I Want For My Math Exam - 1521 Words

It’s been 3 weeks since the school year started. I go to class as usual, I do homework as usual, I take tests as usual. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. Or rather, nothing would have seemed out of the ordinary. I find it hard to focus on my math exam with so many thoughts running through my head. I look up from my test and scan the room. Everyone seems equally as invested in the test in front of them. However, I see some people starting to lose focus as their eyes start to wander. Others, realizing how futile their efforts are, have already began pulling out their phones, hoping Google can help them figure out just what exactly a polynomial function is. I can’t help but wonder how I have not failed out of the class yet considering the fact that I don’t remember what a polynomial function is either. No one remembers what it is. I haven’t heard that word since junior year of high school. All these people sitting around me are just as lost as I am. 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