Literacy Blog: SAT's

At first, I thought it was crazy that people would just make things up to put into their SAT essay. “Just make one up. And I’ve heard about students making up all sorts of events, including deaths of parents who really didn’t die.” Even though that is kind of messed up, you have to do what you have to do. Especially whenever they give you topics to write a response to such as an episode of "I Love Lucy." Nobody from our generation really watches old-timey shows like that anymore. So, after reading this, I understand why people make up random things to put into their SAT essays. I also found it interesting whenever the article said, “It doesn’t matter if [what you write] is true or not,” because I would conclude they wanted you to say something that is true. But as I said earlier, you have to do what you have to do and if making up a story is going to get you a passing SAT score, I don't see why you shouldn't make something crazy up.
I understand that this generation is generally "smarter" than a lot of previous generations due to the fact that we have more technology which allows us more capable of being smart, and I also understand how judges have to be more strict while grading such tests. Nevertheless, if the writing part of a SAT is only worth one-ninth of the whole test, I don't see why they're so harsh grading them. You would figure that they would pay more attention to the parts that matter the most, but I guess they don't look at it like I do. Even though credible writing is crucial for getting accepted into a decent college, they should grade all three parts of the test just to be more fair. Everybody has different weaknesses and strengths.