Posted on 05/30/2005 1:58:51 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic
Here's an interesting story about the SAT. As of a couple of years ago, a new test was introduced: the Reasoning test.
There are five topics on the SAT Reasoning Test: Critical Reading, Math, Writing, Multiple Choice, and an Essay.
However, the topic I want to show you is the Essay. Specifically, my own.
Are you sure about that? I took the SAT not quite 30 years ago (1976), and we didn't have an essay -- only verbal and math sections that were answered via multiple choice. This article (paragraph 6) and this explanation of coming SAT changes indicate that the essay is a new addition to the test.
Well, I happen to agree with you about the use of essays on tests like the SAT. But he will have to write many essays in his college career and if he writes one like this in a college exam he will fail. That's all we were trying to point out to him.
But as it regards the SAT, I agree the new essay section is not particularly useful.
Lost me right there.
FMCDH(BITS)
The person who gave you a "3", was imo sending you a message.
Pardon me, but didn't I make the point that my essay was NOT perfect in my very first post?
Of course I'm to blame for the grade. I wrote the essay. I should know.
Why is it that Italy and France are wealthier nations than the UK or Canada if the so called "Protestant Ethic" were true. I say this as a skeptic of all religions.
Wine exports? : )
Uh, they had a head start?
Well, Ireland now has a higher GDP per capita than the UK. I wouldn't say they had a head start.
Wine imports?
In the case of Ireland, low taxes, lax regulation and a highly educated population have made it a wealthy country and a popular area for other European countries to "outsource" operations. Even Airbus's financial arm (Avion) is headquartered in Dublin.
Yep. Back in the 80s, Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx was filled with the lilt of Irish brougues and guys who worked construction in Manhattan. Overnight in the early to mid-90s all those guys were boarding Aer Lingus flights back to Shannon or Dublin.
*grin* Just accept it, remedy it, move on, don't take any of the responses here personally. Heaven knows I'm still remedying some bad choices I made in the recent years. :-)
It is not easy to accept criticism of our writing. After all, it is our "creation", and we put a lot of ourselves into it. However, you have received some most excellent instructions in this thread. Most of it was given in love and concern for your education. Take it in that light and absorb what has been offered. You will be the richer for it. End of lecture from an old grandma from Ala.
I'm not upset. I'm grateful for the responses (if I weren't, I wouldn't be here. :P ). And trust me, I don't take offense, getting criticized is a natural part of being a writer. No offense taken.
If you want to be a better writer, become a better reader. Read every day, try to read a minimum of one book a week. Fiction's a good place to learn how words are put together. Don't think you have to read classics, either - I'd put a Terry Pratchett novel up against Charles Dickens for 'learning to write' any day.
Also practice, and let someone who is a good writer read your work. Writing is the most important skill you can develop. If you write well, many professors will give you slack on your opinions. I have had very liberal professors give me 100% scores on essays attacking positions they hold dear, due to the skill my work showed.
Good! Freepers are a tough bunch but you at least have the comfort of knowing that when they give compliments, they mean them. People who give few but meaningful compliments are infinitely preferable... in my experience, patronizers and flatterers are usually looking out to screw you. :-P
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