SAT on SAT.


Saturday November 7, 2015

It's that day of the year many High School students take their SATs - hopefully after taking practice tests and preparation courses. The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. It was first introduced in 1926, and its name and scoring have changed several times, being originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, then the Scholastic Assessment Test, then the SAT Reasoning Test, and now simply the SAT.

Do you remember taking your SAT's? I do. Didn't score at the top but did well enough to go to college at 16 and receive my Masters Degree at 21 going to to become a teacher.

What I've learned through the years is your ability to score high on tests - and do well in school - has to do with the amount of photographic memory you have - which is genetic even if one's parents didn't have the opportunity to achieve to their fullest.

Today's children are programmed differently than the generations before them. They can memorize easily and see things from a different level of awareness than us old folks (over 30 to them). Children with Aspergers and Autism are showing us what the mind can do.

With my grandson Michael now applying for top colleges - and my other grandchildren not that far behind - I am once again following standardized testing and the reactions of parents, teachers and students. Michael also took the ACTs and scored 34 out of 36.

Some people hate tests - and others like myself - love them almost like they're a game. Like everything else in this reality - tests should evolve - or not exist at all - along with unnecessary homework. So why do they have the same tests today? It's an antiquated tradition that has seen its day. Ah ... but change is coming ...





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