<p>im taking the october SAT… and i have a week of holiday right before it, so i can study… (what a horrible use of 9 days of holiday)
It would really help me if i get a range of what my score would be… a 3? 4? 2? </p>
<p>anyways, the prompt is:
It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the triling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark-and the torturous chain reaction of coincidence is set in motion, leading with devious inevitability to some resounding climax…
-Patricia Moyes
Do small events lead to catastrophes or are great events initiated by other causes? Plan and write an essay…</p>
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<p>Small events do often lead to events with major consequences. This fact is not only true with regards to many events that have occurred in history, such as the American Revolution and the discovery of America in 1593, but also true with almost any events, even the weather.</p>
<pre><code>The discovery of the New World was a world-changing event. It led to a new era in our history and its impact could be seen across the globe. Yet Christopher Columbus did not just decide to change the world over tea. It was a chain of insignificant events that led to the discovery. It could be argued that it all started with Columbus being fired from his job, or even further back, how Columbus’s father happened to meet his mother. This chain can be traced through a maze of miniscule events, all of which in some indirect way influenced the course of history.
Another example is the American Revolution. What event triggered the start of this epochal war? Yes, there were many things done by the British that instigated the conflict and engendered a spirit of opposition in the colonies, but the roots of the discontent goes back even further. Trifling events in the French and Indian War already kindled colonial resistance so did the Paris Peace treaty which ended the war. Clearly, the causes of the American Revolution were not just the events immediately preceding it.
Recently, studies have been published that suggest that the common myth that “a butterfly flapping its wings in Asia can cause a storm in America” is actually true. The findings detailed in the American Journal of Meterology suggests that the flap of a wing can cause tiny changes in temperature, leading to a significant change to the pattern of weather.
Clearly, no matter whether it is a flap of a butterfly wing or an action by a British soldier, all events can set in motion a chain of events , and cause something great, or even terrible, to happen.
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<p>i know the last body paragraph is really disjointed. and so is the conclusion. i wrote both in the last 2 minutes… </p>
<p>and does it matter if i make up some stuff in the essay? i kind of ran into a wall with columbus in the first body paragraph. and the thing i made up was absurd. (i really need to plan better…)
but what about things like the American Journal of Meterology thing…does that sound legitimate?</p>