SAT Exam Prep Tricks & Treats - A Halloween Story for you Scaredy Cats

'Twas the day of Halloween, and all of the students were in class showing off their costumes, anxiously waiting for the bell to ring and school to begin. 

Jenny, a little blonde-haired girl with blue eyes, was dressed as Cindarella, in a beautiful blue gown and blue head band. Greg, a little brown-haired boy with green eyes, was dressed as a vampire, with long fangs and blood coming out of his mouth. The bell rings, a eerie ring on Halloween, "BOOOO, BOOOOO, BOOOO" and all of the children laugh.

"Where is the SAT Exam Prep teacher?" Jenny inquires.

"If she doesn't show up for 10 minutes, we are allowed to leave" Greg replies. "Those are the rules".

After 5 minutes pass, the students are out of the chairs, getting wild, throwing candy, and playing with their costumes, when suddenly, the SAT Exam Prep Witch comes flying through the door.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" cackles the witch. "Hello all my little ones. Please, have a seat, pull out your vocabulary lists from yesterday, and let's review for the SAT exam."

"Is that you, Mrs. Firestone?" Jenny asks. 

"Well of course it's me, princess. Fangtastic. Let's get started. Take a look at this sentence, and tell me which of the 17 grammar errors is occurring".

The students look at the sentence written on the board in her red marker. "Ghouls just want to has fun".

Greg raises his hand, "Subject-Verb agreement!" 

"Goooooood, Greg. Here is some candy". Mrs. Firestone tosses Greg some candy corn.

 "How about this one? I not only summoned a ghost, but I banished it" says Mrs. Firestone. "Who sees the error?"

Jenny raises her wand, "An idiomatic error!"

"Wow Jenny, it looks like you ready to do very well on this SAT exam" says Mrs. Firestone as she giggles maniacally.

Jenny looks at Greg and spells out "C-R-E-E-P-Y" on her paper. They both laugh. 

"Ok my little children, time for a coffin break....I mean coffee." 

While Mrs. Firestone is in the other room, all of the lights go out. All of the children stay silent. The front door to the room creeks open slowly, and the "ghost of guessing" rushes into the room.

It's the ghost of guessing! A ghost which forces students to guess on problems when they haven't eliminated at least two answers giving them a statistical disadvantage to guess on the problem!

"NOOOOOOOOO" screams Greg who wants a perfect score.

"Please don't make us guess" screams Jenny, afraid she will lose her college scholarship by scoring less.

"HELP!" scream the college-bound children.

Mrs. Firestone rushes out of the back room, sees the ghost, and starts conjuring a spell to banish it. She says:

Before the SAT, You're Sure to Have a Fright,

But These Cool Ghouls go to School so they aren't Fools on this night

But We don't Guess on the problems that we don't really know,

Just as sure as a Jack-O-Lantern tonight will Glow.

So go away, only friendly ghosts are allowed here,

And Poof ghost, be gone, so all the children can cheer.

The ghost looks at Mrs. Firestone quizzically and says, "Is that all you've got? You think a little poem and SAT tricks are going to defeat me?"

The ghost slowly approaches Mrs. Firestone, and with all of the SAT exam prep training Jenny received, she is thinking on her feet. She grabs he 982 page SAT manual, pulls it way back over her head, and SWINGS it right into the ghost's head, but it all goes in one ear and out the other.

"Haha" laughs the ghost. "You think a one-size-fits-all-ghost-slaying approach is going to defeat me?"

Greg grabs Tried & True Tutoring's customized SAT manual, based on the initial assessment of the ghost, swings it at the ghost, and boom he goes down! A custom program for this specific ghost of guessing. That's the power of customization.

All of the children cheer for Greg and cheer:

YAY Greg, way to think on your feet! 

The SAT exam prep has prepared you to critically think. 

Now let's go ace the SAT Exam with the help of Tried & True Tutoring, 

and tonight we'll celebrate and and gather our treats.

Happy Halloween and good luck on the Oct 26th ACT and November 2nd SAT!