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he opened his door, there was no one there. When he sat back down, he heard the tapping again except louder at his window. He opened his window and, "In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days or yore". The Raven flew in and perched in top…

Chapter 4,5&6 Summary Chapter 4 talks about how the pigs ran the farm. Jones sat and sat drunk every day. Jones and the rest of the humans invaded the farm. They were chased back out of it. Jones shot Snowball and a sheep. Chapter 5…

students debase American higher education? I strongly believe it does not. It has already been debased, by other factors. You ask yourself, "What makes a average/mediocre student?" Is it the low grades, SAT scores, environment or social behavior? What makes…

that a solution to the problem may be to increase the standards one needs to qualify for the scholarship. The SAT is the most popular required standardized test for colleges in the South. It is not only an entrance requirement for colleges but also a measuring tool…

African American students should have a wider selection of college choices even if their SAT or ACT scores do not meet the bar. One's whole college career should not be based on the score of one standardize test. Everything should play a part in the admission…

CROSS THAT LINE Paul Robeson stood on the northern border of the USA and sang into Canada where a vast audience sat on folding chairs waiting to hear him. He sang into Canada. His voice left the USA when his body was not allowed to cross…

improve the performance of students in the school system. Compared with the National average SAT score of 1020, Atlanta Public School's SAT average score from 1998 was 859. I believe that if teachers were more carefully screened before recieving their teaching…

Every year more than one million high school seniors take the SAT and ACT in hopes of scoring high enough to get into the college of their choice. This is not always possible, even for the smartest students and the best test takers. The SAT…

and Latino students with out judging the SAT scores because this tests themselves are unbiased measures of who is most likely to succeed in college. But this perception is false on two counts: 1) the tests are not bias free: and 2) they are not the best predictors…

Nearly every high school student, whether it be their junior or senior year, will take either the SAT or ACT. These tests are required for almost any college admission and once taken can increase a student’s odds for scholarship, placement, etc. based…