- Aug 16, 2011
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So, in the course of conversation I identified a number of my students seriously interested in going to college. A few freshmen, a few sophomores, one junior. To my surprise, none of them had even heard of the SAT. All these years in school and they had never been told about this potentially crucial test as part of the college application process. Sure, many of my students interested in education beyond high school will go the community college route at least to start with, but a few are fit for the straight to four-year degree path. I told these students I would stay after school on Friday to help them get started preparing for the SAT. Friday afternoon comes along and two of the students are waiting at the door minutes after the final bell had rung. They get settled in, and the other three students I had been expecting, (also another student who needed help on a history paper) arrived. The last student was accompanied by 6-7 of his friends. So before I knew it I had a class-size group on hand. One student is originally from Algeria, one from Guatemala, and the rest from Haiti. They were laser-focused and did good work. I gave them all additional exercises to do, and we will pick it up again next Friday.