Let us suppose that a student was today to doubt one of the holy issues that are still today holy.
I thought that you insisted on talking about issues that weren’t “still today holy.” Why have you changed your mind?
Many of the questions on the SAT amount to “Are high status members of the state and academia always good and reliable?”, and everyone knows the answer they are to give.
Typical question on an issue that is still today holy: “Why was John Steinbeck the conscience of America”.
Answering “Because he was employed by Stalin” is not going to get you far.
Do you mean for that to be an example of a question on an SAT exam, together with an answer that would be scored low because of its political content?
I believe that if such an answer were given in a well-organized and technically well-written essay, it would receive a high score. Obviously you would have to explain why Steinbeck became the “the conscience of America” while the many other people employed by Stalin didn’t. So you would have to refer at some point to the content of what he wrote or said in some detail. But if you did this in a way that demonstrated a familiarity with the material, and your argument were well-structured in a technical sense, then I think that you would pass just fine.
Do you have an example of someone who took the SAT and got poor scores for well-written answers because of the views expressed in those answers?
I thought that you insisted on talking about issues that weren’t “still today holy.” Why have you changed your mind?
Do you mean for that to be an example of a question on an SAT exam, together with an answer that would be scored low because of its political content?
I believe that if such an answer were given in a well-organized and technically well-written essay, it would receive a high score. Obviously you would have to explain why Steinbeck became the “the conscience of America” while the many other people employed by Stalin didn’t. So you would have to refer at some point to the content of what he wrote or said in some detail. But if you did this in a way that demonstrated a familiarity with the material, and your argument were well-structured in a technical sense, then I think that you would pass just fine.
Do you have an example of someone who took the SAT and got poor scores for well-written answers because of the views expressed in those answers?