How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls
“Colleges use it as a rough predictor of how well the test taker might do at any given school. I‘d told the twins this many times. And then I‘d added that in my humble opinion, what the SAT really measures is a person‘s ability to prepare for and take the SAT.
There was no way I could make up for their twelve years of academic neglect in eight short weeks. But I knew from seeing the intricacy of their beauty database that they had the raw intelligence to succeed. My bet was that if I could get t...hem accustomed to how this system operated—to think the way the testers thought—they might be able to squeak by.
The twins had trouble with abstract concepts. But when I made the learning relevant to them, that also made it memorable. I resorted to first-grade tactics. My best weapons were flash cards.
For example, rather than displaying a trapezoid and asking for a description of the area and perimeter, my flash card outlined the dimensions of the ladies‘ room at the Everglades Club.MoreLess
There was no way I could make up for their twelve years of academic neglect in eight short weeks. But I knew from seeing the intricacy of their beauty database that they had the raw intelligence to succeed. My bet was that if I could get t...hem accustomed to how this system operated—to think the way the testers thought—they might be able to squeak by.
The twins had trouble with abstract concepts. But when I made the learning relevant to them, that also made it memorable. I resorted to first-grade tactics. My best weapons were flash cards.
For example, rather than displaying a trapezoid and asking for a description of the area and perimeter, my flash card outlined the dimensions of the ladies‘ room at the Everglades Club.MoreLess
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