Regents

      Regents. Regents are the tests who decide whether or not we pass a class, pass or fail the subject, continue to the next subject or retake next winter, or even retake during the summer. Although I do not agree with the Department of Education upon deciding whether we comprehend the subject through a test, everyone in New York is mandated into taking it. Me, along with thousands of other students in New York in the following weeks are taking it. It brings fear, nausea, and everyone's test-a-phobia into the spotlight, and right before the test, the butterflies into our stomach. Why does the DOE require us to take it? I do not have the answer, and so doesn't everyone except the DOE. Some people are great test takers, while others, like me aren't. Everyone is a smart students, but however, not everyone is a great test taker. It should depend on our class work that promotes us to the next grade or subject, not a stupid test that the DOE spends millions upon to make students suffer. I along with my class is forced to take the Algebra I regents tomorrow and I am not happy about it, but who cares about what I though? I cannot make any difference by writing a single blog post. To everyone who is taking at least one regents exam: HAVE FUN!!!