Laugh Your Way Through the SAT in 2010
January 4th, 2010
Happy New Year! I’m a big fan of reevaluating my current situation each year and setting new goals. Of course, some always fall by the wayside—like last year, when I resolved to hit the gym so that I would look like Heidi Klum in time for swimsuit season.
This year, I’ve decided to be less specific with my resolutions in favor of making more general changes that would benefit my life. First up: Have a better sense of humor. Don’t get me wrong—I already laugh a lot, but I think that humor is a great way to get through a lot of what life throws at us when we least expect it.
Take the SAT, for instance. We all know the test is no laughing matter, but when a study resource mentions the ages of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore (along with R. Kelly’s penchant for young girls and the size of Donald Trump’s ego), it’s quite alright to chuckle! Thanks to The Laugh Out Loud Guide: Ace the SAT* Exam without Boring Yourself to Sleep by Charles Horn, PhD., there can be a whole new SAT you in 2010….
You in 2009: Being bored to death by word problems
You in 2010: Doing word problems while chuckling about juicy celebrity fodder:
1 – Fourteen years ago, Ashton Kutcher was exactly half the age of his wife Demi Moore. The sum of their ages today is 76. How old will Ashton be in 20 years when he leaves Demi for her first-born daughter?
a) 30
b) 48
c) 50
d) 52
e) 53
You in 2009: Memorizing vocabulary words, blah blah, blah…
You in 2010: Working on sentence completion examples that crack you up:
2 – Yo Momma so ____________, when you mail her a letter, you need two zip codes.
a) diaphanous
b) luminous
c) ravenous
d) grisly
e) corpulent
You in 2009: Muddling through boring critical reading passages
You in 2010: Speeding through passages like this:
3 – Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, warned consumers today about a critical flaw in their Windows operating system, the operating system used in the computers of virtually every business and person on the planet not smart enough to buy a Mac…
If only the real SAT were as cool as this! Even though you might snicker through your study sessions, this book will still help you immensely when it comes to honing your math, writing, and critical reading skills.
(The answers to 1 and 2, btw, are C and E. Oh, and the * in the book title indicates that the College Board was not involved in the publication, probably because the people on the College Board do not know how to laugh.)
~Barbara Bellesi
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