He began, “Then why-” “Treat her well,” I interrupted, “please, do it for everyone who can’t.” I picked up my pistol and tossed it into the garbage can on my way out of the bathroom. As I left the opera house, I felt the warm air wrap itself around me like one of Nadine’s smiles. I didn’t know where I was headed from there, only that it was to a better place. Questions for the College Board by Wilton Lawton College Board, why are you so difficult? No like seriously, why do you even exist? First off, you can claim to be as fair and equitable as possible, but not even you believe that, do you? There have been countless studies proving that nothing about the AP or SAT is a fair assessment of college readiness, yet you still administer these tests like they are life or death; why? I actually cannot think of a job - with the exception of a college board test creator - where I would use Matrices regularly; so why must whether or not we can use this irrelevant part of mathematics impact our futures? Second, you famously claim to be not for profit; however, it is public information that the CEO of your company makes 1.6 million dollars a year, and the following ten highest-paid employees are all producing well over 500,000 dollars a year, does this sound like a profit to you? I know kids that have been saving money for weeks, sometimes months, just to afford to take the SAT; how do you think these kids would feel if they learned how much these “Non-Profit” employees were making? It is also common knowledge that the higher the household income, the higher the student will score; the line is nearly linear, is this something that has been done intentionally? I just can’t seem to understand the main motives behind administering one test that ranks us in order of college readiness; can anyone provide evidence to back this system, or are we all just sheeple? While the College Boards’ importance during the application process is ostensibly essential, the admissions process is changing, and don’t you think it’s safe to assume that within the decade, your pointless standardized testing will be meaningless and obsolete? So say your farewells, you masters of deception, because you, of all people, should know, the worst thing you can do is fix your mistakes too slow, get it?
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