ThisCouldBeHeavn

The difference is that I would distinguish between a regular class and the SAT. A tutor for a regular class should help someone learn more. In that regard hiring a tutor improves their education. There's nothing wrong with that.

With the SAT, a tutor isn't going to help them learn more, only do better on a test. Hiring a tutor for the SAT (to me at least) simply seems like buying extra points others may not be able to afford.

iambored10

ha funny thing is that my "SAT prep" school/class was sued by CollegeBoard just recently. I laughed cause that class didnt help me at all and it was a POS

montrose9272

So, what we have here are some blanket statements that imply that capitalism is basically a bad system:
"If anyone can afford something someone else can't, that's unfair."
Ridiculous. I would say, if you don't like it, you don't have to live under it. There are plenty of democratic systems which a more socialist bent to choose from.
Also, apparently some people think that others should be told what they can spend their money on.
Or perhaps they think that putting money in the stock market (which perhaps "some people can't afford to do, so it's unfair") is a better investment than a child's education and future.
Or that helping someone who isn't born with the testing gene (an "unfair advantage" in itself) is somehow unfair. That's backwards logic.
Do you really think that if prep didn't work, it would be such a booming business?
Test prep companies and tutors provide a service just like everything else.
Some people would only get the same results if they studied the SAT for years and years. So they hire a professional. For those who feel that kids spend too much time on the SAT's, hiring someone to distill it for them saves time, not the reverse.
For those who don't need it, well, duh, don't buy it, just like everything else.
I didn't use any prep myself, but apparently I was born with the testing gene. My dad scored a perfect on all of his Regents exams, so I'm willing to bet it's really genetic.
But a lot of folks aren't. If they are willing to learn as much as they can and work hard to improve, should I just say: "No, sorry, can't help you, you should have been born with a different genetic profile, tough luck." Or should I help them?