Quote of the Day
"The subject of the human memory is a fascinating one. Memory is what keeps the years of our past from becoming meaningless blurs. For years scientists have studied the human mind, trying to figure out exactly how memory functions. Andrew Lloyd Webber even immortalized...."
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From a student SAT essay on the topic, "Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present?" The student received a perfect score on the essay. (The quote, along with two other quotes from perfect-scoring essays, below, were reprinted in the New York Times.)
