19. Write you own essay question and answer it. (Kalamazoo College/93)
(This is the real essay topic):
What do you think about your current AP English Language teacher’s method of grading your formal essays? (Rebello University)
It had been less than 10 days into school. Mr. P, our AP English Language teacher had already assigned us our first formal essay. As everyone grumbled about the fact that we were still vacation mode, I decided now was the best time to start the essay – the night before it was due. I look up several national anthems and their purpose as the essay prompt has asked us to do so. I quickly start jotting down notes, quite interested in the topic myself. If only I had realized how into this topic I would have been, I would have made a start a week ago. Better said than done. I stayed up late, scribbling on a Cambridge sheet of paper, attempting to get my ideas down, if there were any to begin with. My sleep-deprived, dreary eyes refused to let me comprehend the material.
After a cup of coffee and washing my face with some cold water, I was able to get back on track. I had a strong start on my essay by this time. With an introduction leading right into my first body paragraph, I started typing like one of those authors from the early 1960s that had recently “choked down eight of the little cactus plants.” I felt my essay was really flowing and had a sense of rhythm to it. It wasn’t long until I slammed the full stop key as a way of being proud of my accomplishment. I was certain I wouldn’t complete this on time, clearly I was wrong, and very overconfident at that moment. I was not only satisfied, but also grew increasingly confident of my ability. I save my work carefully, as I had no intentions of calling for a redo over the past 3 hours of my life. It was only a little over 2:30am, I decided it was just the right time for bed. At this point, I start to curse myself at the numerous times I’ve spent staying up over summer, and how it affected my sleep patterns. I rub my eyes, yawn, and stretch one last time before jumping right into bed. With a terrible sleep that night, I wake up the next morning, only to have a rotten day ahead of me.
It wasn’t long until our essays were graded by the easiest essay grader in existence (disregard the use of sarcasm if you don’t mind). I was sort of surprised when I look at solid 65 percent standing under the formal essay section. When I thought back to the amount of effort I put into this assignment, I take the grasp back and forget about this essay completely with aims to accomplish better for the next one. If I could, I would preferably write about the effort I plan on putting in to school work and how much that has improved over the course of this semester, but that’s completely out of my hand. The college essay topics are pre-decided, as we can all see.
P.S I was able to post this exactly at 11:11am today. Good thing i had study hall :D
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