Stephanie+P's+Op-Ed+Article

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I'm sick of people trying to take advantage of me, especially for money. Of course it takes two to tango and all that, but sometimes you just can't get away from it. Preachers and artists and even doctors, all sorts of people do this. The greatest offenders from my current view are these people who stand in my way to go to college. Why do we pay to study to take a test that we pay for to get results which we pay to be sent with applications that we pay for to colleges to which we hope to get the chance to pay to a higher education? Apparently it all pays off in the end, but I'm only sixteen. That "in the end" is years away. Why do I have to pay to take the SAT or ACT anyway? I don't need them to tell me how much I know. The results are for the colleges so that they have an easier way of sifting through applicants. We already have to pay to apply to most of those colleges. I know that administering those tests and going through applications costs money, but we’re going to pay tons for books and tuition anyway. What happened to making an investment for future profits?=====

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Oh, College Board, how I loathe you. You control the SAT, the SAT Subject Tests, the PSAT, and the AP Tests. I'm sure those aren't the only things in your domain. Why, I've seen those official study guides of yours. I've paid to take your tests. I've been forced to join your website. You've changed entire high school curriculums, and I blame you for the increased competitiveness in high school students.=====

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Do you know what I'm going to do about this? Nothing, practically nothing. I am not willing to stand against you alone. I am not willing to rise up a crowd against you, for your authority runs far beyond my reach. All I can do is refuse to buy those official study materials of yours because that goes just one step beyond my toleration of you. No, more than toleration. My forced participation and support of your reign.=====