fuknin americans wrote:
i went to 'high school' in england and the school thought it would be a good idea for its year 12 students to take the SAT's as a bit of an experiment. there were 183 guys and girls in my year and all bar 2 students got below 2000 in your so called tougher than nails sat. its hilarious to read how all the people on here wine about how hard the sat's are when it's just the education you get that lets you down. the sat's aren't hard, the us syllabus is just wrong and single minded. pull your finger out
world beater xx
Come again? You all scored below 2000, meaning you all averaged less than 700 per individual section? How is that a reflection on how poor our US schools are? Or is 'below' Brit speak for 'above'?
Kids at my public school probably averaged somewhere around 350 per section but it was on an Indian reservation, most of the kids lived in beat up trailers with drunk parents and no books in the home and often no electricity. So it's tough to blame that all on the school. I got over 2100 on mine out of the same school but was lucky enough to have a decent home and parents who cared about me. So I personally think it's wrong to dump all the blame on lousy schools. It's a little more complex over here. Not all of us are priviliged.
Getting back on topic, Oregon would seem the natural place if he wants to pursue running. I have mo idea where a good triathlon school would be. Is that even a college sport?