Below are essay prompts from the most recent SAT administration in January 2012. Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Most people tend to trust others too readily. To avoid being taken advantage of‚ however‚ it is generally wise to be doubtful and suspicious of others’ motives or honesty. Many people would agree that if you find yourself doubting other people’s sincerity or questioning their intentions‚ your instincts are probably
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1.0: ESL LEARNER`S TEXT The following student essay is based on a reading from the December 1999 exam: an essay: “Getting Close to the Machine” by Ellen Ullman. Why do we have computers? Computers are invented in order to facilitate the satisfaction of our needs. We want to satisfy our needs daily and computers are composed of our thoughts and of how we would realize the action performed by the computer. In Ellen Ullman’s “Getting Close to the Machine”‚ the effects and compositions of a programmed
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Homework-one of my worst nightmares. Honestly‚ I don’t think I’m the only student who thinks so. Memories of my iPSLE training and the amount of homework we used to get everyday still haunts me so I disagree with the fact that students should be assigned compulsory work attachment during school holidays. I guess teachers think that homework should be given during the holidays because it reinforces a skill that students will need once school resumes and that if a student does not engage in daily
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On the other hand‚ Shia Muslims share the belief that leadership should have stayed within the Prophet’s own family‚ among those specifically appointed by him‚ or among Imams appointed by God Himself. Shia Muslims believe that following the Prophet Muhammad’s death‚ leadership should have passed directly to his cousin/son-in-law‚ Ali. Throughout history‚ Shia Muslims have not recognized the authority of elected Muslim leaders‚ choosing instead to follow a line of Imams which they believe have been
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State university‚ USA. The case is related to the Organizational Behavior study from the reference book "Organizational Behavior and Management"‚ ninth edition‚ Ivancevich‚ konopaske & Matteson. ISBN 978-0-07-122089-7 Case 3.1: Personality Testing‚ Yes or No? Mark‚ a project leader in Austin‚ Texas‚ needed a new software engineer for his eight-person team. He used his network‚ reviewed resumes‚ and invited 15 candidates for interviews. In addition he had the top three candidates complete the 16-personality
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SAY YES TO LIFE! RH Bill covers the promotion of contraceptives to prevent early pregnancy and the avoidance of sudden increase of country’s population. It was passed by the congress and still in the process of voting and approval of the senate. The Catholic Church is alarmed with this matter and strongly disagrees because it disobeys the scriptures of God. It thwarts the life of a person‚ specifically a baby to live. Under the RH Bill is the promotion of contraceptives and other forms of preventing
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Topic: Mobile phones for teenagers: yes or no. The mobile phones‚ or cell phones are very popular in the whole world. There are a lot of advantegs and some disadvantegs of using it. But las time not only adult using cell phones. Teenegars are buing themself mobile phones and using it....is it good or bad‚ positive por negative event. Read my opinion and decide yourself. This type of phones have got samo advantegs like fast contact with owner of mobile phone. Person is taking it everywhere
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Say yes to Cell Phone! Is using cell phone or any electronics in school a bad thing? Well‚ I strongly believe using a phone or any electronics isn’t a bad idea. All teenagers or children who use their electronics know it’s really risky to use them in school. What does “phone” mean to the school? I think it’s very simple it means bad for the student‚ but is it really true? In My opinion‚ I think that any teens in school should allow using their phone! Teenagers love their cell phone a
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The book Taking Sides written by Glenn L. Koonce questions “Is There Support for Arming Teachers in school?” The author includes both side of the stories‚ the yes side is written by Nirvi Shah‚ and Trump spoke on behalf of the National School Safety and Security Services‚ which supported the no side. Both of sides have great support for their ideas‚ for example Shah says that the school officials are usually the first responders to the situation‚ while they cannot do anything to aid‚ because they
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The Yes Men Fix the World ~ Rhetorical Analysis In the documentary‚ The Yes Men Fix the World‚ Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum the two political activists expose the issues and misconduct of Corporations and depict the twisted logic of corporate capitalism. Bonanno and Bichlbaum lie their ways into conferences dress the part of corporate executives and have very convincing presentations along with visual aids and props to convince the audience they are authentic. They use humor‚ sarcasm and a variety
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