Let's Dumb Down the SAT - Eliminate Big Words and Raise Everyone's Score - Especially SAT vs. ACT
The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) has been losing ground to the ACT (American College Testing) in recent years.
Colleges now prefer the ACT by a small margin.
What can the SAT do to regain its dominant position?
The solution is simple. Dumb down the SAT, eliminate big words and essay questions and raise everyone's score!
Then students and administrators will again opt for the SAT rather than the ACT.
There will be countless additional advantages for students, English speakers and the world as a whole.
The English language can be cut down to less than 1,000 words. Foreigners will be able to learn English in one or two weeks.
Pronunciation and spelling will be greatly simplified. Words of more than 3 syllables can be totally eliminated.
Dictionaries will be shorter, smaller and less expensive, saving paper, preserving trees and reducing greenhouse warming.
And memory needed for Microsoft Word Spellcheck will be slashed by Gigabytes, speeding up everyone's computer and denying viruses a place to hide.
Financial news and announcements will be less encumbered and easier to read. Imagine -
"We offer new stock in our company. You buy and maybe get rich. Maybe not get rich. Not our fault if get poor."
The advantages are countless. So let's welcome the new, improved and dumber (is that a real word?) SAT.
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