分类：成败幸福观之对待错误

例子1：Levi Strauss, Gold Rush. Levi found his original plan was a mistake whereas to sell miners’ clothes might be a good idea.

例子2：Great Depression, Subprime debt, consumption-driven economy

人物论据是我们在解决SAT题目时使用最多的一类例子，大约可以应用于大约60%以上的题目，所以人物类的SAT写作例子被称为是SAT写作万能例子，非常实用。

同学们在备考过程应该找3～5个名人，尤其是对美国人比较熟悉的例子，把他们研究透彻，这样的例子可以应用在任何题材的SAT写作当中。这些名人应该具备以下一些品质：勇敢、坚强、乐观、追求卓越、百折不挠、逆境成才、勇于挑战权威、积极服务他人，等等

 

分类：成败幸福观之个人主义;教育之独立思考

例子1：Michelangelo, reclusive, develop his own style, deny his teacher Domenico‘s influence, learn from paintings and sculptures at the palace, learn from examining human bodies

例子2：Steve Jobs, drop out of Reed college, learn what interests him most

分类：成败幸福观之英雄观

例子1：Modern hero, Robert G. Edwards, reproductive medicine, infertility, test-tube baby

例子2：Franklin, D. Roosevelt, 1933 Great Depression, New Deal, unemployment rate, permanently paralyzed

 

分类：成败幸福观之科技进步

例子1：MIT open course, democratizing education, unlock knowledge, empower mind, easy access for everyone. Every ordinary person is able to learn more than before.

例子2：The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims: in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology, support projects facilitating information literacy. The unprivileged group is able to learn more than before.

 

分类：个人主义反思

例子1：Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt: B&W airplane, Pacific Aero Products Co, aviation industry, George: US navy engineer

例子2：Google founders: Sergey Brin and Larry Page, teamwork, largest internet company, search engine

 

分类：成败幸福观之理想主义与现实主义

例子1：Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers, Nights and The Potato Eaters, a Dutch post-Impressionist painter, depict emotions, discarded traditional doctrine

例子2：Robert G. Edwards, reproductive medicine, infertility, test-tube baby

例子3： William Boeing, son of a lumberman, fascinated by air show in Los Angeles in 1910, built his own plane, take a bold risk during WWI

例子4：Michelangelo, 4 years, irritate the Pope, fired all workers, create masterpiece of all time