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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Arianne Cohen and Colleen Kinder Klappentext Effortlessly acquire an SAT vocabulary through hilarious high school essays Every year, 9 million American students expend large amounts of time and energy preparing for proficiency and entrance exams like the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and SSAT with a heap of vocabulary flash cards and a fat volume of repetitive practice tests. Each one of them, along with their parents and teachers, wishes that there was a less painful way to prepare for test day. There is, and this book is the solution: a collection of ten well-written, entertaining essays by recent college-graduates-turned-writers that honestly and amusingly recount wild, traumatizing, and hilarious high-school events, using common SAT words as a study tool. (*gluteus: any of the large muscles of the buttocks; esp: gluteus maximus) Zusammenfassung Effortlessly acquire an SAT vocabulary through hilarious high school essays Every year! 9 million American students expend large amounts of time and energy preparing for proficiency and entrance exams like the SAT! ACT! PSAT! and SSAT with a heap of vocabulary flash cards and a fat volume of repetitive practice tests. Each one of them! along with their parents and teachers! wishes that there was a less painful way to prepare for test day. There is! and this book is the solution: a collection of ten well-written! entertaining essays by recent college-graduates-turned-writers that honestly and amusingly recount wild! traumatizing! and hilarious high-school events! using common SAT words as a study tool. (*gluteus: any of the large muscles of the buttocks; esp: gluteus maximus) Inhaltsverzeichnis Confessions of a High School Word NerdIntroduction 1. Confessions of a Diligent Kisser Laure de Vulpillieres 2. Confessions of a Rebel Trombonist Chris Heaney 3. Confessions of a Road Hazard Colleen Kinder 4. Confessions of a Summer-Camp Junkie Chris Rovzar 5. Confessions of a Vagabond Swimmer Arianne Cohen 6. Confessions of a Running Disaster Tom Miller 7. Confessions of an Insane Intern Kara Loewentheil 8. Confessions of a Ghetto Soccer Star Lauren Keane 9. Confessions of a Homeschooler Timothy Michael Cooper 10. Confessions of a Pigsty Prankster Dave Finney Glossary ...
