Sunday, August 10, 2003

The Radical Tinkerers are at it again
Ellen Barry reports in the Boston Globe that Broader, varied SAT advocated. It's the usual blather about a kinder, gentler test which will obfuscate the inability of the school system to teach students to read, write, and do arithmetic without a calculator. There are, however, sample questions! Since I love a quiz, here goes:
Q. What would you do if you had already eaten lunch when you realized you didn't have the cash to pay for it?

A. Pretend to go to the john and then run out the front door.

Q. What would you do if you walked into a party where you didn't know anyone?

A. Drink all the booze, proposition all the women, and then collapse behind the couch.

Q. How would you ask a professor you didn't know well to write you a recommendation?

A. Hey Gramps! You owe it to me!

Q. Write a story entitled ''The Octopus's Shoes.''

A. They don't need shoes. They have suckers, sucker!
Do I get into Harvard?