[pierrem15]

LOL. Due to my working class appearance, I had a High School counselor try to persuade me to take neither the Regents exams nor the SATs. Obviously afraid that I would bring the school's scores down.

I got a Regents scholarship for the physics exam and scored in the top 5% for the SATs.

So much for the "expertise" of our credentialed educrats.

[Betty Jane]

This is an honors English class she’s trying to persuade, not the kids one would normally worry about failing a standardized test. She must know she really sucks.