Award Winning Essays in High School Won't Stand in 2024
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When I was in high school, I won writing awards, two years in a row, in the personal essay category. I wrote about issues I believed needed to be discussed and offered an alternative view on whether I though things have gone too far. The school I went to was (and still is, to this day) more “progressive” and “politically correct,” especially for a more “traditional” private school. However, what wrote, one year on conservativism and the following on my version of feminism (or perhaps it was the other way around - I have to check the yearbooks, where they were published, to make sure) would likely be thrown out, perhaps even leading me to be disciplined/suspended/expelled.
Award Winning Essays in High School Won't Stand in 2024
Award Winning Essays in High School Won't…
Award Winning Essays in High School Won't Stand in 2024
When I was in high school, I won writing awards, two years in a row, in the personal essay category. I wrote about issues I believed needed to be discussed and offered an alternative view on whether I though things have gone too far. The school I went to was (and still is, to this day) more “progressive” and “politically correct,” especially for a more “traditional” private school. However, what wrote, one year on conservativism and the following on my version of feminism (or perhaps it was the other way around - I have to check the yearbooks, where they were published, to make sure) would likely be thrown out, perhaps even leading me to be disciplined/suspended/expelled.