After all that Bush has done to this country we have 11 people recommending..

[thewiseguy]

A thread on DU that says you should not give a crap about Sarah Palin's SAT scores? :eyes:

Are you guys for real? She is running for VICE PRESIDENT.

I am just out of words right now. When will we learn?

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. I bet their SAT scores were lower

When you received a composite score in the 700s, a score of 840 isn't so bad.

[succubus.blues]

2. damn.

I never knew I was a rocket scientist. I read her scores were around, but I didn't hear what they were. Dang, she's stupid.

[yardwork]

4. Check out her grades. A D in foreign language. A C in social studies.

[succubus.blues]

5. now the 5 colleges

make sense. :crazy:

[yardwork]

7. Of course, the report may not be real.

[succubus.blues]

9. true,

but it sure fits.

[kwolf68]

15. Hey now...

Not really. My first SAT score was 896....of course, my effort on it was severely lacking.

I went back to take the test a few months later and scored 1290-something. So maybe Palin was just 'lazy' that day. It's funny that I remember my shitty SAT score, but can't remember what I got on my SAT exam that actually GOT ME INTO college. Had I stuck with the 896 I 'may have' been able to go to a community college.

[succubus.blues]

26. okay.

You are right that the ability to score well or not on any standardized test is not necessarily indicative of one's intelligence. But she's still stupid. ;)

[gaspee]

14. Holy shit!

She got an 840? Combined?

OMG - how the hell did I miss that thread?

I think the person who said the people who rec'ced the thread probably scored lower is right.

I got lower than her - 50 points lower... IN ENGLISH! To put her scores in perspective for people who don't know how the old system used to work, combined score possibility used to be 1600, 800 in math, 800 in English.

I got a 790 in English, so I almost scored higher than her if I only used half the test. Math, I didn't do so hot - 670.

She is an utter and complete fucking moron.

[yardwork]

3. I'm tired of nagging nellies telling me not to talk about things.

This is a message board. We come here to talk and even gossip. In the past week we've been nagged relentlessly. We've been told not to talk about McCain's race-baiting, not to talk about Palin's stupidity, not to talk about McCain's failing health, and I don't know what else. All these things actually are relevant.

What are we supposed to talk about?

[seabeyond]

8. and this is the other point. damn right. lol lol. they say dont talk about, so i do. lol. n/t

[druidity33]

12. i've been told

not to talk about McLame crashing 4 (or is it 5?) planes.

I've been told not to talk about the fact that he ratted out our Military while a POW pretty much the second he was dragged out of the water.

I've been told not to talk about McSame graduating near the bottom of his class.

I've been told not to talk about the possibility of Palin's latest child being her daughter's.


I'll not apologize for speculating a little. This is a discussion board. I'm not offended if people tell me to shut up. If they've got a good reason for telling me to, i might even listen.

:)

[yardwork]

25. Oh yes I've been slapped for mentioning several of those as well.

I got in big trouble for speculating that Trig is probably Briston's son. And some of DU's resident aviation experts let me have it for mentioning McCain's abilities as a pilot.

I guess I'm just a bitchy gossip!

[seabeyond]

6. i hear ya. i am so tired of stupid. she had a gpa of 2.2. wtf.... that is horrible

and it is going to be this brain that leads all of us if something happens to old mccain? i dont get it either. i think it is pretty damn relevent

[Virginia Dare]

10. Absolutely. It's the stupid, stupid...n/t

[seabeyond]

11. who knows about the SAT? my son received score in three catagories

are they added up?

my son got like
530 reading
510 writing
385 in math

this wa 7th grade, last year for him. so i am not sure how it all works and didnt pay much attention because it was just play for him and we didnt take it seriously. he won state recognition for his reading, just shy for his writing.

curious, cause this would beat palin, bah hahahha and he was 12. lol

but then we have high regard and respect for education and smarts.

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. Here's my problem with focusing on SAT scores.

Missed whatever thread you're referring to by the way.

Some of us find standardized tests fundamentally flawed for many reasons.

1. They only test limited types of intelligences.
2. Their standardization by definition is going to generate a certain degree of bias.
3. With the right kind of preparation there are ways to boost your score without requiring an increase in knowledge or intelligence.
4. They are a disservice to intelligent individuals who simply have test phobia or are plagued with the anxiety of test pressure.

I know positively brilliant people with common sense and integrity oozing from every pore who tanked on the SAT for any combination of the above.

I know utter morons without an iota of common decency or street smarts who whizzed through the SAT.

If you want to use it as one example of her stupidity, so be it. I just would use it as one tiny example in a long litany of examples of her lack of ability and judgment.

So yes, I probably am among those who don't give a crap about her SAT scores. Mostly because if she had high scores I'd not consider them indicative of her intelligence because I don't think she has much. And if she had low scores I'd shrug and think, "No kidding. One more clue she's an idiot." Sorry, but I have to be honest and say they're virtually meaningless to me. And I had a combined 1410. ;) The math portion killed me!

[seabeyond]

16. i want someone with high scores, puts in the hard work to get the grades adn a top school

i want smart.

i didnt get wonderful grades, though way better than this. school was too easy and i didnt put forth the effort. i could have gotten all the above if i tried, i didnt. i want someone who tried. i dont want me.

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. I want someone with good grades who took challenging courses and better yet...

wants to surround him or herself with people who are even smarter. I want to see examples of good judgment indicative of high intelligence, not just an ability to score well on a test. I want to see someone who put hard work into it, but the "top school" isn't a dealbreaker with me. Plenty of brilliant people couldn't afford top schools or chose not to leave home to get their education. Honors program and graduating summa cum laude from a state university is fine with me. No need to travel to Boston or Connecticut. Cheers!

[seabeyond]

22. YA..... lol lol

cheers back to you.

[yardwork]

24. All true. The report - which may or may not be real - also showed very poor grades.

As you say, none of this would matter if Palin exhibited any sign of intelligence or intellectual curiosity. It's interesting only because it reinforces what we already know.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Bush* Got A 1260 Which Is Far From Awful

He's just intellectually lazy...

Palin is innately slow...

There is a difference...

[Overseas]

19. I guess 11 people think we shouldn't attack darling Sitcom Sarah.

That thread said that golly, we should just attack McLiar.

Seemingly unaware that of course we are attacking him by singling out more confirmation that his choice of an unqualified Christian fundamentalist showed poor judgment and rash decision making that we don't want in our next Commander in Chief.

[noiretextatique]

20. she's obviously a moron

those scores are just more confirmation of that fact.

[Occam Bandage]

21. I'm still convinced that the document is fake.

1. The letters are perfectly even; each W is a pixel-perfect clone of each other W, each A for A, and so on. Actual daisywheel printouts show considerable variation in line shading and thickness. Modern inkjet and laser printouts do not.

2. Her GPA is listed as 2.2; that seems unreasonable, given that she is on record as being a member of her high school's honor society.

[seabeyond]

23. she is on record as being a member of her high school's honor society

i am not taking her word or anyone elses, i would want to see. but yes, this brings in question