On October 8th, at 7:00 A.M, the first SAT of the year was held at FVHS and many other high schools. Although the test usually starts at around 8:00 A.M, it didn’t start until 8:30 at FVHS. For some reason, the school decided to have a double check barrier for when test takers look to see which class room they are assign to. This seemed too inefficient and redundant because all the line was for was to check the name of the test takers and tell them which classroom they were testing in. Then when they got to their class room, they had their I.D checked yet again. Why bother making a huge line, going one person at a time to tell them their room number and check their I.D when the school can just post the list of names along with the room number to make the system more efficient? This is the usually type of method for administering the SAT at most high schools.
It doesn’t make sense why the school would stray away from something that would make it easier on them. Compared to just posting the names, they have office administrators standing at windows, directing HUNDREDS of test takers. The wait from the start of the line, the office window, curled around the column supporting the overhang, across the lawn over to the far staircases near the supervision window, curved down the brick wall with flowers on it, turned again at the ramp onto the office, and then finally ended at the gate near the 100-111 halls. On top of that, while people would wait in line, other SAT test takers, would just cut in line causing others to wait even longer in line.
If the school were to revert back to the old system, the line, the wait, and the frustration of being late to the test would all be gone. One could argue that the double check would absolutely ensure that no one would be taking test for another person, but once you get to the classroom door, the teacher is already waiting there to check the I.D card of the person to make sure it matches up with the name. So why even bother wasting the man power and putting tired adults at office windows dealing with frustrated teenagers?
