SFSU JEPET

For those who don't know what the JEPET is.

The JEPET is the Junior English Proficiency Essay Test.

It is an essay exam that students must take after they have finished English 212 to "prove" to the university that you are truly ready for the literate English-writing world.

Those who fail to pass the JEPET must take English 414 in order to graduate.

Personally, I don't approve of this exam because most students have to be literate to be in college in the first place.

As of today, I have taken English in school for a total of 14 years just like most other students that have attended a San Francisco Public School.

I honestly believe passing English 212 is enough under most standards in order to graduate.

I am not writing this because I did not pass. In fact, I found out today that I did pass the JEPET.

I'm not too weary of what criteria graders must follow in order to pass or fail someone but as of right now I want to assume that most grading was done in a fair and nonpartisan way.

The thing that I am ticked off about is how many people fail that exam. All I ever hear from people are "Everyone I know has failed the JEPET" or "I heard the JEPET was really hard to pass"

In all honesty, when I took the JEPET, it was not hard to me at all. In fact, it was as equivalent to any SAT Essay Prompt, Entrance Exam, In-class Essay. When I finished my exam, I told my friend Kevin, "I'm sure I did pretty well on it. Might have been the best essay I have ever written".

I said that with the utmost confidence because I honestly did my best on that essay. If I had not passed today, I would write the same rant as to why the JEPET was unfair but I would end it by saying "I guess I didn't do my best".

I'm more annoyed by how many people expected me to fail because I am "one of them" or "alike". The problem with that mentality is this. They don't know me well enough. When someone asks me to help them on an essay. I try my best to use the most of my knowledge to help them succeed. I put my heart into every essay I write nowadays because I realize it is not often that a voice can be heard or even read by someone.

An inexcusable response that you might hear me say when I'm not serious is "Well, I've had an essay published into a book before. That should be enough to prove something". While there's some credibility to that. I don't take much pride in that. The essay wasn't even good to begin with.

I'm proud that I did my best on that essay. I'm proud of my integrity because I was probably the only one who believed that I was capable of passing the JEPET.