Is the world getting so darn screwed up that people cannot tell the difference between an argumentative essay and a freaking personal recount? It's really not that hard; one should always talk sense about an issue and the other, well, maybe not all the time.
In the first place, there should be a statute against one-word expository essays. Especially if it is a topic like 'Dreams' or 'Change'.
Since we are supposed to be "down-to-earth", so to speak, what kind of insipid candidate would choose to debate over such general things? There is no doubt that even the "Average Joe" would hold aversions to this form of writing.
Sure, maybe essays like these allow the better candidates to "strut their stuff", but what is the point if there are a majority of students who choose not to even go near this topic at all?
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The Funny
I don't know which one is funnier; the fact that an essay comprising of false information and the vocabulary of a ten-year-old can score better than one that talks about the World Wars and the Great Depression, or the fact that she spent fifteen minutes trying to convince the whole class that it in fact does deserve that mark.
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The Funnier
I don't know which one is funnier; the fact that she asked me if I had done any research on the topic of 'Dreams' on the internet because the information seemed too professional, or the fact that that the information she was referring to was found in a Primary Four science magazine.
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The Funniest
I can't decide which one is the funniest; the fact that she proclaimed to the whole class that my essay writing style surpassed that of an O-Level candidate, or the fact that she only gave my essay twenty out of thirty.
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The Hilarious
And finally, which one do you think is funnier; the fact that she stated she needed to talk to me 'personally' after the lesson to discuss my writing, or the fact that she completely forgot about it.