I recently received, and accepted, the invitation to grade AP World History essays this summer (June 2nd-9th). For the first time in many years, instead of being held at Salt Lake City, the Reading will take place in Kansas City, Missouri. Today, the reservations for airfare and lodging were made available. Although the website had multiple issues, I was finally able to make my roommate request (sympathies can be sent to Cameron Fong) and book my flights.
Setting the flights was more difficult than I expected. For reasons beyond my understanding, the service that ETS (the company that hires readers) uses does not show the dates of the flights as well as the times. Equally perplexing was the fact that about half the flights the service offered were not eligible as they arrived a day earlier than my hotel bookings. I could only discover this by selecting flights and booking the trip, at which point an error message would alert me that the flight arrived on the wrong day. It was only after six or seven attempts that I finally found flights that fit the parameters needed.
I'm looking forward to attending a Reading again. I've made good friends there through the years. Although the essay grading is grueling, it also serves as a unifying experience for those of us who take part, creating bonds through both mutual interest (world history) and shared torture. I anticipate that we will be both exhausted and exhilarated by this year's Reading as we have in the past.
Setting the flights was more difficult than I expected. For reasons beyond my understanding, the service that ETS (the company that hires readers) uses does not show the dates of the flights as well as the times. Equally perplexing was the fact that about half the flights the service offered were not eligible as they arrived a day earlier than my hotel bookings. I could only discover this by selecting flights and booking the trip, at which point an error message would alert me that the flight arrived on the wrong day. It was only after six or seven attempts that I finally found flights that fit the parameters needed.
I'm looking forward to attending a Reading again. I've made good friends there through the years. Although the essay grading is grueling, it also serves as a unifying experience for those of us who take part, creating bonds through both mutual interest (world history) and shared torture. I anticipate that we will be both exhausted and exhilarated by this year's Reading as we have in the past.
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