Standardized Testing and the Pen is mightier than the iPhone

Here's an interesting blog post that showed up on my email today
12:23 PM
It's titled - "When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids"
12:23 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/when-an-adult-took-standardized-tests-forced-on-kids/2011/12/05/gIQApTDuUO_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_twitter
12:24 PM
here's an interesting snippit:

"On the reading test, I got 62% . In our system, that’s a “D”, and would get me a mandatory assignment to a double block of reading instruction.

He continued, “It seems to me something is seriously wrong. I have a bachelor of science degree, two masters degrees, and 15 credit hours toward a doctorate.

I help oversee an organization with 22,000 employees and a $3 billion operations and capital budget, and am able to make sense of complex data related to those responsibilities."
12:25 PM
and for you "output processors" like me: http://www.fastcompany.com/1798782/when-pen-beats-phone-a-case-for-writing-things-out