GRE

Oh boy, every time I hear that phrase my stomach lurches and my mind brings me back to my two day seminar entitled "Taming The SAT," as well as two endless mornings in an under-heated classroom attempting to take the SAT.  If you haven't already guessed, I do not have found memories of the SAT, and the idea that the GRE could be somewhat reminiscent makes me a bit anxious.

Regardless, I have always been up for a challenge, even if I know it is most likely a doomed challenge, seeing that I have about as much of a knack for standardized tests as I do baseball (which, if you grew up with me at all, you would know this is no knack whatsoever).  I can't help but want to study for this test, hoping that maybe if I do so, I'll surprise myself and excel.  After all, aside from "Taming the SAT" I think I studied for about twenty minutes for the test.

Though I am not per-say excited about studying for the GRE itself, I have to admit something very nerdy: I am thrilled to study for the English Lit. subject exam.  Yesterday I spent about three hours reading through the questions, and though the majority were painfully tough, though I have never been an English major, and though I have a lot of studying to do, I was having a fantastic time basking in the literature trivia.  I wonder if they have a game for people like me?  Honestly, I could answer literature trivia and analyze poems and passages eight hours a day, five days a week.  I really don't know why, I guess it's the same reason that some people could sit and read political articles, or others want to talk about sports nonstop -- we're all a little too interested in something.  Lucky for me, there's an exam that praises my interest (a luxury that the afore mentioned do not to my knowledge have).

So with reluctance mixed in with a bit of excitement I will study to take the exams.  I'll just think of this in the same light as my half marathon endeavor: a challenge.  I probably won't take the exams until late-summer/early-fall, therefore I'm determined to study really hard; something I did not do in the slightest for my SAT.  Study hard maybe, but I still am steadfast refusing to take any class remotely resembling "Taming The SAT," or any class for that matter (even if they do provide cool souvenir pencils and water bottles to make you feel better about forking out a few hundred).  If I'm failing, I'll do so on my own.