Words from Ken

This afternoon Ken (王慶剛) paid me a visit. As usual, we chatted non-stop for a long time, today for about 5 hours.

When I asked him for suggestions to the third-year students, who have to take the SAT in less than 20 days, he offered advice as follows.

1. Do the past tests or mock exams.

2. Keep writing English compositions so that you won't be intimidated by the writing task on the test.

3. When writing compositions, always be positive. For example, if you are asked to write about a rainy day, mentioning its bright side is always better than cursing it.

4. Be creative in writing.

5. Make sure you know every vocabulary word in the textbooks.

6. The SAT is easy! More often than not, what you imagine is more difficult than the real thing. This reminds me of a writing topic appearing on a SAT many years ago: "Things Are Not As Difficult As They Appear."