Test Preparations and items brought to ensure nothing went wrong:
1.) Checked tire tread and air in tires for morning drive. 2.) Changed oil in car. 3.) 2 Calculators brought to exam 4.) New Calculator batteries installed in primary calculator 5.) Extra calculator batteries for primary calculator 6.) 10 Brand new pens 7.) 4 Mechanical pencils 8.) Extra lead for pencils 9.) 2 Erasers 10.) 2 entrance tickets, backup in car 11.) 1 Passport in hand 12.) ONLY ONE FREAKIN QUARTZ WATCH!!!
Guess what failed as instructions were being read for the morning section?
As the exam was begining the time was noted in instructions and I went to reset my watch…and it never fired back up after attempting to set it to match the exam start time. I freaked out!!! Tried to reset many times and it didn’t fire back up. I quickly gave up and relied on the lame on-site time interval sheets. At the break I ran to try and buy a new watch, to no avail. As I walked sullenly back to the test center, I tried one last time to start the watch and it started up!!!
I think I blew the AM with added stress and scrambling to try and stay on pace and not over spend time on any question. I really watched time closely in practice exams, so needless to say I was thrown off.