I worked during high school at a restaurant and later as a pizza delivery person. In college I went to school at night and worked during the day. I basically

I worked during high school at a restaurant and later as a pizza delivery person. In college I went to school at night and worked during the day. I basically didn't get an education but paid for two pieces of paper that for me a great career... Not as good as a CMU grad, but pretty good. The person OP is describing is me. I don't think standardized testing is the answer. Nothing good happens by accident and using the SAT to fight a proxy war for accessibility of high quality higher education is not a good strategy. I don't even know why people bother posting this stuff anymore. We are living with mass encampments of the unhoused in our major cities full of the mentally handicap and physically addicted and our government and private sector has decided to let them rot. 45% of bankruptcies are caused by medical debt. The rich have consolidated their power. The purse strings are closed. Nobody who matters gives a shit about the poor. To quote George Carlin: "But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education SUCKS, and it’s the same reason it will never, ever, EVER be fixed. It’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it, be happy with what you’ve got. Because the owners, the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the BIG owners! The Wealthy… the REAL owners! The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I'll tell you what they don’t want: They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking..."