今天貼出來一位同學的SAT作文，題目是：Talk about a controversial event, issue or occurence in your life, or something that you believe is controversial. Tell me how you feel about it and why. 。

　　這個同學的英文很好，但是熬夜才寫出來，文章從總體上說不錯，對于一個中國高中生來說，過關，但是對于哥大的本科一年級HALF-SEMESTER論文，給70分。以下就是這位同學的SAT作文。

　　Topic: Is handwriting of Chinese important to modern people?

　　Nowadays, teenagers usually spend 3 or 4 hours per day on the Internet. And they are used to typing characters on computers so far as they forget how to write a great number of characters on paper. Educators and parents have raised a lot concerns about the importance of Chinese handwriting. On the other hand, some people say, Let it be and we do not need handwriting anymore. Then I will discuss this controversial topic.

　　Some agree to the opinion that no matter how advanced the computer is, we should also keep studying Chinese handwriting, while I do not altogether agree to it. The purpose of words or characters is to express information, typing on computer could help you achieve this task as well. Also in some business occasions, typing in computers is a more formal approach to correspond with your customers. For instance, if I apply for Columbia University, its Admission Committee will require me to send them an official transcript. In this case, a handwriting one may be not acceptable to the committee, so that I need to ask for my high school to provide me with a printed version, which is undoubtedly more suitable in applying for university.

　　The others, however, agree to the opinion that we should no longer study handwriting of Chinese because of the widespread use of computers and Internet, but I do not agree completely. For some artists who work on handwriting of Chinese, and the people who regard it as their hobbits, handwriting is still important. They may make living by selling their masterpieces. And lets consider the following hypothetical situation. Assume that an artist feels bored about working on Chinese handwriting, and he wants to convert to another fresh job. Under this certain circumstance he may not accustom to the new environment, therefore getting back to his former job-keep working on his handwriting. In the other words, calligraphy is a way they make money or just alleviate their pressure. So it is handwriting that make him a better life.

　　To sum up, whether handwriting of Chinese is important to modern people depends on conditions, occupations and hobbits of them.

　　這篇SAT作文行文著述，立意掛帥。首先，上來就要開宗明義地說明自己的觀點。ISSUE是什么?為什么會有這個ISSUE?總有一些事情和事實來引發興趣和關注吧?FACTS放在什么地方，不要冗長描述，言簡意賅地說明。然后，你的REASONINGS是什么，要一一列出，正方反方，你站在那一邊?分析和論述，這才是文章的血肉，要恰如其分地嵌入和安排，令每一個GROUND或RATIONALE理由充分。最后，有結論嗎? 回應開頭和全文，看看有什么總結，陳詞，讓步，遞進還是強調。到這里，短短的一篇文章就可以結束了。

　　今天貼出來一位同學的SAT作文，題目是：Talk about a controversial event, issue or occurence in your life, or something that you believe is controversial. Tell me how you feel about it and why. 。

　　這個同學的英文很好，但是熬夜才寫出來，文章從總體上說不錯，對于一個中國高中生來說，過關，但是對于哥大的本科一年級HALF-SEMESTER論文，給70分。以下就是這位同學的SAT作文。

　　Topic: Is handwriting of Chinese important to modern people?

　　Nowadays, teenagers usually spend 3 or 4 hours per day on the Internet. And they are used to typing characters on computers so far as they forget how to write a great number of characters on paper. Educators and parents have raised a lot concerns about the importance of Chinese handwriting. On the other hand, some people say, Let it be and we do not need handwriting anymore. Then I will discuss this controversial topic.

　　Some agree to the opinion that no matter how advanced the computer is, we should also keep studying Chinese handwriting, while I do not altogether agree to it. The purpose of words or characters is to express information, typing on computer could help you achieve this task as well. Also in some business occasions, typing in computers is a more formal approach to correspond with your customers. For instance, if I apply for Columbia University, its Admission Committee will require me to send them an official transcript. In this case, a handwriting one may be not acceptable to the committee, so that I need to ask for my high school to provide me with a printed version, which is undoubtedly more suitable in applying for university.

　　The others, however, agree to the opinion that we should no longer study handwriting of Chinese because of the widespread use of computers and Internet, but I do not agree completely. For some artists who work on handwriting of Chinese, and the people who regard it as their hobbits, handwriting is still important. They may make living by selling their masterpieces. And lets consider the following hypothetical situation. Assume that an artist feels bored about working on Chinese handwriting, and he wants to convert to another fresh job. Under this certain circumstance he may not accustom to the new environment, therefore getting back to his former job-keep working on his handwriting. In the other words, calligraphy is a way they make money or just alleviate their pressure. So it is handwriting that make him a better life.

　　To sum up, whether handwriting of Chinese is important to modern people depends on conditions, occupations and hobbits of them.

　　這篇SAT作文行文著述，立意掛帥。首先，上來就要開宗明義地說明自己的觀點。ISSUE是什么?為什么會有這個ISSUE?總有一些事情和事實來引發興趣和關注吧?FACTS放在什么地方，不要冗長描述，言簡意賅地說明。然后，你的REASONINGS是什么，要一一列出，正方反方，你站在那一邊?分析和論述，這才是文章的血肉，要恰如其分地嵌入和安排，令每一個GROUND或RATIONALE理由充分。最后，有結論嗎? 回應開頭和全文，看看有什么總結，陳詞，讓步，遞進還是強調。到這里，短短的一篇文章就可以結束了。