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John vs. The Quizzes

Something that I was really excited for when I first started Mr. Miller's class was the quizzes. More specifically, the current events quizzes. Initially, I thought of myself as a proficient news watcher. I believed that I took in a large amount of new from the television, NPR, and occasionally, news paper like the New York Times. But what I've come to realize is that by the standards of Mr. Miller's class, I'm definitely not as active in my news comprehension skills as I once thought.
For the first quiz, I got a great score of seven out of seven. It might no have had the extra three points that I wanted, but for the first quiz, I was pretty proud of myself. I thought everything to be okay. That was until I took the most recent current events quiz.
I scored a four out of seven. Pitiful. How did I manage that? I thought that I knew the news of the day to a deeper degree. It appears now that I have to really be an active listener and reader. I think my strong suit is watching the news and listening on WFPL, but it might take a bit longer for me to adjust to reading the headlines from the NY Times and the Courier Journal.
When it comes to Mr Miller's famous "One Question Quizzes," I need to work on my ability to retain and comprehend the things that we discuss in class. When we were told to elaborate and discuss a filter, I totally blanked and thought about noise instead. It was even worse when I knew I was putting something that I wasn't one hundred percent confident in.
Although I may be struggling a tad at the moment, I know that I have the ability to become a really active member of my community and pay closer attention to the news.

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