My teen is taking the SAT today. As we were walking out the door, I asked her if she needed a special pencil. She looked at me and said We take it on computers. The air hung quiet between us. Oh I said. Huh I said. It’s the first year she added If it makes you feel any better.
@AnniemuMary In my day, we wrote our answers as cuneiforms on a clay slate, with a pointy #2 rock. When time ran out, the proctor shouted "Rocks down!!"
@AnniemuMary The No. 2 pencil. Sent away with cassette tapes and the Dewey decimal system.
@AnniemuMary 😂 times have changed Mary
@AnniemuMary Let her know that a pile of ancient dust will be picking her up.
@AnniemuMary To be honest, I have taken the ASVAB, but I never took my SATs. I wonder if I could take them, still.
@AnniemuMary They still need a TI-83 that has cost the same $100 for 30 years, though, right? …Right?
@AnniemuMary Oh my God. I feel so damn old now. Fuck me, dude
@AnniemuMary It’s the first year, she added, If it makes you feel any better. I had to reread it three times to get it.