a low score, that doesn't mean you're dumb. It means you have certain strengthens that the ACT doesn't test you on. A standardized test doesn't define you as a person. Only you can define you. All the Love -Kate