“GRE”–Quietly Eating My Shorts
Oh God. The GRE is upon us. Mom asks, “Why are you studying only now. Don’t you need more time?” Well, yeah I do, but there’s not enough study time in the universe for me to avoid making a big a## of myself. So I figure starting now is just fine. In preparation for taking the test sometime in October (Hey! No pressure with the “setting a date”thing ok?!), I’ve spent what, two whole days looking at a GRE exam preparation book and I’ve come to the realization that I think my IQ has taken a significant leap for the worst since I’ve graduated–heck, since I’ve taken the SATs to get into UH! And so, burdened with my huge apathy for math and the quantitative section of the GRE I thought I would cheer myself up by taking a gander at the Verbal Section. Much to my chagrin: This stuff is hard! Now you have to feel some of my pain considering that I have a degree in English and pride myself on stuff like Analogies, Reading Comprehension, and Antonyms! I am down with the grammar man, hip to the litwit theory, into the read-ing for com-pre-hen-sion! But tell me how can one accurately pinpoint that BAREFACED is to SHAME as HEADLONG is to FORETHOUGHT! Oh well, at least I’ve got my fractions and ratios down. FINALLY!