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This is the Official Blogger SAT Challenge web site. Here, you'll find the essays posted by the entrants in the challenge, with tools to allow you to rate them and see the "expert" scores.
The Challenge is the work of Dave Munger and Chad Orzel, and grew out of discussions on ScienceBlogs.
Special thanks to Kate Nepveu and Jeremy Campbell for help setting up the site, and to our expert graders: David Bruggeman, Suzi, Elisa Davis, Natalie Hudson, Battlepanda and Lisa.
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Washington's outlook bears some comparison to Nietzche, who wrote that the power of a will may be evaluated by what the owner of that will endures, and if it can be strengthened by what is endured. I think though while...
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Washington's comment about measuring success in terms of overcoming obstacles rather than by the final position one achieves is commendable, to an extent. It reflects a view of success which is holistic, incorporating an individual's character and circumstances into the...
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Washington's assertion is a product of its time, the American Gilded Age, when the self-made man was the figure most worthy of emulation. Children learned that in the stories of Horatio Alger; adults saw it personified in figures such as...
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Ultimate success is often called genius. People recognize genius, but seldom are able to define it. One supposes that people of genius have natural talent, or at least natural talent for some task. Recent work, however, suggests that at least...
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uhm,like, life is hard. deal. the end Show the score given by the expert grader This essay scored 0. Did you write this essay? Share it with others with this offical Blogger SAT Challenge badge. Feel free to post it...
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Two people attain the same degree, hold the same job, have the happiness in their personal life. One of them is clinically depressed, or born to illiterate parents, or a member of a discriminated-against minority. The other is not. Booker...
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To base success on either struggle or accomplishment is misguided. Success is uniquely defined by each of us, and it is impossible to base that definition on short term goals rather than values. Both struggle and accomplishment are fleeting; success,...
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This position is one of the widely held cliche that permeate the modern world, cliches that receive wide lip service but are in fact, bunk. Most importantly this view ignores the fact most people struggle without any success at all....
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This is definitely true. What you've accomlished is nothing compared to how friggin hard it is to get sh*t done. Just trying is good enough for me. Show the score given by the expert grader This essay scored 1. Did...
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There is no room for debate in the notion that struggle is a more valid measure of success than accomplishment. The most obvious contemporary example is that of President George W. Bush, who has achieved the highest elective office in...
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