DAY 1.5: REPORT FROM FLORIDA AP READING

Daytona Hilton

Hilton Daytona Beach Ocean Walk Village - Oceanfront - Daytona Beach, FL Hotels

My roommate Tracey and I walked along the beach this morning before breakfast; therefore, I felt fully justified eating carrot cake as my lunch today.

Follow up on the coffee maker: Coffee’s actually not bad for pod coffee. Last night we had only DeCaff pods. We drank it anyway. This evening, though, I did learn an important fact about this little gizmo. If you’re only making one cup, then the pod AND the cup have to go on the left. Otherwise, the tray fills up with water that didn’t have a cup to spit itself into. Messy.

At our pre-scoring meeting, I learned that over 300,000 students sat for the English Language exam this year.  That’s one million essays (since, theoretically each kid wrote three). Update on the number of reader; there are over 800 of us, divided into three separate rooms.  I refuse to do the math. All I know is, I have a flight out on Wednesday. And we’re not allowed to score at home.

Dinner was green beans, mashed potatoes, corn souffle, salad sans tomatoes, turkey roast, and fixings to make your own sundaes. Tracy and I talked to college teachers from Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and California at our table. We spent the evening jotting down titles of books to read, solving the world’s literacy problems, and wondering where we were going to eat Saturday night.

GEM OF THE DAY (from one of the essays I scored): “a plethora of anaphoras“