Maybe they should just call it the SIT. Because that's what students will do when the new SAT debuts in March: sit through a new grammar section, sit through a new write-your-own-essay section and sit through an already grueling test that's 25 percent longer. The college-entrance exam -- three hours and 45 minutes in all -- will test the patience of a generation hooked on videogames and instant messaging. The new SAT will require perseverance, and it will require thinking in full paragraphs.
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Previous versions of the SAT were more humane, as test-takers were allowed to stand up or lie down while taking them.
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Thinking in full paragraphs is difficult when you are as drunk as the copy editor of this piece was.
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Tests were easier when you didn't have to write your own essays.
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Irony is dead.
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