Riding a Bike

Forty percent of any number is relatively substantial. It is a lot more when it is a percentage of a grade in a class. The task before me this past week was to study for my first PR test as a graduate student. The last time I took a test was four years ago (aside from the GREs). I was admittedly out of practice. However, my test preparation and feelings were similar to those I had years ago. I bought index cards at CVS, waited until the weekend to study, and felt the same test anxiety I used to experience in my undergraduate career. My sister and friends gave me the obligatory “good luck!” wishes yesterday and this morning before I took the test. I even ran into my sister on the T on the way to BU, getting one last word of encouragement. My cautious optimism tells me I did fine, and as it turns out, four years it not a long time – test-taking is like riding a bike. This is good news as I get older and can notice the shifts in my perspectives, feelings, and beliefs that have changed with time, and as I feel more and more removed from the past. However, it is a comforting feeling that some things will always be familiar (even if it is the art of test-taking).

-Rosie