Comparing Generational Dick Sizes to Get Even More Difficult

[100% Wolf]

The essay will be optional

I don't get this. If completing the essay portion helps your score it's not really "optional".

a focus on “powerful words” that carry different meanings in different contexts, such as “synthesis” or “empirical.”

lol wut

The math portion will cover fewer topics but in more depth, with a focus on linear equations and data analysis — again, connected to real-world scenarios.

lol so they're basically just making it easier?

[Sava]

low standards

MURICA

[Sava]

I'm not disagreeing, but the vast majority of non-college-kids aren't much better. You can pretty much divide people up into two groups: professional/amateur writers who can write for ****, and the other 99.99% of the population.

Agree.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

that makes me a sad panda

Your new avatar, then.

[Sava]

[Sava]

don't ask me man, i fly this for the crowd

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

And the crowd salutes.

(I actually googled "panda ass", God help me, just to make you laugh. That was on the third row of pictures. I may never recover.)

[Sava]

[MikeH]

In Maths I would say that fewer topics in more depth is harder not easier. And more useful if used with real world examples.

[MikeH]

Any change to exams here, the generations that have already done the exams claim it's making it easier. Good to see that's universal.

[Aeson]

The overhaul reflects deep concern — among students, parents, teachers and college admissions officers — that the SAT did not fairly reflect the work teenagers did in school.

The new test will judge how many beers it takes to get you pissed, and if you know how to undo a bra with one hand.

[MikeH]

Can someone dig up a quote from a Roman saying the kids exams are much easier than in their day?

[Sava]

heeeyyy cousin! want to go bowling?

[100% Wolf]

In Maths I would say that fewer topics in more depth is harder not easier. And more useful if used with real world examples.

The topics they say want to focus on are "linear equations" and "data analysis". What makes you think the questions will be harder? Solving high school level linear equations, and looking at tables and graphs and answering questions about them sounds pretty easy if you ask me.

[MikeH]

Those are incredibly vague terms. "Data Analysis" could cover everything from looking at a simple bar chart to analysing collision trace data at Cern. There's no evidence for it being easier or harder based on that.

More in depth does suggest they are going to be looking for more than a cursory surface knowledge though, so it's a reasonable hypothesis that this would mean the questions are more challenging, on fewer areas.