scared for SAT’s tomorrow?

discovery education issues : i’m taking my first SAT tomorrow and am extremely nervous and pretty sure i won’t do very well.
any tips for while taking the test?
also, could you please grade my practice essay:

prompt: what are your thoughts on the idea that failure is necessary for education to take place?

The process of learning new things and gaining new skills is one involving tireless effort, dedication, and the occasional failure. It is necessary to use one’s failures as a means of improving for the future. Failure is necessary for education to take place because it allows a person to grow and learn from his or her mistakes.

Thomas Edison is one example of a man who did not let his failures discourage him and keep him from accomplishing his goals; instead he used those failures as a basis for his future attempts. Edison worked for years trying to create a well-functioning, practical light bulb, facing failure after failure until his eventual discovery of the create of the light bulb. When asked about his many failed attempts at creating the light bulb, Edison was not ashamed or discouraged by his failures; he instead remained optimistic and proclaimed that he now knew various ways not to make a light bulb, thus bringing him closer to the correct formula. Thomas Edison made use of his failures to learn from them and aid him in his future success.

Modern science has suggested that young children should be allowed to explore objects (under parental supervision) and make their own mistakes because they will learn from the consequences of their actions and realize that it is not a good idea to repeat said actions. Scientists realize that the only way to prevent negative or harmful actions is to allow them to be performed at least once so that the negative consequences may be observed, discouraging future repetition of harmful actions. Should children never be allowed to experience the negative consequences of their actions, they may never learn what is harmful or inappropriate.

Personally, I have learned that mistakes are necessary for future self-improvement. By receiving a bad grade on a test, I learned that I must study harder for the next test to be more successful. When the next test came around, I was more knowledgeable and well-prepared, and my grade demonstrated my hard work. By not performing to my complete capabilities the first time, I learned to work more diligently and achieved the success that i desired.

Failure is absolutely necessary for human growth and understanding. One must experience mistakes to learn from them for the future. Should a person never experience failure, they may not learn from their mistakes and will not achieve the same level of success they may otherwise have been able to achieve.

The answer about: scared for SAT’s tomorrow?

Answer by Tim
I myself am retaking the SAT tomorrow, I have learned from the first time that the nerves really don’t do you any favors. Don’t look the the day as “taking a test” because your body will tense up and it will be harder to answer the questions. The SAT s are just another point in everyone’s lives, don’t look to far into them, they are a factor but not everything when getting into colleges. I’ve just gotten into my reach school and i am just taking the re-take tomorrow.

As For Your Practice Essay (which i wish i had done a few more practice essays myself)

I can’t grade them on a sat level obviously because i haven’t graded any myself, but as just from senior english, it would seem that you could work on connecting your paragraphs because it seemed to jump from the Thomas Edison example (which i thought was awesome by the way) to the modern science and children.

Try not to use run on sentences either and you’ll do great.

Of course this is coming from the guy that got a 1750 on his last SAT, so don’t look at me for all the answers

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