The Final Exam

Before I get started, I would like to make an announcement.  When discussing my whole "Alpaca-lypse" idea with my friends today, my friend thought of Barack Ollama.  Get it?  Because Alpacas would be running the government?  Funny.  That is all I have to say about that.

So anyway.  With finals just around the corner, (and by around the corner I mean my first one starts in roughly 55 minutes) I have gotten to thinking.  Scary right?  Only weird things could come from that.  But what I realized is that we are literally constantly being tested or testing others.  We get tested in school to see if we know how to cram as much information into our brains the night before to get a passing grade.  Oh, I mean, those tests are to see how much we have learned... that is totally what finals do... Suuuper accurate representations...  But we test ourselves and others in all kinds of other ways too.  I test myself to see how long I can put off doing things before I get so stressed that the thought of not doing them compels me to get it done.  We test our friends and "significant others" to see if they will do what we want them to do.  Like, "I am NOT going to text that guy today because I want to see if he will actually make the effort or not."  Don't deny it.  You know you do it, even if you don't mean to.  Don't worry.  It happens to the best of us.  We get tested to see if we can drive. We test our stomachs on Thanksgiving.  We test our nail polish to see if it is dry.  We test our Christmas lights.  We test our parent's patience.  We test our children's patience.  (I don't have children... but I know.)  So here is the question.  What in the world are we doing?  Why so many tests?  I have literally never met a person who likes them.  So why do we keep testing each other?  I mean ok, I can understand testing your Christmas lights because it is just so annoying to put them all up and then have them not work.  That is probably in the top ten most annoying first world problems list.  And I can even understand driving tests, and ok maybe finals.  But not cumulative ones.  Those are dumb.  Don't give those.  But why do we test each other in social situations?  If you want something, just ask for it.  Quit trying to make your friends and family and everyone fail these tests that they don't even know they are taking! Honestly, I think I test people a lot more than I realize so I'm going to try to see if I can do this too.  Hopefully I will pass.