Okay, so last year was pretty much the best year ever in my history class. My teacher was awesome and everyone loves him, and at the beginning of the year he always shows the movie Cool Hand Luke to teach us about heroes. So on Friday I stopped by my old school to see my history teacher and he told me that he didn't show his classes Cool Hand Luke this year! That was the best movie ever! He said he couldn't show it because there's too much emphasis on standardized testing this year and he was falling behind schedule, so the best way to save a week was by cutting out the movie. D= Standardized testing is stupid. Some things cannot be tested. Cool Hand Luke filled me with more knowledge than a lot of things but it doesn't matter because there aren't any questions about Paul Newman on a standardized test! I think that, as weird as it sounds, that movie actually did change my life. Looking back, Cool Hand Luke started me on a Paul Newman thing, which led me to want to draw a portrait of him, which led me back into drawing seriously, which has led me to myself today! And these poor little 8th graders don't have the privilege of seeing Cool Hand Luke! Just because of damn standardized tests. They're completely and utterly pointless.

And so ends my rant on standardized tests. Damn them.