Essays on standardized tests suck, basically. They are sometimes about things that someone might not have experienced and I feel like I have to make something up on the fly. The standardized tests are just that, standard. You have to take something that can be so incredible general and try to write a scripted and detailed essay on it? It just doesn't seem right to me.
Also, I am not a fan of standardized tests at all. They are eltist and very slanted. If you didn't have the right people around you growing up, guess what, you aren't going to succeed. I don't like the fact that some people sit in an office and try to dictate what is important for our students to learn. I understand that everyone should know the basics, but shouldn't the basics be set by teachers and students, ont office personnel who are getting paid to write a test? Anyway...
Sorry about the rant, but I think it would be handy to have a checklist for revision, but it would be extremely hard for me to revise an essay I wrote in fifteen minutes and even expect it to be anywhere near my best writing. It is not feasible and the tests are not beneficial.
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