<p>See, the point is that the mother said it LONG time ago, before coming to America for the education. The conceding you’re talking about comes from the daughter convincing her mom in deciding her college. See the time gap?</p>
<p>@ Harambee, do you remember the question in which you saw the answer choice “provocative” and the answer you put instead?</p>
<p>The mom wasn’t conceding - or admitting that she was wrong and/or trying to say something to satisfy her daughter - in the quote. At all.</p>
<p>That doesn’t make sense, why would she completely change her views.</p>
<p>what are your curve predictions? was this a harder than normal test or easier because people for the most part are saying its harder but there are some mixed feelings on this forum and some of my friends thought it was easier?</p>
<p>Definition of concession: the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument</p>
<p>for the inevitable one - its undesirable cause he’s saying that if we don’t change our actions that the future would turn out like that…so he’s telling ppl to change</p>
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Yes, I remember that, though I do not remember choosing it. Anyone remember the question that it went along with?</p>
<p>It’s conviction because the mom used “will” in the emphatic tone and “best.”</p>
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That would fit the definition of inevitable, not undesirable.</p>
<p>I’m pretty much positive on conviction. Like the person above said, you aren’t taking into account she said this 10, 15 years before the whole college scenario. When she said it, it was a conviction.</p>
<p>The only way it would be a concession would be if before the girl had said, “Mom! We’re losing our country!” And she replied “Yes, you will lose your country, but you will not lose your education.”</p>
<p>HOWEVER, you could be right if the author phrased the quote, “ALTHOUGH you will lose your country, you will not lose your education.” But I don’t remember it being phrased that way. I think it was “You may lose your country, but you will never lose your education.”</p>
<p>** IF WE DON’T CHANGE OUR ACTIONS **. If we do, however, it is no longer inevitable!</p>
<p>Oh, I remember it now. Yeah the mother blatantly told her son that he would recieve the best education in America. She didn’t seem to concede to anything but rather was convincing (synonym of conviction) her son what his best chance for a good education was.</p>
<p>It’s undesirable. -_- I had a good explanation a long ways back for this, but I don’t want to go find it. Just trust us on this one. 
Sorryyy.</p>
<p>BUT, have we reached a consensus on probably vs. probably not in the Troy one?? D: That’s the only reason I came back on here. If I got that one right…I might have a shot at an 800.</p>
<p>Again, if it’s inevitable why would he spend the entire passage talking about how we could fix it and why we should? Just to vent? I think this is another one where logic comes into play.</p>
<p>It was conviction because she was convinced that the guy would get a good education in America. The second half of the passage, she didn’t want him to go to college because it was too far, like a soldier leaving for the Temple. This doesn’t change her views that he would get a good education.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s “undesirable.” I can’t believe I put “inevitable” –> that was a trap answer because they used the word “surely”</p>
<p>Eh College Board isn’t great on logic answers, “The Trojan War probably happened because there’s no evidence that it didn’t happen.”</p>
<p>If that were true then unicorns exist because there’s no evidence that they don’t exist!</p>
<p>For the record I put down the probably happened answer.</p>
<p>if u guys looked the sentence closely,
there was ‘surely’ in the sentence which means that the thing is gonna happen no matter what.</p>
<p>i first thought the answer would be undesirable too, but aftter relooking at the question like 20 times, i chose inevitable.</p>
<p>Hahah I put down the probably happened question to. TBH, I think Collegeboard should adjust their curve because of that question, because I’ve read the passage several times and I can STILL see it both ways.</p>
<p>But, what is the majority saying for this?</p>