Saturday's SAT Question Formally Ends Education in America
The American education system seems to take pride in destroying even a minimum standard of academic principles.
Last Saturday the "SAT college admissions test" asked its test
takers a question about reality television which automatically
failed anyone (almost one third of the entire test is a written
essay) who does not know what "reality television" is.
From Shine's Parenting column (online) "Students, parents, and
school officials are crying foul over an essay question on last
Saturday's
SAT college admissions test, in which test-takers were asked to
consider the merits, if any, of
reality television.
"I know basically nothing about reality TV, so I just had to talk about the few shows that I did know about and their effects on long-term mentality. Ugh," one student wrote on the discussion boards at College Confidential."
"I know basically nothing about reality TV, so I just had to talk about the few shows that I did know about and their effects on long-term mentality. Ugh," one student wrote on the discussion boards at College Confidential."
Liberals think its okay to test writing skills in this
fashion. Normal People are outraged. Public Advocate posts this
story as an example of dysfunctional liberal practices.
Public Advocate asks how about testing teachers on the
ten commandments and being able to recite the
alphabet?
According to Shine's Parenting column: "Students have 25
minutes to complete the essay, which counts for 30 percent of the
overall writing-section score (grammar questions count for the
other 70 percent). The writing section
was added in 2005 and is worth a total of 800 points, bringing
the highest possible SAT score up to 2,400."
For the entire disgusting report go to