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As I sit in class all year, I finally realize that I'm just being taught a test.  In other words, my teachers give me the test and the answers in order to pass the SOL test.  You may ask, "What is an SOL test?"  An SOL test is taken every year for students in grades 6 through 12.  These tests must be passed in order for the student to graduate.  The tests, in a way serve its purpose: to see how much the students learned from the past year.  The problem comes in for students who are accelerated or in honor's classes.  The SOLs seem like they have been lowered in difficulty just so that students will pass.  In fact, a student can make a fifty and still pass. Does this seem right?  Shouldn't we be challenged more?  Read More »