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<p>Then you’re not really the target demographic of which I was referring. </p>
<p>I am simply saying that not caring about the SAT is part of a larger problem that I see in a lot of Americans in that they just don’t believe that they can succeed educationally. That doesn’t mean that all people who don’t care about the SAT don’t have ambition and confidence. But it does mean that quite a few people who don’t care about the SAT don’t have ambition and confidence. </p>
<p>But my point is not to key on the SAT specifically. I know plenty of people who never took the SAT. For example, I know plenty of people who took the ACT instead, and went to places like Harvard or MIT. Whether you happen to care about a specific standardized test is not the issue. </p>
<p>The issue is that it is the easiest way to fail at anything is to convince yourself that you can’t succeed. For example, when somebody has the mentality that their parents can’t afford to send them to a good school, so they’re not even going to try to achieve academic success - that kind of attitude is a problem. I’m not saying that you necessarily had this attitude, but I am saying that there many people who have this attitude. And that is a problem.</p>