Without it, he would not know how to survive. ... To me, a difficult assignment would be to write an essay or prepare for a speech. I can barely write simple essays because I cannot think of interesting topics to write about. ... Hopefully I will learn how to write and present better as time goes on. ... This test is called the SAT. ...
As society becomes more and more advanced, it tends to quantify people into numbers; SAT's and ACT's are all just ways that society wants us to focus towards preparing us for the higher education that comes after these tests. ... The first point he notes is that "improvements on the TAAS are not correlated to improvements on other standardized tests", moreover, "teachers were teaching them how to take the exam "(Boese). ... They cannot write a letter to the teacher "(Kozol). ... Kozol then increases the severity of the possible mistakes that could happen should illiterates be put int...
