Five Paragraph Essay: Fantastic or Formulaic?By Maria MahaffeyI distinctly remember my 9th grade semester long composition course with Mrs. Russell. I remember my frustration and disdain at having to spend the better part of four months learning how to write. After all, had I not been writing since about the second grade? If I had been taught properly all the preceding years, why would I suddenly need an entire semester long class to teach me what I was sure I already knew? To make matters worse, as the child of two European educated parents, I was introduced to the Cartesian method of writing with a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis method with no specific, predetermined number of paragraphs. |
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Student VoicesLyingBy Jessica Lari, Student Lying is like an addiction But lying is as pointless as it gets Lying is like a dance You can keep dancing if you can keep up with the steps Lying is as complicated as a game Sometimes you just don’t know how to play Lying is like a way to manipulate someone Lying is as addicting as a drug And sometimes I have to lie But I hate being lied to. |
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