分類：成敗幸福觀之對待錯誤

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

人物論據是我們在解決SAT題目時使用最多的一類例子，大約可以應用于大約60%以上的題目，所以人物類的SAT寫作例子被稱為是SAT寫作萬能例子，非常實用。

同學們在備考過程應該找3～5個名人，尤其是對美國人比較熟悉的例子，把他們研究透徹，這樣的例子可以應用在任何題材的SAT寫作當中。這些名人應該具備以下一些品質：勇敢、堅強、樂觀、追求卓越、百折不撓、逆境成才、勇于挑戰權威、積極服務他人，等等

 

分類：成敗幸福觀之個人主義;教育之獨立思考

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

分類：成敗幸福觀之英雄觀

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

 

分類：成敗幸福觀之科技進步

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.

 

分類：個人主義反思

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

 

分類：成敗幸福觀之理想主義與現實主義

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