Essay Writing

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Subject: Education
Education * at-home * preschool * primary * secondary * college * postgraduate * continuing | College * professors * administrators * buildings * classes * grades *friends * fraternities * sororities | Grades * great emphasis * measure progress * competition * incentive * pressure * memorized * regurgitate | TopicShould the grading system at state universities be abolished? |

Freewriting

Subject: A Memorable Moment

The day I got my driver's license. Cloudy. Raining. Crummy taste in my mouth. Nervous stomach. Sweaty hands.DMV exam room. Crowded. People pushing. Smoking. Stale air. Loud laughter and kids crying. Waiting in line for eternity. Dirty floor, carved up desk tops. Waiting and waiting. Still in line. Candy wrappers on floor. People next to me looked poor. Dirty T-shirts. Foreigners having trouble understanding written test. Lots of luck. Everyone seems older than me. Cop graded written test.Passed. Knew I would. Studied hard for weeks. Only missed two questions. Don't know why, knew the answers. Here, said the cop. Thanks I said. He ignored me, just looked straight ahead. Next, he mumbled. Big beer gut. Gray face. Smoking. More lines. Wait again, again. again. Wait in line for vision test. People loud, rude, nervous in line. Getting angry at waiting. Been here three hous saida scruffy looking kid. Tough. Faceless eye examiner. Passed. Go to the next line. Thank you. No response. Thanks a lot. Still no response. Important moment for me. Must of been for him when he was my ages. Guess he doesn't remember.



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