At first when the story stared Shannon Felt really comfortable about her writing and though she was the best at it. but as the story continue and after she took the test for the first time she felt frustrated, and that she was not smart enough. The second time she felt miserable and wanted to give up and that cause the hate she had for writing. and that also cause that she never will be and feel the same about writing. Shannon stared to hate the proficiency test because she never understood the reason why she couldn’t pass the test because the states does not provide where can you improve on it or any comments. I can relate to Shannon because back in high School i had to take the NYSELAT test because English it’s not my first language and I had to took it like 3 times because of my writing and when i was in class i always felt very comfortable with my writing but when it was time for me to take it, I felt like i wasn’t ready.