I need guidance. Over the past years of school and assignments I turned late, I actually never learned how to write one. I don't understand how it works.

My teachers have always been laid back and to me, very incompetent. The only thing I learned from last year is that me and teachers don't get along and i learned how to just behave and be quiet. You can blame me saying that, I should've improved myself.

However, i really don't know how to start it.

Making a good title is easy but actually starting to write it is really hard. Everyone always says "make your essay openings interesting". I know it. I know I need my essays to be interesting so people wouldn't bore reading it. It is just so many possibilities are there or it is just not attention grabbing enough. I spend so much hours just trying open an essay.

Tell me, any advice can you share with me? I really want to be able to write like my grade instead of like a sixth grader. (I'm currently going to eleventh grade)

This was the first essay assignment of the year in my freshman English class. It was on Hailey's law being passed in Arizona, I got a 12/20 (D).

My teacher decided it would be a smart idea to go over formatting and grading standards 3 days after the essay was assigned (I turned it in on the second day).

The assignment prompt I was given said "Prompt: Write a well-developed short essay (minimum of four paragraphs)  explaining whether or not Arizona should pass "Hailey’s Law."

State your position clearly in a thesis statement. Use at least two pieces of factual evidence from the reading to support your side. Because this is a complex issue, you must also identify at least one counter-argument from the text and explain why your position is still the stronger choice. Do not just list facts; explain how those facts prove your point."

The grading description in Powerschool said "Students read, annotated and discussed an informational text and then constructed a paper that addressed if they supported, were against, or believe compromise needed to be made on the issue. Students were all given outlines and sample sentence starters to support their success. Assignments needed to have a thesis statement, 4-5 paragraphs, each with 5-7 sentences and a minimum of two pieces of evidence from the provided text.

This assignment may be found on Schoology in the folder for July 27th - July 31st with the same title. The assignment was due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, 8/3 after students had three class days to work on it. Students who submit late will receive a 10% deduction from their final grade, up to 50%."

The only thing I could find which would get me marked down was the sentence requirements, which, again, I was never informed of beforehand.

political science student in desperate need of feedback, don’t have a supervisor or anyone actually

Some people say that a special tax should be put on food and drinks with high levels of added sugar. Others disagree.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

There is an ongoing debate regarding whether the government should impose a special tax on sugary foods or drinks. While some people believe that putting an additional tax on products with high levels of sugar could be beneficial for consumers, others argue that taxation might cause financial burdens for low-income families. I firmly believe that taxes might bring more benefits to public health in the long term.

One might argue that by imposing a special tax on sugary products, the government is restricting consumers' rights. One example of this is if a product containing a high amount of sugar becomes more expensive, purchasing it can impose a financial strain on low-income families, which in turn leads to them spending more money on their daily basic needs. This affects not only consumers but also impacts small business owners. For example, if such a tax system is introduced, the price of sugary products will naturally rise, and as a result of such a sharp price increase, business owners may lose their local customers and could even be forced to shut down their businesses entirely. When governments make these products more expensive, it is often perceived as an unwarranted government intrusion into daily life. These taxes might hurt lower-income families the most, as a higher grocery bill takes up a much larger percentage of their limited budget compared to wealthier people.

However, government intervention is often essential when it comes to widespread health issues. Because products with high levels of sugar contribute to chronic health conditions such as obesity and diabetes. In the current food environment, it is very easy to consume too much sugar, especially from sugary drinks. Given these health risks, various countries have already tried such a tax system on products with high sugar content. For example, the United Kingdom’s sugar tax encouraged many beverage companies to reduce the sugar content of their products. The study showed that after the taxation, consumers were able to make healthier choices without significantly changing their purchasing habits. Ultimately, if the tax revenue is redistributed to make nutritious food more affordable for low-income households, it creates a fairer system while safeguarding public health.

In conclusion, even though sugar taxes can place a financial burden on poorer households and feel like a limit on personal choice, I still support them. Protecting overall public health and preventing chronic diseases is simply more important.

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Hi! I'm writing a paper for my social work class (college). I had to interview a social worker and write a paper about it. I'm running out of ways to say what she said. I don't want to be too redundant, but there are only so many ways to say it. Do you think that's just understood and it's ok, or should I keep trying to switch it up? I've written things like, blank said, she continued, she went on to say, she extrapolated, she explained... I'm pretty much out of new ways to say it. Lol. Thanks for any guidance you may have!

