<p>Re JuniorMint</p>
<p>Thank you for your kind words. I have read some of your other posts and I think it is safe to say you are a good writer and a successful student. I often find those characteristics associated with some other people who, unfortunately, don’t realize that writing a good SAT essay is actually hard. They suffer from what I call the “Princeton Review” attitude, which I came to dislike years ago when some in PR reportedly referred to the SAT as ‘A stupid test, written by stupid people for a stupid reason.’ (see Owen, NONE OF THE ABOVE) Since that time, Princeton Review has gone public and has moderated much of its old rhetoric, but the attitude is still popular and I regard that as unfortunate. I spend so much time on these essays because I am a former teacher and I very much enjoy working with intelligent and motivated students. The cynicism, sarcasm and looking for an easy way out implied in the old PR attitude is counterproductive to what I am trying to accomplish, which is fundamentally to give these kids an appreciation for the necessity of developing a mature intellect. Thank you for helping with that.</p>