I wonder how different my life would be now if I’d studied hard for the SAT.  Maybe I’d have been accepted to Stanford, like Tiger Woods.  I could have been the world’s greatest golfer by now.  Or maybe I’d have gotten that scholarship to MIT and made fat cash working for the government developing new missile technology for the War on Terror.  I probably could have at least gotten into a better community college.  Possibly even stayed out of prison.  Who’s to say.

All I know for sure is that it’d have been a lot easier to study for the stupid SAT if I’d had an electronic prep gadget like the Franklin SAT-2400.  Instead of leveling up on Dr. Mario, I could have been using the Pythagorean Theorem to solve geometry problems on the bus.  I could have gone over vocabulary flashcards in detention instead of playing paper football.  Maybe the essay preparation materials would have uncovered a hidden talent for prose.  The world may never know.

I could have at least rented it out to nerds during study hall.  At the bargain price these babies are selling for today, that would have been easy profit.  That’s why they should teach less long division in school and more economics.  But you know educators today:  always teaching to the test.