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Sally_Rubenstone · 05-30-2009, 09:37 PM

The Wall Street Journal's Sue Shellenbarger is a braver soul than I am! At exactly my age (57) she decided to try the SAT again, on a challenge from her teenage son. See: What I Learned From the SATs - WSJ.com

I can totally identify with her when she says, "My entire preparation for the SAT in 1967 consisted of setting my wind-up alarm clock the night before." I took the SAT--just once--in the spring of 1968, when I was a junior (and I'm not sure why Sue did it a year ahead of me since I'm nearly 58). I also had a clock radio by then, which was the only electronic gizmo I owned, except for my bonnet hairdryer. (Some CC moms must remember those!)

How I wish that high school students today could reclaim that same Sixties insouciance when they take the the SAT and ACT.

05-30-2009, 09:37 PM	#1
Sally_Rubenstone CC Senior Advisor Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 816	57-Year-Old Reporter Tackles SAT's The Wall Street Journal's Sue Shellenbarger is a braver soul than I am! At exactly my age (57) she decided to try the SAT again, on a challenge from her teenage son. See: What I Learned From the SATs - WSJ.com I can totally identify with her when she says, "My entire preparation for the SAT in 1967 consisted of setting my wind-up alarm clock the night before." I took the SAT--just once--in the spring of 1968, when I was a junior (and I'm not sure why Sue did it a year ahead of me since I'm nearly 58). I also had a clock radio by then, which was the only electronic gizmo I owned, except for my bonnet hairdryer. (Some CC moms must remember those!) How I wish that high school students today could reclaim that same Sixties insouciance when they take the the SAT and ACT.
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