<p>I had the ethics essay</p>
<p>i had 2 paragraphs on wartime ethics</p>
<p>the first paragraph, i wrote about a made up war with made up people who used unethical tactics in order to overcome their opponents.</p>
<p>It was well supported, but it was a complete lie (The war of 1632 between France and Belgium)</p>
<p>Is there any chance i could lose points?</p>
<p>YES. i know zip about history and i could tell just by the year and countries u used that thats a complete bogus war.</p>
<p>Umm well essay graders take 3 minutes with each essay and generally don't care for factual information as long as it was well supported.
Like I used Spiderman for the ethical one.
But c'mon dude, a war in 1632 between France and BELGIUM? Lol that is kinda hard to pull a fast one on but I still think it'll be okay if well-supported.</p>
<p>I spoke about how coloniel Ernest LeFleur would use tactics that were considered unethical in the time period such as torture, blocking trading spots (leading belgium starving), and two other things</p>
<p>it was actually my most developed paragraph</p>
<p>(it took me to 1/5th down the second page)</p>
<p>Well I'm sure you had sound reasoning but that war is completely BS knowing Belgium is mostly a neutral nation. You could have made a better fake war at least in some obscure country like Zimbabwe.</p>
<p>Think about it logically...</p>
<p>First off, if it is an English teacher, which it probably is, he or she is not likely to know that much about history in detail. The chances of knowing a war in 1632 between France and Belgium is unlikely.
In the unlikely scenario you have a history teacher grading your essay, realize not all historians are perfect. They don't know EVERYTHING. It could very well mean they had "gaps in knowledge". And if they do have suspicions, realize that they only take 1-2 minutes to grade it and the fact that they have to grade hundreds every day means that they don't have the time or the desire to actually look it up and verify your example. As long as you explain the war in a scholarly attitude with details and you did not make it obvious that you were lying, I think you will do fine.</p>
<p>It was the easiest prompt in SAT history, and you made up examples? There were so many to choose from...</p>
<p>^ Well i was originally going to use bernie madoff and steroids/baseball, but i realized it wasn't a good idea because madoff and the baseball players were caught and are being punished</p>
<p>lol this is hilarious. making up fake history examples on such an easy prompt.</p>
<p>besides...i think you may have answered the wrong question. If I remember it correctly it asked, "Are ethical people not successful". You were supposed to answer that either saying that they are or they aren't. Unless you were using a counterargument, I don't think you were supposed to base your essay solely on whether UNethical people are successful.</p>
<p>the prompt says</p>
<p>can you only be successful without ethics</p>
<p>Oh...my bad.</p>
<p>I made up examples about my 'uncle' I don't have on all my SAT essays. As long as it sounds real, my teacher said they wouldn't care/know.</p>
<p>A entire war though... that might be tricky.</p>
<p>I don't think graders have enough invested in these to go fact check, but if they're completely sure it's made up, they'd probably take off points.</p>
<p>I just looked it up,</p>
<p>France and Belgium were in fact involved in a war back then</p>
<p>(But Belgium was the Netherlands back then)</p>
<p>rofl this is the funniest thing i've heard to today </p>
<p>if you were gonna make something up, why would you do FRANCE AND BELGIUM?? lol</p>
<p>hahah i love you. you made my day.</p>
<p>my favorite part is that you made up an officer as well</p>
<p>^ lol "coloniel Ernest LeFleur"<-- you should get points for creativity</p>
<p>If my grader has read "Motherless Brooklyn" I am really screwed.</p>