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BRING HOME THE SCORE

A Private Tutors Guide to Scoring in the Highest Echelons of the SAT, ACT, SHSAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, NCLEX, MCAT, or any other Standardized Test

W. Walter Tinsley

Copyright 2016 W. Walter Tinsley

All rights reserved.

ISBN-13: 978-1540359711

ISBN-10: 1540359719

For my daughter. I am sometimes not sure that you know just how much warmth and light youve spread in this world.

The Scary Legal Stuff:

Knowing as many lawyers as I do, this text would not be complete without a legal disclaimer. Accepting the terms of the disclaimer is a condition to using this product. I am sorry to condition this product with such a disclaimer. In a perfect world I wouldnt need this disclaimer, but in a perfect world, we probably wouldn't need lawyers or test preparation products either. Not that lawyers or private tutors are bad; we simply could find other things to do in a perfect world. Perhaps we could eat ice cream.

Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. This is a work of fiction, except at the parts where it isnt. The author will refrain from going down the philosophical rabbit hole that states that all mathematics is just a fiction weve created and have agreed upon to make a semblance of order about the universe. Interestingly, theres an alternative view that states that mathematics is the only true part of the universe, and that everything else is the unreal or invented component. Everything in this book and everything you see or do, except for math, may ultimately be fiction. In either scenario, we have to start unpacking concepts like truth, math, fiction, the universe, and a number of other concepts that would dwarf the original subject of this book. So, I will not do that.

Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the authors imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Any perceived slight of any individual or organization is purely unintentional. Brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The SAT nor any other test is neither affiliated with nor endorses the author or product.

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the author or publisher, unless, of course, its allowable by law.

I always wondered if theres a potential lawsuit waiting to be filed against all the people that make all sorts of outrageous claims to copyright on what is obviously public domain, fair use, or material that is outside the protection of copyright law. In fact, theres at least one mainstream publisher that makes its money exclusively by asserting worthless legal claims (like the above) onto public domain works before selling them. How is that legal or ethical? Do you remember the time that a certain soft drink company tried to claim copyright to Santa Claus? Seriously. Because its so hard to say good corporate stewardship without trying to appropriate broad sections of the commonweal. So, I would go on to write you about the level of legal gravity I place into little paragraphs asserted in the prefatory components of books, and which parts of this book are legal to freely copy or derive your own material from, but then I could be held liable for practicing law without a license. So I wont do that. Does anyone else see how the current arrangement of things is a mess? Does anyone else see how the current arrangement is a curtailment of the incalculable public goods that are public domain and clear copyright protection? Something to think about.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

With special thanks to the network of family, friends, students, clients, and coaches that helped me build this. This is more your story than mine.

1) The Ahistorical Opportunity and The Importance of Standardized Tests

In simple terms, luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity.

Lucius Seneca

Before the wide adoption of standardized tests in this country, it was rare for anyone outside a small circle of wealth or connections of a few ethnicities to progress unimpeded into the upper echelons of society. Even the man who would become the most powerful American of the twentieth century was relegated to the secondary newspaper at Yale because of his antecedents.

The doors are now possibly open more widely than theyve ever been. Bribery and intimidation by the powerful are now too expensive and treacherous a path for most. (The author has witnessed attempts at both come to naught.) Even then, most colleges now expect you to actually perform the coursework for your grades. The beauty of these tests is that they can showcase your intelligence and capacity in a more or less fair and neutral environment. Some will say that the tests are biased. There is some truth to this. Jean Piaget threw out the first two intelligence tests because the girls kept outscoring the boys. Others will say that grades and test scores do not show the entire picture. They are correct. All the tests show are your foreground to the material and your ability to perform difficult cognitive tasks within a time constraint.

The British Empire governed the globe for three and a half centuries from a talent pool of a wide aristocracy. Our talent pool is immeasurably greater. How much grander could our own initiatives be if we kept good education accessible, our society open, and the tests fair?

See if you can take a good look in the mirror and just decide, come what may, to do your best.

And who knows what we might build?

My Goal in Writing This Book

Its not a big secret that the wealthy have tremendous advantages over the rest of the population. My goal with this text has been to level the playing field as much as possible. Private tutors like myself can be expensive, and even group classes can become a substantial investment. I like to think that a motivated student can extract from this system everything a group class or private tutor has to offer (or more) at a fraction of the cost. Stand on your own two feet. You might like the view. :)

The Cultural Meaning of Standardized Tests

Much of the modern world has adopted standardized testing as its de facto maturity ritual. Parents have a certain role to play in preparing you for the test, but they cannot help you inside the testing arena. Regardless of the outcome, your parents are expected to welcome you back after the test. That said, you will nonetheless be on your own during the trial.

Instead of assessing your physical prowess though, the tests are designed to assess how clever, perceptive, and logical you can be. And the tests are mostly fair, especially at the upper levels. Energy in, energy out; there is essentially nothing else you can do to benefit your future more than bring home a high standardized test score.

I might also note that standardized test scores have a surprising way of coloring your life. Teachers in Florida in 2015 found that their SAT and ACT test scores from all those years and decades before were now being tied to a bonus system to attract and keep higher quality educators.

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