Read the Instructions! [E] A valuable lesson |
Read the Instructions! *Notes: This is funny. I had a geography teacher who gave us a facsimile of this test once. One other girl and I were the only ones who got up and put the “completed” test on his desk as we were instructed. I loved school and always followed directions. Red - changes needed Blue - suggested changes and comments ***I learned a valuable lesson from an old teacher of mine when I was in the fifth grade at Resurrection School—a lesson I carry with me today in most almost everything I do. Read the instructions! ***(new paragraph) Typed in purple mimeograph ink at the top of the first page was the following: Turn to page fifteen and read the instructions before you begin the test. … I’d glanced up every now and then, (no comma) while trying to remember if the Nile River was in South America or England, and I saw that some students had their pencils down and were just sitting there. … ***As I reached the end of page thirteen, I jumped when I heard, “Time’s up. Pass your papers to the front.” Sister Regina collected the tests from each front-row seat, (no comma) as if she were a military drill sergeant—well… in a way, she was. She floated back to her desk and proceeded to form two stacks of the gathered test papers. #3 Write your name in the upper left hand (hyphenated) corner of page #1.
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