First they come for the analogies, now this:
Instead of arcane “SAT words” (“depreciatory,” “membranous”), the vocabulary words on the new exam will be ones commonly used in college courses, such as “synthesis” and “empirical.”
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 05, 2014 11:45:02 am PST #21557 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Kat - Mar 05, 2014 12:31:53 pm PST #21558 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Mormons do very little with Easter, no observances other than, I think, some notice on Easter Sunday itself. Lent would baffle a lot of people in Utah
But Mormons already operate on a deprivation model -- no caffeine, no alcohol....
The SATs are getting rid of the guessing penalty? What's the rationalization for that?
It has little net effect on scores. CollegeBoard gave up the guessing penalty on AP Exams 4 years ago. I'm not surprised.
First they come for the analogies, now this:
Again, I'm supportive of this. There is a big move, especially among people who do not come from English dominant homes to spend strategic and focused attention on the words in the academic corpus and not the Martha Stewart decorative words.
le nubian - Mar 05, 2014 12:48:27 pm PST #21559 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'd like to get rid of the collective reliance on the SAT altogether. But whatever. I am shouting at the sun on this point.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 05, 2014 1:07:45 pm PST #21560 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think I am going to have a fish fry.
I kind of wish they would just get rid of the SATs, but it is weird to think of the things you particularly excelled at as being obsolete.
Connie Neil - Mar 05, 2014 1:20:25 pm PST #21561 of 30000
brillig
I always rocked the vocabulary words. It makes me sad to think of those lovely words being considered extraneous.
Scrappy - Mar 05, 2014 1:35:49 pm PST #21562 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Are we talking about The Americans anywhere?
Sheryl - Mar 05, 2014 2:19:44 pm PST #21563 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Man, the Beltway(495, DC area) sucked today. More than usual, I think.
Ginger - Mar 05, 2014 2:32:05 pm PST #21564 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I use all the words!
Nora Deirdre - Mar 05, 2014 2:35:08 pm PST #21565 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Many a fish fry here in New Orleans! YUM... must keep up on where they pop up.
brenda m - Mar 05, 2014 2:54:44 pm PST #21566 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm a couple of weeks behind, Scrappy. But enjoying it lots.