Dearest Darling Readers,
Tomorrow is the PSAT. Super awesome. Sooo many things wrong with it.
First of all, when you register, they give you a practice PSAT. PSAT, while I feel my acronymn (title) is more appropriate, stands for Practice SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test). Now, why you need a practice practice SAT, I do not know. Oh wait, some people feel the need to study and practice for this pointless test because there is a .000001% chance that they could earn a couple of Starbuck's coffee's worth of scholarship money. It's really, really awesome.
So basically, the CollegeBoard has decided that it's really necessary to make juniors and sophomores feel that it's necessary to sit for this 3-hour exam on a Saturday morning in order to take in the $13 each kid pays to take the test (second, paying for a test? it's like paying for a root canal, the insurance should cover it).
Second of all, the PSAT is almost always a completely inaccurate respresentation of how you will do on the real SAT. A girl on my debate team scored 450 points higher on the SAT than the PSAT. It literally has no legitimate purpose except to create revenue for the CollegeBoard and to ruin teenagers' lives.
Personally, I am choosing to take the better route and instead of studying, I'm going to spend my time in a more valuable way with my boyfriend. I urge you all to, if you have to take it, just wing it. It's not like it counts for anything.
~Book
October 15, 2010
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It WAS pretty easy.... I don't actually think ANYONE studied for it. But one kid *did* fall asleep in the middle of the test in my room. It was kinda hilarious...
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