Directed Self Placement

It did not come as a shocker to me that most people would assume college student's "can't write" or have the inability to answer basic questions. In my personal experience living in Palau, being only 17, I always am the youngest amongst my peers. Therefore because of my age, I am considered incapable of making smart decisions or any decisions at all for that matter. But now that college has begun and I am what many would describe as "on my own", I am expected to think rationally and be responsible, as though not six months ago I was still asking for permission to go use the rest room. My point is this, that the world insists on treating us as children until it decides otherwise. After skimming through this article that discusses the research of directed self-placement, I've found myself pondering many things which

The test subjects or as refered to in the article, the "seats" did not only behave differently after they were told to place themselves in the class they thought they deemed suitable for them. But most were more inclined to choose English 098 over English 150, whether it meant they would have to take an extra class or two because of it. I would say that they came up with quite astonishing results but then again, when put into perspective, I would have done the same thing. Had I been placed in English 098 by a standardized test, admittedly, I would be not be happy but had I been given the opportunity to choose I would have chosen English 098. Because it may not be easy for most to say, but some things take more practice than others even if you have to take more time to understand than other people do. It will never be too late or even too early to better yourself, whether it is as a person or as a writer. I can resonate with the feelings of those students who felt inadequate or even incompetent merely because they do not do things as well as others