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Bearing News

The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

Bearing News

Art by Valeria Velasquez

Tried, tested, not true: moving on provides insight into self-worth

Ann Fitzmaurice January 29, 2019
Every single time I took the American College Testing (ACT) exam, save one, I cried when I received my score. It took me six attempts to finally give up, and giving up was the best decision I could have made.
Junior Erin Kravichick prepares for the ACT in the media center.

3 letters determine perception of future

Maddie Murphy May 18, 2017
Students lament on the excessive use of standardized tests in modern education and the increasingly stressed importance of them in students' lives and goals.
January 2013: Media Specialist, Gwen Struchtemeyer assists RBHS senior Connor Fraser with studying for the ACT. Many students take the generous opportunity offered by Structemeyer to better prepare them for achieving a higher score on the standardized test. Photo by Aniqa Rahman
Originally posted in 2013

Media Specialist prepares pupils for ACT

Sam Mitchell January 12, 2013

Whether it be early morning before the first bell of the school day, lunch time when most teachers and students are taking a short break from their work, or after school on a Friday afternoon when most...

Standardized test score reports unfair

Standardized test score reports unfair

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj January 6, 2013

According to collegeboard.org, the College Board's "membership of educators" created the SAT in 1926 to "democratize access to college for all students." Each academic year, nearly three million students...

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