Monday, November 9, 2009

The testing center: the new dining hall.

Students love bringing food into the testing center, the trend is ubiquitous. And can you really blame them? Tests are hard and everyone needs a little sustenance to get them through that long examination.

However, it shouldn't be hard to understand that certain snacks are more appropriate for the testing center setting than others. Think it through really hard. You see, the testing center is quiet. Really quiet. Certain snacks are very loud to eat. Such snacks should and must be discarded before entering the peaceful sanctuary that is the testing center. To name just a few of these raucous treats: chips of any form, corn nuts, and . . . Subway sandwiches. First, to even get to that tasty slab of bread and meat, you have to peel through roughly 14 layers of paper, every piece echoing its crinkling noise throughout the testing center. Once the paper has been removed, each bite consists of chomping and tearing into those fresh and very crisp veggies. Not to mention the smell that wafts to all those around the sandwich eater, causing a rippling effect of stomach grumblings.

So let's desist from the chips and corn nuts and Subway sandwiches and pretty much any other treat that makes excessive noise when eaten. Next time you're at the vending machine, tempted to buy those tasty Doritos to help you through your exam, why not think about some other food form? How about like a bag of fruit snacks? Maybe one of those Chewy granola bars? Or why not just a marshmallow? Those snacks all sound lovely.

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