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[quote=Anonymous]AA mom here. Definitely have to agree that test prep isn’t valued in our culture or even discussed. I was truly just fortunate enough to attend a HS that signed me up for SAT prep. I was told that it was mandatory. I didn’t study outside of the program. It improved my score by 130 points. Even still, I didn’t adequately prepare for the day of testing. I sat for the SATs twice on Saturday mornings after waiting tables until midnight the night before. My parents didn’t know that I was testing either time. I just went about my day. I nodded off during testing both times. My score could have further improved if I’d understood how important a good night’s rest is. My parents didn’t go to college and assumed that sending me to a good school was enough to get me there.

Most of my friends had no prep at all. I have friends from PG county schools where the SATs weren’t even discussed with them. One of best friends, in fact, is a CPA who nearly flunked out of HS. He’d intended to join the Marines so he didn’t take school seriously. He changed his mind after graduation and then enrolled a PGCC, then transferred to UMCP. I assumed he was dumb when we were in HS, because of his grades. Nobody ever suggested college to him. Can you imagine???

Culturally, we don’t play the game and it’s hurting us.

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