<p>I just took a practice test in the Barron's SAT book and I'd appreciate it if I could get some feedback scoring-wise. Thank you, it's much appreciated!</p>
<p>Prompt:
"What are your thoughts on the idea that television has turned out to isolate people instead of bringing them together?"</p>
<p>Television has had an enormous impact on society since its inception into the household. As a method of connecting people with common interests, the television in unparalleled among other forms of communication. No other invention has brought together the entire human species more effectively than the television. The appropriation of the television into American homes in the 1950s and the televised terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, illustrate television's role in uniting people.</p>
<p>From its birth, the television has brought families and communities together. The Eisenhower era of the 1950s saw a great number of Americans migrating from the cities to the suburbs to raise their families. During this time, the invention of the television revolutionized the suburban experience. Families were expected to own these new inventions, and neighbors would often visit to witness the technological marvel. News, entertainment, and education were all delivered in an exciting new way. People could relate how others across the country were faring, and became more educated on the events of the world that were taking place. In a time when relations were tense between countries, and nuclear warfare threatened to tear the world apart, the television united people in their concerns for their own safety. The television's early beginning thus demonstrate its role that it would continue to play many years later in bringing people together.</p>
<p>When the whole country watched in awe and disbelief as a national landmark, the World Trade Center, was hit by passenger airplanes on September 11, the television bore the news in a dramatic manner. When news stations began to air footage of the site, the entire world became united in horror as it witnessed the second tower being attacked by another plane. In the days to come, America would affix its eyes to the black box, awaiting words of consolation and hope. The television provided the country with the bad tidings of the day that lives in infamy, and it provided a beacon of promise for everyone who wished to look to a brighter tomorrow.</p>
<p>The emergence of the television in the Eisenhower era and the tragedy of 9/11 thus demonstrate television's uniting power. Far from becoming obsolete, the television has perhaps an even stronger role in globalizing the world we live in.</p>