The New SATs with Essays - better not be a Republican!

[madape]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...15.html?sub=AR

An essay that compares humans to squirrels -- if a squirrel told other squirrels about its food store, it would die, therefore secrecy is necessary for survival -- merits a 5. Brian A. Bremen, an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin, notes that the writer provides only one real example. Nevertheless, he says, the writer displays "a clear chain of thought" and should be rewarded, "despite his Republican tendencies."

Just think how high he'd score if he were a democrat!

[Rhylan]

This reminds me of my AP English test in '97... you had to analyze a poem about a frog that got run over by a lawn mower. It was supposed to be about the fragility of life, but the thesis of my essay was, "stop crying, it was just a stupid frog." I squeaked by. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]