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Particular question. and the essay question was this, suppose you or somebody else had a chance to ride a camel. imagine what happens on this camel ride. write a story about what happens on this camel ride. simple enough. fourth graders, very imaginative. well, a number of teachers said, thats just a bad question because a lot of kids dont know what a camel is. >> kind of a stupid question actually. >> of all the questions that you could come up with, why would you -- why wouldnt you just say he...

Spending $120,000 in tuition to get to this point which is no guarantee that they will, in fact, end up with a job as an air traffic controller. their final grade, it is not based on how well they do in that essay question, but how well they do on the simulators when everything is thrown at them and theyre instructed by people who have been faa air traffic controllers for decades, one of them, sid, he says he wants to instill in the young people the idea that the goal here is exactly going to be...

Here to stay. the most recent s.a.t. had an essay question about reality s host michael smerconish wrote his own answer to that question. im guessing youre not a big reality tv fan. >> this was a bid to improve my s.a.t. score from 30 years ago. i had a lot of fun writing it. people have debated whether it was fair to ask a question because a number of the test takers, they said, well if i dont want reality television, how can i answer the question? yeah, i decided to take a shot at it. no, i do...

Controversy over an essay question on a recent s.a.t. exam. write about the nature of reality television and opportunities said they were at a disadvantage. it is part of the writing portion of the s.a.t. and which counts one-third. that is shocking that you are about reality television. >> steve: thats thuation. >> brian: i think the jersey shore should be opposed to the ged or junior college. let me tell you something. forced tithing should not be allowed. if you are running a church whetherr ...

And mike huckabee is losing. wow, is he losing. thats ahead. but first a couple of holy mackerel stories in todays news. virginia governor bob mcdonnell took another step further down from the mantle of party potential savior. he doubled down on his latest public relations disaster backtrack. last night we reported his indirect, somewhat denial that he had instituted an essay question, a sort of literacy test for ex-felons trying to get their voting rights back in virginia. the denial sounded li...

From the mantle of party potential savior. he doubled down on his latest public relations disaster backtrack. last night we reported governor mcdonnells indirect, somewhat fekless denial that he had instituted an essay question, a sort of literacy test for ex-felons trying to get their voting rights back in virginia. the denial sounded like this. >> theres no essay. weve asked for just a simple statement of what the person has done in order to be reintegrated into society. a little bit about the...