<p>I just took my first “Official” SAT test, or at least tried to, but I froze up on section 2 of the CR reading passages. I cannot seem to understand what they are saying and they are way difficult than what I’m used to reading (BNW, Catch 22, and other novels). When I come across a word in the CR that I don’t know, I get stumped. I just cannot grasp even the meaning of the passage and what it’s trying to convey. What should I do? </p>
<p>I plan on reading 1 of these passages everyday without time and answer the questions. However, if I do that, will I be out of official tests to take afterwards? Do you guys practice on real tests or PR, Kaplan, etc. tests?</p>
<p>I’m just having the most trouble with CR, I got a 46 on my PSAT. I got a 52 on my writing… and I’m trying to aim for UCB/UCLA. Usually, when I read, I like to read slow and look up words and digest the meaning of the passage. However, I know I can’t do that on SATs. =[ Help?</p>
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<p>Here’s my first official SAT essay that I did in 25 min…
I took around 4-5 min on outlining and spent the rest just writing. I ran out of time for a complete conclusion. Had no time to doublecheck for spelling/grammar errors. Decent to Poor hand writing but I can read it okay. Wow, I’m going to have to work hard to beat the SAT. =P</p>
<p>Prompt: Is the world changing for the better? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples take from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the world today is not changing for the better. The changing of the world involves the loss of the “human element.” The elements of love, laughter, and compassion. The change is mostly caused by the dominant creature, humans. With our busy lives, we try to focus on the quantity rather than the quality. We try to multi-task with the use of technology. Instead of living to change the world for the better, we live to change technology to make our lives easier. This technology affects not only the “human element” in us but everything else in the world as well: the environment and the other creatures that live on earth.</p>
<p>Rather than using technology as a tool we change them so we can be virtually dependent on them. For example, who does not own a cell phone nowadays? Talking on the phone blocks the animated one-on-one interaction: our hand gestures, facial expressions, and all of our five senses. We do everyone on our phones now. We listen to music, play games, and even look at the news! We choose to spend more time with metal and plastic that with other people. </p>
<p>Another example of change that barricades the world’s human element is the use of email and instant messaging. Don’t’ we all love sending short and quick instant messages to one another? We choose to open 15 messenger boxes at a time and switch back and forth. What even happened to “snail mail?” Today, the world has changed because people do not wish to dedicate their time and efforts into writing letters.The change of technology not only annihilates the human element but it also destoryes habitats and environments where other creates live. More and more animals become extinct from pollution and habitat damages. </p>
<p>Clearly, the world is not changing for the better, but for ourselves. To make our</p>