Over the years the SAT has changed significantly from its humble beginning "new sections were added and dropped, and vigorous attempts were made to address its shortcomings. ... Yet every year parents and students spend thousands of dollars on preparations for the SAT: test-prep courses, vocabulary books, and tutors. ... A child with no test prep must use their time to read the directions because of their unfamiliarity with the SAT and must re-adjust each time they see a new type of question. ... For example, the analogy section of the SAT tests students on their knowledge of vocabulary r...

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Many will be surprised that I listed SpongeBob in the list; in reality Sponge Bob has a lot of lessons in it. ... Parents can use TV as a catalyst to get kids reading and learn new words. ... A two year longitudinal study assessing the impact of viewing Sesame Street on the vocabulary of 3 and 5 year old children showed that viewing predicted significantly improved vocabulary scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Corporate Research Department). ... As I explained above, television played an important role in my schooling days and my parents were with me when I was watching all this vi...

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Censorship of literature is not a new concern, but an old one; and it is a concern that will certainly stay with librarians into the new millennium. ... The use of technology to control society in Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. ... Soma is a third example of the kind of medical, biological, and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. ... But many people throughout the US oppose Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. ... The committee found that the books help to develop SAT vocabulary and Ad...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Censorship of literature is not a new concern, but an old one; and it is a concern that will certainly stay with librarians into the new millennium. ... The use of technology to control society in Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. ... Soma is a third example of the kind of medical, biological, and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. ... But many people throughout the US oppose Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. ... The committee found that the books help to develop SAT vocabulary and Ad...

• Word Count: 1130
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was then contended, by France's Count Buffon, that all flora, fauna, and men of the New World were degenerate. ... In Notes, perhaps Jefferson's greatest scientific work, he listed the tribes with a fullness and precision that were uncommon of his era. ... His lifetime interest in Native Americans can also be seen in his long-term effort to collect and catalogue Indian vocabularies. ... But, the office, also, gave him new resources. On July 4, 1801, his first year as president, Jefferson held a reception for five Cherokee chiefs where he queried them for his vocabularies study. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Ever since the earliest critics and imitators of Chaucer's language and style, readers of Chaucer have praised his use of the English language. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Chaucerian poets in both England and Scotland labeled Chaucer "the master of rhetoric and eloquent diction- (Horob...

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• Grade Level: High School