<p>What does the author infer in his title?</p>
<p>A. He is incompetent in writing essays.
B. He writes essays too quickly.
C. He has written another boring SAT essay for you all to grade, but is unsure whether he has written it skillfully.
D. His essay is well written, but lacks in grammar, spelling, syntax and sentence structure.
E. The world is coming to an end.</p>
<p>If you're CR noobs, the answer is C.</p>
<p>Back to the point. I've finished another essay and I'd love it if someone could grade it :)</p>
<p>Prompt: People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
-Lao Tzu</p>
<p>What is your view of the statement above?</p>
<p>Essay:
When human beings possess knowledge, they can think for themselves about whether they consent with the forces governing them. For centuries, people’s access to knowledge has steadily increased, thus causing revolution in government and thought. History demonstrates that when knowledge is freely access and infused in the minds of the public, drastic changes to authority take place.</p>
<pre><code>A few essential cases in point include the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, which led to both the American and French Revolutions. In the wake of the 14th century, people began to step outside the shadows of religion and superstition. They recognized, as a result of improving social and living conditions, that they were free to strive for happiness and success. Consequently, major changes occurred in the structure of European Monarchies and the church. Once able to freely control civilians, these greater powers found opposition in revolutionaries such as Martin Luther King, the man who challenged the church in the early 16th century. Though King was criticized and hunted after by the church, he found refuge in many countries in Europe. His writings slowly, but surely, influenced many lives and ultimately found its way around all of Europe. 200 years later, great thinkers and philosophers such as Montesque and Rousseau began the Enlightenment, the movement marking Europe’s, and later Asia’s, freedom of thought and expression. While Renaissance thinkers lacked the influence to topple monarchs and nullify the Pope’s power, the Enlightenment catalyzed the decay of entire governments and the birth of new ones. Therefore, it is evident that as people’s knowledge increases, they are more resistant to authority.
Another illustration of this point can be found in Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, in which Sherlock Holmes is portrayed as a nonconforming genius detective. In each novel, Doyle depicts ordinary police detectives as intelligent and knowledgable, but he masterfully conveys the notion that Holmes’s intelligence and skills are on an entirely separate level. Holmes is very aware of all things that concern him and therefore finds it unnecessary to be bound by the government, as myriad stories tell of him brazenly defying the law. He does as he sees fit, letting nothing change his mind.
From the analysis of Sherlock Holmes and the changes in people’s thought and knowledge over the centuries, it is doubtless that people become harder to govern as they learn more. Great thinkers in history have always abided to their own rules and nothing but their own rules.
</code></pre>
<p>Thanks again for assessing my essay. Only 19 days left till the SAT! I'm trying to get my essay as close to a 12 as possible, so be sure to tear this one up.</p>
Lao Tzu’s quotation does apply to all people, which I made pretty clear in my first body paragraph. I attempted to apply to an individual in my 2nd one but I failed, hard.</p>