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Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing ultramarina #122238 02/07/12 01:22 PM
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Dude Member Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,856	The essay is graded on a 1-6 scale, and the unintelligible drivel quoted above merits a 3, yet this scores a 4: Quote In life, �no two people regard the world in exactly the same way,� as J. W. von Goethe says. Everyone sees and reacts to things in different ways. Even though they may see the world in similar ways, no two people�s views will ever be exactly the same. This statement is true since everyone sees things through different viewpoints. Ye gods.

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NYT piece on test standards for writing	ultramarina	02/07/12 04:42 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	epoh	02/07/12 08:14 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Dude	02/07/12 08:22 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Bostonian	02/07/12 08:28 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/07/12 08:42 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Bostonian	02/07/12 08:56 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/08/12 08:42 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Agent99	02/07/12 08:41 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Agent99	02/07/12 09:57 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/07/12 10:29 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Dude	02/07/12 10:43 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	jesse	02/07/12 10:57 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	ultramarina	02/07/12 11:06 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Wren	02/07/12 11:57 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Agent99	02/08/12 12:36 AM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Ellipses	02/08/12 02:35 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Bostonian	02/13/12 02:15 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	ColinsMum	02/13/12 02:34 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/13/12 05:38 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	ColinsMum	02/13/12 07:38 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/13/12 09:26 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	ColinsMum	02/13/12 09:30 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	MonetFan	02/14/12 04:46 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	JonLaw	02/14/12 04:57 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	MonetFan	02/14/12 05:03 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/14/12 05:35 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	SiaSL	02/14/12 07:35 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	aculady	02/13/12 10:36 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	AlexsMom	02/14/12 01:59 AM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	aculady	02/14/12 02:27 AM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/13/12 09:31 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	ColinsMum	02/13/12 09:33 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Val	02/13/12 09:41 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	JonLaw	02/14/12 05:52 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	Agent99	02/14/12 10:56 PM
Re: NYT piece on test standards for writing	AlexsMom	02/15/12 01:22 AM

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