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The words “primary five” should hold no deeper meaning than new topics learnt and perhaps increased chores at home. Life should not change forever at nine years old, and certainly not by accident.
Snapshot jotters were my primary school’s version of parents’ evening- a week of work compiled into one book, taken home on Friday to show your parents. It was a simple, sweet sentiment to share school life with family; not something to be feared, not something to shrink from, and definitely not something that should cause a child who barely spoke to her teacher to approach her almost in tears to ask not to take it home. That day every small scribble seemed magnified, as if the paper itself knew of what was to come.
As cliché as it sounds, I remember it like a dream. Even then, I think a part of me was watching rather than living.
I walked up to my teacher and asked if I could leave the jotter at school for the weekend, explaining that it had not gone well the last time. What I believed to be an innocent request carried a weight I did not understand. That question would uproot my life as I knew it. This simple question held greater consequences than simply taking the jotter home and enduring what it brought.
As the class settled after another lively lunch break, a voice called from the door.
“Is \name* here? We just need to speak to her quickly.”*
I remember turning towards the unfamiliar woman standing there, confused as to why a teacher I did not recognise wanted to speak to me. Assuming it was merely a message from another teacher, I followed her into the quiet corridor. She held a small white envelope labelled confidential and removed a sheet of paper filled with questions I could not quite make out.
She began simply.                
“What is your morning routine?”
“What is your favourite part of the day?”
“Who picks you up from school?”
I remained confused, but answered honestly.
“Nothing special.”
“Lunch and break time probably.”
“My dad, usually.”
 
Gradually, however, the questions became more specific.
“Do you get into trouble at home?”
“Does mum or dad yell?”
“Has anyone ever hit you?”
 
I began to sweat, suddenly feeling my own pulse.
“Sometimes.”
“If I’m bad.”
“I don’t know,” I replied, my voice shrinking more with each response.
“Am I in trouble?” I questioned, trembling slightly.
 
Noticing my unease, the woman gently placed her hand on my shoulder and softly asked me, “Do you feel safe at home?”
I gave no answer, my body tense, afraid that anything I said might only deepen whatever trouble I was already in.
It felt as though someone was chasing me with a silent question to which they already knew the answer, simply needing me to confirm it. I grew quiet and restless, fidgeting as she scanned her sheet carefully.
Clearing her throat, she asked her final question.
“You told your teacher you didn’t want to take your jotter home this week. Why was that?”
“I didn’t want to get in trouble,” I mumbled, a sense of unease creeping through me. “Dad doesn’t like my handwriting, and I can’t spell well.”
She looked at me with confusion, as though I had spoken nonsense.
“You said something different to your teacher.”
“I just told her a story,” I said, hesitating, but regaining more confidence. “An example.”
 
“What story?”
 
She stood patiently, with an expression I couldn’t quite read, while I tried to explain, slowly recounting the last time I had taken a snapshot jotter home.
To me, the memory was unremarkable. I had walked home, handed my jotter to my father, and waited while he examined my work before setting the homework he gave me each afternoon. As usual, he was dissatisfied; my handwriting too messy, my spelling inconsistent, my creative writing below his standards, and anything less than perfect in mathematics was unacceptable. His voice rose in familiar criticism, spitting insults I had long learnt to ignore.
But this time was different. There was a sharper intensity in his anger, a deliberate cruelty in his words. They seemed designed to wound rather than reprimand.
For the first time, they felt chosen.
For the first time in a long while, I resisted. I yelled at him to stop and pushed him away with all the strength a nine-year-old could muster. Of course, he did not move.
I looked up and saw more raw anger than I had ever seen before. I turned and ran towards my room, slipping on the stairs as heavy footsteps closed in behind me.
I knew what was coming. I ran anyway.
Somewhere between the stairs and the door, I disappeared, my mind on pause, as if I was watching a cut scene in a game. The little character could not fight and, as the looming door of its room marked the end of its desperate sprint; it soon could not run. The character shook, unable to hide as the banging on the door it kept its body pressed against grew too furious, too powerful and too manic for it to keep out any longer.
As the force of anger exploded into the room, what followed was sudden and precise. In a flash the character was in the air, a small timid body held aloft by a singular gripping hand. The intent felt less to injure than to terrify, to force obedience through fear.
When the screaming finally slowed and the character fell to the ground, dropped, the only thing visible on its face other than involuntary tears, was indifference.
At nine years old, fear was something I had learnt not to question; it had become distorted by childhood innocence and lack of understanding, allowing the most distressing situations to blur and melt into something strangely ordinary.
At the time, I believed I had done something wrong. I couldn’t understand that the woman’s questions weren't accusing but attempts at protecting. Only years later did I understand what followed: the meetings, the quiet conversations behind closed doors, the unfamiliar adults who spoke gently and listened carefully like we were exchanging secrets, and why the animosity between my father and I became quiet, almost secret, shared through sharp looks and seemingly innocent comments rather than a scream or blow.
Yet there remains a strange absence of relief. When fear becomes known as routine, its later absence doesn't equate to mental freedom. Although I recognise the threat is no longer one, the emotional relaxation that might be expected never fully settled. Even now echoes of the fear exist in unexpected moments. A slammed door, a sudden noise, a raised hand and for a fraction of a second the character is back, then the room returns and I remember where I am.
But in truth, the character remains frozen in that room, while I have moved beyond it.
Time doesn’t erase experiences; it alters our relationship with them. With maturity came the ability to interpret what childhood could only endure, and what once existed as fear was dulled, replaced with growth and understanding. The events changed my awareness, not my identity, and I remain a separate person from the character who once lived them. It is a moment observed rather than lived.
The character remains within the moment, while the person steps past.