<p>What did you guys think of the topic? I liked it.</p>
<p>Easiest topic ever.</p>
<p>i wished they asked us about something with a larger scope… i felt like it was such a constrained topic. i get that they wanted us to be able to relate to it, but the SAT topics are SO much better. it’s much easier with the SAT to apply literature and history examples. with this topic (act) i had to rely mostly with personal examples…</p>
<p>Don’t they make the ACT essay topics so that you pretty much have to use personal examples? Or logic, or something? Haha… I’m a bad essay writer so don’t listen to me.</p>
<p>One of my examples was about how my school’s teachers pretty much have their own classroom rules, like my AP Psych teacher lets us bring breakfast to class since it starts 7:45.</p>
<p>I made up such awesome ******** for that question…it was so easy to relate to personal experience too…wrote 4 pages lol.</p>
<p>i argued that an overall list of rules was neccesary for consistency and fairness…</p>
<p>like if you have a completely inept teacher who has no rules…and thus you learn nothing
versus if you have a very strict teacher who forces all the students to learn</p>
<p>my central idea was that a universal set of rules is the best because it ensures that there will be an environment conducive to learning regardless of other factors like the preferences of the teacher/students, and that as long as the rules were basic, things would still be flexible enough for teachers to cater to specific students needs</p>
<p>Did it have to be personal? Seriously all of my teachers make us have strict rules in the classroom.
So I just made examples on what would happen if teachers made their own rules…
And explained what can result from it and blah, blah…</p>
<p>no it does not have to be personal. personal examples often just come across as amateur.</p>
<p>Good. I think I did awesome on this.</p>
<p>Actually, if you have already used real world examples, then a personal example could add some rhetoric and logic to your argument. But yes, personal examples alone would not suffice.</p>
<p>I actually used historical and literary examples for the most part. I think mine was a little bit too unfocused; it came across more like a political commentary. Damned if it wasn’t fun to write though</p>
<p>it was an easy topic…</p>
<p>btw…does ur essay score effect ENGLISH score?</p>
<p>The answer to that question is no.</p>
<p>haha…thanks…Ivysaur</p>
<p>Ya, it is a lot easier to go against allowing students to text than saying they can. I said because: it will distract other students, cause chaos, and increases cheating habits. Or something along those lines.</p>
<p>I agree-- personal examples are amatuer. But it is more difficult to find historical examples on ACT prompts. I prefer SAT</p>
<p>I supported it by saying that listening to educational music would instill the info. in the brain and that eating food in class is good for spanish, french, am. history, world history, etc. classes. Argued the counter argue that the rule would be confusing by saying that, if a teacher posts the general classroom rules on the door or wall, students wouldn’t be confused.</p>
<p>I dont get how anyone could have disagreed with the fact that teachers should be allowed to make their own classroom rules. Just because a teacher is able to make their own rules, doesnt mean it will say “you may text in class.” I was thinking more along the lines of eating breakfast during the early hours of the morning, using a phone to research a topic during classwork, etc.</p>
<p>I couldn’t really think of anything (like I said before, I like to use historical references) so I just threw things together and made it work. Probably a 9/10 paper</p>
<p>How does the essay score affect my ACT score? Cause I didn’t register to take it, so is that bad, or what…?</p>