<p>Hi there,
I've just started to prepare for the SAT, and the essay below is my first response to an SAT prompt. I tried to follow the '80:20 rule' suggested here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html</a>. However, my writing skills are insufficient to write that good, so you may find the essay quite lame and consisted of some grammatical mistakes I didn't notice, and I'm sorry about that :(.</p>
<p>The prompt is (the sample one in the Blue Book): Some people believe that there is only one foolproof plan, perfect solution, or correct interpretation. But nothing is ever that simple. For better or worse, for every so-called final answer there is another way of seeing things. There is always a however. Is there always another explanation or another point of view?</p>
<p>Response: </p>
<pre><code> It is certain that there would always be another explanation or another point of view for every single case because each solution has its benefits and drawbacks. Several examples from history, current events and business, such as Hitlers infamy, North Koreas nuclear bomb practice and Steve Jobs life, demonstrate clearly that another interpretation is always available.
As shown through Hitlers infamous life, there is not only one correct point of view. As we all knew, Hitler was a fascism tyrant who incited the World War II throughout the world. In fact, people whose relatives sacrificed in the War would consider him as a callous killer of humanity. However, history writers have to acquiesce that Hitler was one of the most adept military leader of all time. In the World War II, there was a time Germany ruled most of Europe, annexing numerous countries into the Giant Germany. At the first period of the battle versus USSR, due to the powerful force and deft organizing skill of Hitler, Germany was in its shape towards its goal to defeat USSR, and would succeed but for the fortitude of Russians to fight back. Therefore, Hitlers infamy showed lucidly as it could be interpreted disparately from two different points of view.
Another illustration of the availability of different points of view is the recent nuclear bomb practice of North Korea. According to North Koreans leader, Kim Jong Un, the success of the testing bolsters the power of North Koreans military force. As he declared publicly, this is a crucial step towards his goal of attacking North Koreas so-called enemy, the US. However, reactions of countries over the world have been fears of a nuclear catastrophe in the future. As a reaction against the nuclear bomb testing, the United Nations is contemplating further sanctions towards antagonistic attitudes of North Korea as they are putting the world in jeopardy of nuclear weapons. Hence, the testing of North Korea case showed that a situation can be viewed from different angles, depending who is the judge.
Similarly, as demonstrated by Steve Jobss life, there is no single correct point of view towards actions such as dropping school. As many people believed, schools are essential for a successful career. People claimed that school dropout is a period to ones life since one will not acquire enough knowledge, practice, research, etc to succeed in doing a great job later. In fact, research also proved that educated college students are more likely to get in big companies. However, Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed College only after one semester. Guess what? Steve founded Apple, Inc., which now becomes the leading company in the world with innovative, mind-changing and now prevailing electronic devices such as iPod, iPhone, iPad. Who can say that Steve Jobs is not successful? Thus, the school dropout, as supported by Steve Jobs case, illustrates a decision which has more than one perspective to consider.
After a careful analysis of Hitlers infamy, North Koreas recent bomb testing, and Steve Jobs school dropout decision, one can see that there is indeed always another explanation, another point of view to every single situation in life. Moreover, these points of view support and consummate the knowledge about the situation. Without additional interpretations, any single idea wouldnt be enhanced nor correct.
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<p>Notice that I didn't wrote under timed condition (a little bit longer than in the actual test), so the essay is probably too long, I guess. By the way, how many words, approximately, a great SAT essay should have ?
I would very much appreciate your further suggestions for me to improve my writing skills. Thanks in advance :).</p>