'Internet access is still somewhat limited in low-income communities. 'If you think about which students are on social media right now and who has access to information about the tests, it's those with the greatest privilege to access online content swiftly and regularly,' she explains. NPR Ed The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers While the tweets express the sentiment of the students taking the exam, they do another thing: reference the questions asked of them on the AP Literature exam. A Twitter search of #APLit will yield similar results.Īll of these memes reference a specific short story published in 1751, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett. These tweets about the exam even inspired a Twitter moment that highlighted the best memes about the AP exam. Pickle encountered Godfrey Gauntlet.' Then there's the tweet that uses a picture of a pickle-looking character from Spongebob, Kevin the Sea Cucumber, to express how 'smug' Mr. Pickles.' Another uses an image of a fighting pickle to describe 'when Mr. One tweet says that the tester, 'went into that test feeling like Mr. For example, in reference to the AP Literature and Composition exam, many users tweeted about Mr.

While these tweets are in jest - and many in the format of popular memes -there is something peculiar about them: they are oddly specific. NPR Ed 4 Things We Don't Know About AP Tests

They are administered by the College Board and depending on a student's score, could result in early college credit.Īs students have put their pencils down, they've picked up their phones and gone to Twitter to share their frustrations. And through hushed whispers, test takers alike find comfort in knowing that someone else also had trouble with why the limit does not exist on question 18.īut what happens when these hushed whispers of a confidential test are not so quiet?įor the past two weeks, high school students across the country have been taking their Advanced Placement exams (AP). When the test is over, it is easy to seek solace in those around who have also finished the sweaty-palmed, nervous experience that testing often inspires. Yet, it's a requirement many of us face at one point in life. Sitting down to take a standardized test on a beautiful Saturday morning would not, almost certainly, be categorized as a fun weekend activity.

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