Journal 37: Test Prep on Writing

I think the way that test such as the SAT is set up is really unhealthy. Unhealthy because it obscures the whole process of learning. The SAT is suppose to be a test of knowledge you already have and not of what you can learn in a two month period. Especially the way to write an essay. There is a formula for writing an essay on the SAT and if I was to use that same formula on a essay for a class in high school I would only get a low score. It is because the SAT essays are graded under a minute and the only thing they are looking for is structure, connection from your examples to the subject, and hand writing. They don't care about weather what you are writing is right or wrong. The essay that is produced by this process lacks creativity and the spark that makes essay worth reading. If this is the only thing people get to learn in high school their college professor wouldn't be happy.  Essays are suppose to display a personal view on a issue. It suppose to unique and interesting. Essays are not suppose to be formulated line by line. By doing so the point of writing a essay is lost and there is no reason to even test our knowledge any more knowing that people can prep for it.