Anna's Current Events Blog

In summary of the article “SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account” by  Anemona Hartocollis. This article explains how College Board, the company that makes and administers the SAT tests, is adding a new category called the Adversity Score. This score will help to tell what challenges students have faced. It was made to gauge which students would succeed in college despite a lower score. It was also made to battle the association between wealthier families and higher SAT scores. College Board seems to think that if a family can just hire the best tutors and teachers, those kids will get higher scores. In my opinion, I think this is a great idea. I agree that it will help gauge students ability better than just the test without it. I think colleges should both look for naturally smart people, but more than that they should look for hard workers. I think people who work hard are more ready for the struggles of college than the students who have everythin

In summary of the article “‘It Was Like a Zoo’: Death on an Unruly, Overcrowded Everest” by  Kai Schultz, Jeffrey Gettleman, Mujib Mashal, and Bhadra Sharma. In this article, Ed Dohring explained some of his trip up Mount Everest. He said that when he got to the top, there was a long like on an icy terrain with a thousand-foot drop. There was even a spot where he had to step over a body of someone who had just died. When he finally got to the flat summit, there were over 20 people crowded into an area he described as the size of 2 ping pong tables put together. “It was like a zoo,”  he said in his interview. This season was by far one of the most dangerous. In my opinion, this is a crazy situation. With the increasing number of tourists climbing Everest, of course, there will be more deaths. The fact that there were so many people they needed a line, and the top was packed, is crazy. Especially when you think about how you have only a limited time up there. If you run out of oxygen

In summary of the article “What makes the Maine School of Science and Mathematics Maine the No. 2 high school in the nation?” by the Portland press. The article was explaining how despite the school being in the far corner of Maine, and in a very old building, it is still the second best in the nation. They interviewed the chemistry teacher Tracy Meyer who gave multiple quotes including “That we can attract these motivated young teenagers is really a testament to the school’s reputation,” and “I often forget that they are high school students.” They also interviewed multiple students and mentioned how the students didn't really care about the new rating of the top two in America. When asked what they do on their monthly four day weekends, most students said they slept. most students say they think of MSSM as their second home. I am actually going to that school starting next fall, so I am a little biased. The chemistry teacher they interviewed, Mrs. Meyer, was the teacher who i