What is the plural of the word "haiku"? In any event, here are twelve of them about standardized tests, in the order they were written.

1.

Standardized testing

today at [insert name of school here*]--

I am very bored.

2. 

Administrators 

of standardized tests-- you're slaves

of standardized tests.

3.

All year long students

have prepared to take this test--

now they will take it.

4.

Someone had to cut

all the erasers in half--

test preparation.

5.

Inside students take

a standardized test; outside

the crows fly around.

6.

Standardized testing--

some kids are finished early,

some are still working.

7.

What I want to know--

who's responsible for all

these standardized tests?

8.

Making money and

boring kids halfway to death--

testing industry.

9.

The students are bored.

I am also very bored--

Day One of testing.

10.

Today is the last 

sesson of the [insert name of standardized test here**]--

can't wait to be done.

11.

Some students finished

the Math [insert name of standardized test here**] early--

I hope they did well.

12.

[insert name of standardized test here**] Day Four

is just as boring as all

the other days were.

*Must have four syllable

**Must have three syllables

Abandoned Books and/or Movies #8

Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure (Large Print Edition)- Stuart Stevens

I originally read this book almost twenty years ago. It is about a guy who drives his friend's car across the Sahara desert.

Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry - Todd Farley

Todd Farley worked for a long time scoring standardized tests. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of inaccuracies, problems, and places for random weirdness in the scoring of standardized tests. This book probably would have been better as a long magazine article.

Driving Like Crazy - P.J. O'Rourke

The title is actually a lot longer than just three words. The book is also.

Vrooom!! Conversations with the Grand Prix Champions - Peter Manso. (No picture available)

This book was written in 1969, I believe. If you would like to learn more about Grand Prix racers and what they think about modern art, H. Rap Brown, and the Vietnam war, this is the book for you.