<p>I'm curious. What did you guys write your Oct. 6 essay about? Also, add which topic you had "Identity or (the other one. not sure what it is)"</p>
<p>uhh identity, i wrote about how it must be created. i wrote about odysseus and how he created an identity of a valient soldier through his couragous journey and Carlos Rueda from imagining argentina and how he became known as a brave civilian because of the stories he told.</p>
<p>Originality, Thomas Jefferson and the first handover of 1 political party to another.</p>
<p>Identity. MLK Jr. And Forrest Gump.</p>
<p>Seriously.</p>
<p>i had originality. i wrote about christopher columbus, because it was columbus day that monday, lol, and thats all i could think of. but then i thought of some more examples: watson and crick, and charles darwin. i hope i get at least a ten.</p>
<p>Identity: Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Walden by Thoreau, and a quote from Emerson.</p>
<p>Identity: Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne and Invisible Man by Ellison</p>
<p>Identity: Timothy McVeigh and Joseph Stalin. Dont ask, it made sense at the time</p>
<p>My examples were: Scarlett Letter, MLK, and John Maxwell (writer of a book called "winning with people" used in my leadership class)</p>
<p>Identity: The Great Gatsby and a personal experience</p>
<p>Identity. Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, explaining how everyone's inherent identity of egoism is present at birth, but is also made malleable by society.</p>
<p>I had the essay topic "should we admire heroes or celebrities more?" I talked about Paris Hilton and Princess Diana</p>
<p>Lol I talked about Paris Hilton too. What one of the essay graders is her fan. He would give us a score of at most 2 :D .</p>
<p>haha well nobody else came to mind. I also added Britney Spears. think i'd get another point? lol</p>
<p>Lol...i'm not sure about my essay...I mean, i started out fine...it was going fine. I mentioned nelson mandela in my first example. </p>
<p>But the time was running out...i couldn't really do very well on my other two heros...though i had the info in my head.</p>
<p>Conclusion was rather haphazard too :P</p>
<p>So...let's see...
8 should be a good guess..</p>
<p>Identity and I took a new approach. I let them know I was an adult. Think it will earn me more points? I also, for the first time, took both sides of the argument. I said that some of my identity was given to me by my parents as a child--such as my identity as a Michigander or my identity as a care-giver and oldest sibling. And that other parts of my identity I have chosen for myself as an adult, such as being a teacher and mother (neither of which is true, but I thought I might connect with the reader more that way).</p>
<p>I'll let you know how my experiment worked in 2 days....</p>
<p>haha we should write on the SATs "i have the essay in my head but not enough time to write it down" i bet we'd get perfect scores lolz</p>
<p>I had the celebrity one. Talked about Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Gatsby, and Macbeth.</p>
<p>Clearly went well haha</p>
<p>seems like everybody talked about Paris Hilton eh? it is clearly obvious that being notorious is making people more famous than being great these days..</p>
<p>I spent two hours reviewing every classic I had ever read the night before the test. I ended up only using examples from real life. Post-it notes and Conan O'Brien...</p>