EX2: Examinee 6 & 7

 Year 93, Day 300

Heading into late fall, Amanada had accumulated a 19 - 2 record. She knew it was up and down, but she felt good. she had trained extensively, and the cases were only slightly harder.

Her workload was 70% cases now, and she only took an exam once every 10 days.

Year 93, Day 360

This was the end of her third full year as an examinee, fourth year including her partial first year. She finished the year on a rampage, ending up 37-4 so far in Examinee 6.

James was still his gawky self at the social gathering, but at the dinner, she actually spoke to Jason superstar Wertham after he was called the #1 Auditing Rising Star, now a new Examiner Intern, and she was in second.

James was from a successful family but he seemed like a funny guy.

"If you thought being an Examinee was intense, I can't stop dreaming about my cases. Sometimes they are more like nightmares. In 7, you'll hit 90% cases, which is what we do now, but your workload is half of an Intern's workload. You'll always have that 10% exam work, and they surprise us when they announce one. Supposedly it gets less Intense in Junior," Jason said.

James is back in Examinee 5 but he's sure he'll back on his way to Intern soon.

Dad made Senior Examiner again, although his frustration made it closer than it should be. Next year, you will go home to see him for holiday. A little encouragment would help.

Year 94, Day 108

She was so proud to make it to Examinee 7 with a 67-8 record. She had passed through some struggles but now blasted past that.

Year 94, Day 240

Examinee 7 was kicking her butt. There were so many cases, and she was struggling to meet the higher standards which crept up on you. She was exhausted and all those years of exhaustion were showing.

33 and 13 was on the borderline. She might barely pass at that, but it was not an encouraging journey. She needed to improve, but she felt tapped out.

Year 94, Day 300

Straightened things out to 50 and 16 overall, 17 and 3 since my last entry. Still have another good slog to make intern, sometime in the new year.

Year 94, Day 360

67 and 19 overall. I'm on the threshold of leaving behind Examinee. But now, I need to go see dad and he couldn't come to pick me up so I used some of my mountain of credits to pay for a driver. After I reach Junior Examinee I might have time to learn to drive, at least that's what Sue says her plan is. She's moving forward, reaching Examinee 6 now.

Dad's house is a mess, but I guess no one wants to do an inspection out this far. I can't bring myself to report this, so I don't. Maybe I'll get reprimanded if he's found out. I'll pay that price.

"Why'd you come Amanda?" he asked. "I don't want to sully a star, that's why I didn't come to visit before."

"You're my dad, dad. If I can do anything, it's because you taught me how important doing it right was," she said. "I was struggling earlier this year. Failures started to pile up, but I remember when you told me in Third Form. Take a deep breath, relax. Go play, and then come back and it'll make sense."

"Making Emeritus is really, really hard."

"Come on, I'll help you clean up."

They spent a day cleaning up the small house and then it snowed. Bay city was warm enough that it didn't snow too often, but back home, it was hilly and a bit snowy. They made snowmen and threw snowballs and bought some sleds to enjoy the white stuff.

At the local gathering, she didn't go to any gatherings of other stratums, but she warmly welcomed the villagers and they gave her a warm welcome as well.

"If you don't make Emeritus, I'll still come and see you whenever I can. There's no guarantee that I keep marching along either, but we can still celebrate the holidays."

"I'll make it. But if I don't that's still okay," he said. "Give your best, Amanda, and if you don't make it, there's always next time."

 

Year 95, Day 24

Wohoo! I've got a new rank symbol: rho. ρ1. I haven't got my invitation letter to the Intern Selection, but I know it's coming in a few days.

Year 95, Day 27

Interns work on big teams because we work with a dozen or more other interns as well as supervising examiners and senior team examiners. Now I have access to additional data on request, for all my cases, but I'm used to working with just the limited case data set so I will use what I have sparingly.

While National Agriculatural Auditing wanted me, I got picked by the more prestigious National Computnig Audit team, covering things like the budgetting and allocation of computing resources to different places and departments, and any personal computing dispersions.