Barry Said:

Persuasive Essay Ideas?

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The rules being that what is brought on school grounds is strictly controlled, I am also in favor of locker searches. If a student has something in their locker that embarasses them, I'll put money on that they shouldn't have it in school.

Against locker searches, it is an invasion of privacy, and a student may have something personal that is revealed and they are mocked for.

Honestly, though, I am ALL in favor.

Kevin Said:

Help with my persuasive essay!?

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I think the reason your teacher wants your thesis to be stronger is that you don't give a compelling (=persuasive) argument. Stating that you believe it's right is not enough to convince me, the reader, esp. when you begin with saying that I may agree or not. The object in persuasive essay is to convince the reader to to see it your way. In your thesis you just tell me that you believe that students should (...) but not why.

I would start off by listing pros and cons (reasons) for your homework thesis and whichever side gives you more reasons (agree or disagree) should be the one you choose for your essay.

Pros:
If you study 1 hr daily... you won't have to study for hours on the weekend to keep up or before an exam.
... then you'll find it easier to keep up in class.
...you'll be prepared for class and can ask specific questions on things you did not understand there.
Cons:
... you have one hour less to play video game and it will take you longer to get to the next level....

Something like that.

Based on that you take your strongest argument and phrase it in an intresting or provocative sentence for your hook. For example, "how studying 1 hr daily can get you a car..." or something like that. And then after you've given your reasons in your essay you close the loop by pointing out that studying gets you A-s and A-s make your parents happy and happy parents buy you a car as a reward.

The main point of the essay is to persuade me, the reader, to agree with your points and to make strong arguments for your point.

ETA: All three of your pros are good starting points. Just give a few examples for them and you're good to go.

Ellen Said:

I need ideas for an essay!?

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Teen Rights (Age for Rights)
NO Rights to Bear Arms
Hate Crimes

All ones I got an A on (:

Edwin Said:

What is the prompt for the UCAS personal statement for applying as an undergraduate to a British university?

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i answered this question to someone who is planning to study RE, so I'm just going to copy and paste.

The most generic structure for a personal statement is:

Paragraph one: about you as a person and introduction to why you want to study the course, for example RE

Paragraph 2: thorough explanation as to why you are motivated to study the course. You want to convince the admissions tutor that you're the right person for their course. You should understand that there is a set number of students that each uni takes for every course. Say for example, for the unis you're applying to one might only take 300 students for the RE course yearly. Your job with the personal statement is to convince the admissions tutors that you are one of those 300 students, in fact you're number one of the 300 students. In paragraph 2, show your enthusiasm for the course, your drive as to why you want to study RE. Remember not to mention the names of any unis in your PS because you are sending one PS to 5 unis or 4 in some cases. You don't want an admissions tutor in Kent university reading, "I believe that Nottingham is the university for me because...".

Moving on, Paragraph 3: this should contain any relevant work experiences or shadowing you have done to show your dedication to the course you want to study. Any research or relevant activities, conferences, you have taken part in to show you are very much interested in the course. For example you might have been involved in an essay writing competition where you came out 3rd or 2nd or 1st or 6th or...so on. You don't have to come out first position to include this in your personal statement. The fact that you took time out to be part of this essay competition and did research shows a bit of dedication on your part.

Paragraph 4: this should be a conclusion of everything you have written and you want to write something that would stick with the admissions tutor, like why they would be making a big mistake if they didn't pick you for the course(obviously you should not write "you would be making a big mistake if you don't pick me because...", you want to rephrase that) Explain to them why you would be an asset rather than a liability to the university.

And just replying to your statement "It's more creative writing than a persuasive essay" Darling i don't know about the states but in this country it's PERSUASIVE writing. You want to blow your horn as loud as you can because there are thousands of people who apply for as little as 300 places available for any given course. Look at it like this, for a home student, there are 6000 people applying for 290 places on offer for a given course, you are not going to get in by writing a creative essay. You are not going to get in by saying "I deserve to get a place at your uni because it is my dream to study so and so" very creative that is, but it is also the dream of 6000 other candidates to study that same course at that same uni. For you, you have a harder job, because every uni has a limited space for international students, and it's never any more than 10 places. So you are competing with maybe 500-1000(or even more) other students from other countries around the world, for 10 places. I'm hoping you're getting the gist of this? You basically have to show yourself off in that statement, because if you're not invited for an interview, that is the only way they would be able to get a feel of the kind of person you are. And the admissions tutors are normally the university teachers, so as they read your personal statement, they are weighing up the likeness of whether they would like to have a student like yourself in their class.

Sean Said:

Persuasive essay help?

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its an invasion of the privacy of the students
it violates students' rights
it causes students to lose trust in the safety of their lockers