I had been waiting the entire school year to take the test that would determine if I would be allowed to graduate high school. It was eleventh grade, and it had been a very good year for me. I loved school but my GPA had dropped since the 8th grade. I went into highschool with a 3.9 GPA. I was very smart. I loved history. Unfortunately, I had to take that part of the graduation test again. The High School Graduation Test covered: reading, writing, math, and social sciences. This is what I get for being so smart, thinking I aced this test. Knocked it out of the park! Then I get this letter saying, I had to retake the social studies part. They know they could've given me that one point. I held my mouth in disbelief. This can't be right, I thought to myself. Worst News Ever ! I needed to pass this part in order to graduate. History had been my favorite subject since the 6th grade. I loved it a little bit more than math. It is what kept me involved with senior citizens. I enjoyed history a lot. Out of the whole test, I would've thought that Science would be the test that I'd fail. How could I have possibly let this happen. I'm pretty sure critical thinking wasn't a lot to handle. I used the process of elimination, what I knew, and also the paper I had written for this was about History. I used what I wrote as back up. I told myself to stop stressing, I'd pass the next time. I had a 94.95 and I was also taking AP History. This was the class I was exceedingly passing. I had been preparing for this test, but for what? My economics teacher surprised me as she said, "If you pass my course you will graduate; I did not need to retake the test." My senior year this became a big issue. My was saying I should've taken the test my junior year. What captured my attention was the fact that she said, "You will not be able to retain your high school diploma." Why didn't I get this over with when I had a chance? Back at square one. I had to take this