The Dreaded Typing Test

I just got out of my first official typing test since high school and I must say that I cannot remember a time when I was more nervous. I don't know why. As soon as the clock started I was petrified. There was such a sense of urgency that I had to do well that I couldn't concentrate on the paper from which I was reading. If I don't score as well as I want maybe something terrible will happen. It was like I was being judged by some super powerful committee and the results were as important as life or death. My hands were shaking so much I couldn't tell if I was even pressing the keys in all the way. Maybe it was the fact that you must wait 30 days before you can take it again. Those 30 days would seem like an eternity and I just have to do well now. I was putting pressure on myself like never before. What if I don't get the good job because of my average score? What if the instructor reads my results and looks up at me over his glasses and gives me the "maybe next time sport" line that every person dreads? I can't live with that. I will say that I did not get the score I was hoping for but I wasn't far from it. And luckily I got no words of disappointment disguised as encouragement from anyone on the way out. I will be back in 30 days to take it again and hopefully I won't have to place my hands in my pockets on the way in to hide the shaking lol.

Thanks for reading.

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