Madison: practice GRE and the protest
Feb. 20th, 2011 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hani_backupSaturday I and others left campus at 7:30am to drive up to Madison for practice GRE/GMAT/MCAT/other tests held by Kaplan. For the GRE, it was done on paper, and only the verbal and quantitative sections, no writing. But we did get back our results back quickly and, well, I did horrendously. No surprise considering my last math class was calculus II in 2007. Three long years... I guessed so many questions (more than 2/3 of the ones given). I didn't practice beforehand...
Aftewards, the GRE folk were done much earlier than the MCAT people so we had time to wander around Madison. Needless to say, I and another person I knew acquaintance-like walked down State Street towards the Capitol.
This is my first protest. I've signed petitions before, but never participated in nor observed one. I didn't walk in it, because I wasn't sure how much time we'd have left, but I clapped and hoped having one more body there helped. It was pretty amazing seeing the diversity of people there, and not just from Madison or Wisconsin.
Later in the van going back to campus, some people mentioned seeing a "Scotty doesn't know" sign which was hilarious. Wish I had seen that.
Pictures
"Someday...your life may be in the hands of a union nurse."
"On Wisconsin! Down with Walker!"
"Democracy or Dictatorship?"
(I don't think the whole world is watching, but if publicity will make him reconsider...)
The crowd in front the Capitol, and not even around it
An airplane with the message "We support working families." (The day was beautiful and clear, though chilly.)
A parade of taxis supporting the protest, beeping and honking.
I wish I had a video camera for the chants and songs, too.
And I'm a little pissed the House voted for Planned Parenthood to get its funding canceled. Shit heads.
Aftewards, the GRE folk were done much earlier than the MCAT people so we had time to wander around Madison. Needless to say, I and another person I knew acquaintance-like walked down State Street towards the Capitol.
This is my first protest. I've signed petitions before, but never participated in nor observed one. I didn't walk in it, because I wasn't sure how much time we'd have left, but I clapped and hoped having one more body there helped. It was pretty amazing seeing the diversity of people there, and not just from Madison or Wisconsin.
Later in the van going back to campus, some people mentioned seeing a "Scotty doesn't know" sign which was hilarious. Wish I had seen that.
Pictures
"Someday...your life may be in the hands of a union nurse."
"On Wisconsin! Down with Walker!"
"Democracy or Dictatorship?"
(I don't think the whole world is watching, but if publicity will make him reconsider...)
The crowd in front the Capitol, and not even around it
An airplane with the message "We support working families." (The day was beautiful and clear, though chilly.)
A parade of taxis supporting the protest, beeping and honking.
I wish I had a video camera for the chants and songs, too.
And I'm a little pissed the House voted for Planned Parenthood to get its funding canceled. Shit heads.
