Silly English Teachers
I need some advice...see, tomorrow is our exam on summer reading. I read a tree grows in brooklyn. We need to write an essay on the theme of our book and literary elements the author used to support the theme. My teacher gave us this uber-structured essay format and it took all my self-control not to raise my hand and start arguing with him about functional un-fixedness and breaking comfort zones. SO, I could write the essay his way, or our way. His exact words were "Now, do you have to write your essay this way? No. But I recommend it, because this would really be a perfect essay." Heh. Maybe I'll just follow *some* of his format...he's requiring us to write an outline too, which peeves me because I don't like outlines, helpful as they might be to some. What do all you esssayissstsss thinks?
posted by AMELiA :o) @ 6:14 PM
5 Comments:
I would personally write two essays, one unstructured, and another the way he wants it and hand them both in.
But that's just 'cause I'm a weirdo like that
We only have one period to write it though...maybe I'll write one tonight and bring it in with me? Except that would kind of be cheating. And besides, I don't want to. Which puts me back where I started.
eh. mean teacher. write it your way and argue with him. i encourage you to argue with him. HE CANNOT PUT A LIMIT ON YOUR CREATIVITY!
hehe. is it a good grade u want?
Depends whether you're up for supporting your ideas.
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