Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Literacy Blog #7 // We Are Teaching High School Students To Write Terribly
Even though the main idea of this passage is the writing portion of the SAT, I couldn't help but focus on the fact that students only have 25 minutes to complete this section. In my opinion tests shouldn't be timed anyway. In the sense of a timed test, the test is measuring your ability of how fast you can recall information, and not on what you actually know. If someone works slower, or takes longer to recall information, they will be perceived as less intelligent than someone who works faster or is like a human form of Google. I know some people that can answer almost any question you give them in a matter of seconds; and other people can supply the same answer, just not as quickly. Does that make them any less capable of using the information? No. It doesn't. Also, more so on the subject of the passage, some people take longer to write things than others, as well. Someone who reads all the time and loves coming up with short stories might be faster with the writing portion than someone who is a math whiz.
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This blog entry is very good! Next time, however, I would change the formatting of the text and the lines, just so it is easier to read. Nonetheless, this entry is basically the same thing as my entry a few weeks ago. Although the writing portion of the SAT is based primarily on students' ability to make mumbo jumbo up in record time, I do believe that it can be beneficial to someone in the long run. It prepares students to "wing it", and it also gives students a taste of time management when they realize that thy only have 25 minutes to write a full out essay. Anyways, great post!
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