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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Well, good luck with the SAT next year. And I can assure you that while I sadly bow to selfishness and vanity on occasion, I am not lying. [b]It bothered me too that my son didn't want to take a prep class like most kids seem to now.[/b] But he's stubborn, so there was little I could do. Fortunately, he was right in his assessments. As were his friends. As others on these forums have noted despite the lemming-like insistence that you have to prep for the SAT, I think if you're a certain kind of kid who would score on the higher end anyway, it really doesn't matter.

And no, I don't know where the 3 are going to college yet, as early decision aps are only due tomorrow. [/quote]

Does it bother you that others prep for the SAT?  If not, what's your point, if it bothered you your son "didn't want to take a prep class".  I bet your son stole the College Board Blue Book/Barons/Princeton/ SAT on-line review to prep for the test but you like most of your lying and deceiving kind strategically left that course of action out of this discussion.  Well, he may not have stolen the test material.  He may have borrowed it from the public library or bought the guides online or from the bookstore.  I am also sure you will deny those materials are not in your home and your children never prepped with the stolen or commercial review materials ?  Go ahead, and humor us.

We know you can prep by taking practice SAT tests without taking a "prep class" as you conveniently write (Blue Book, enclosed practice test with registration packet, Princeton, Baron, MCPS and FCPS on-line SAT practise test reviews, etc, etc,).

Your son is well aware of the myriad of ways to prep. Perhaps Martians will believe your stories.[/quote]

I think it's silly that as a society we've gotten to the point where people feel they have to prep for the SAT.  Does it bother me that they do?  To each his own.  I really don't care.

What I find really frightening that if you say your kid didn't do SAT prep no one believes you.   Can no one accept that people can just be smart?  And it doesn't make them bad people if they don't choose to slave over practice tests anyway?  Maybe they're using that time to explore subjects more deeply or just pursue their interests.  To make a judgment that kids who wouldn't prep for the SAT are somehow "less" hardworking than others who choose to is just twisted.  We don't all have to march in lockstep.  Thank goodness some kids still realize that. [/quote]

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