Category: AP Readings
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The Pros and Cons of Moving the AP Reading to Kansas City
After years of the AP Reading being in Salt Lake City, this year, the AP World History essays were scored in Kansas City this year, and Jim and I headed out there on June 1st. The switch to KC would involve a pretty extreme change in climate, with much more humidity than in arid Utah,…
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The last AP World History Reading in Salt Lake City
After years of traveling to Salt Lake City to score AP essays, the AP Reading for AP World History is changing sites to Kansas City next year.
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An Abortive Slot Canyon Hike in Escalante and the Joys of Air Transportation
Hiking slot canyons in the middle of nowhere should be avoided by middle-aged men.
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From Essay Scoring in Salt Lake to Hiking the Hoodoos in Southern Utah
From Essay Scoring in Salt Lake to Hiking the Hoodoos in Southern Utah
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How we overcame a pretentious concierge to see awesome canyons and rivers in southern Utah
By noon on Thursday of the first full week in June, the AP World History Reading finished up. College Board only allows readers to fly back the day after the end of the Reading, so Jim and I figured that we might as well stay through Sunday and see some cool stuff in the southern…
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Netflix and Chill and other Utah Revelations
Once again, Jim and I went to Salt Lake City in June for the AP World History Reading, where we score many, many essays and make observations and discoveries that are only possible after destroying your brain by scoring many, many essays. The trip started on a high note, as on our way out to…
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Reading 1,000 Essays in Seven Days Will Break Your Brain
I am in Utah yet for another June of scoring AP World History essays, and after reading hundreds of essays, I always reach a point in the week when my brain loses touch with reality. This year, that moment came on day five.
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Five More Ways that Salt Lake City is Weird
Salt Lake City is a strange city, unlike other cities I have been to. I have already documented several of the odd things about Salt Lake City in previous posts here, here, and, again, here, and thought I had been comprehensive… Salt Lake City cops really hate jaywalking I have literally walked down Main…
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Greetings from Salt Lake City!
In recounting our escape from O’Hare, it has been pointed out that I neglected to cover the on-plane experience. Having boarded and disembarked from so many planes lately, I have had a chance to study my fellow travelers, most of whom are just fine. The following people, though, not so much. Here are the top…