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PLEASE GRADE THIS PRACTICE SAT ESSAY FOR ME Question: Do you agree with the statement that figures of authority tend to abuse their power? Government entities and rulers of the general population consistently mark history with periods of unrestrained, unc...

17 years ago

Question: What must we do to understand ourselves? Time Limit-25 minutes (handwritten) Please grade this based on this rubric--- blog. eprep. com /2006 /12/04 /sat-essay-rubric Human nature is nothing like an open book. It works in mysterious ways, solely...

17 years ago

Question: Is honesty always the best policy? Of the widely accepted list of human virtues, many consider honesty to be the prevalent one. It is considered to be a necessary component of any respected person's personality. Yet literature has shown that thi...

17 years ago

Please grade according to the SAT Rubric. Question: Do you agree that persistence is a major factor in success? And that talent genius and education play, at best, secondary roles? Beijing has had the honor to be the first city in china to ever hold the s...

17 years ago

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."---Bill Cosby Question: Is trying to please people a way to achieve success or a rout to failure? Human natures does not allow for consensus upon all matters in life. W...

17 years ago

Question: Is censorship sometimes justified? At the start of every TV show here in the United States, a giant box displaying a couple of letters in bold print who up on the upper left hand corner of the screen. This serves as a warning to wary parents of...

17 years ago

Question: Is it better to be underrated or overrated? Society's expectation of an individual can many times be the key to their demise or success. The underrated player may rise up to prove everyone wrong, while the overrated might collapse under pressure...

17 years ago

Question: Is failure a part of the path to success? Failure isn't a consequence that is looked forward to by many. As dreaded as it may be, failure can many=a=times bring out the best in people and drive them to success. I firmly believe that failure is a...

17 years ago

Many persons believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past, repress it, and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view. They see old memories as a chance to reckon with the past and integrate past and...

17 years ago

Topic: At a recent conference on global issues, several panels debated possible solutions to problems facing the world today. There is no consensus on the solutions or even on the nature of the problems. Some considered nuclear proliferation to be the mos...

17 years ago

I did exactly what I was told to do, I started from scratch. Any better? Topic: At a recent conference on global issues, several panels debated possible solutions to problems facing the world today. There is no consensus on the solutions or even on the na...

17 years ago

Assignment: Should we wait for good things to come, or is destiny not something we can wait for? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, stud...

17 years ago

Assignment: Does having courage mean that we have no fear, or that we act despite being afraid? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on these issues. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, stu...

17 years ago

The only way for a woman, as for a man, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own in a job that she can take seriously as party of a life plan, work in which she can grow as part of society. There is no other way. -Adapted from Betty Fri...

17 years ago

A society composed of men and women who are not bound by convention—in other words, they do not act according to what others say or do—is far more lively than one in which all people behave alike. When each person's character is developed individually and...

17 years ago

The media not only transmit information and culture, they also decide what information is important. In that way, they help to shape culture and values. Adapted from Alison Bernstein Assignment: Do newspapers, magazines, television, radio, movies, the Int...

17 years ago

What are some good books to read in preparation for the SAT essay?

17 years ago

It is often the case that revealing the complete truth may bring trouble—discomfort, embarrassment, sadness, or even harm—to oneself or to another person. In these circumstances, it is better not to express our real thoughts and feelings. Whether or not w...

17 years ago

Traditionally, the term "heroism" has been applied to those who have braved physically danger to defend a cause or to protect others. But one of the most feared dangers people face is that of disapproval by their family, peers, or community. Sometimes act...

17 years ago

Directions: Politicians and government leaders often use the expression that "the ends always justify the means" to justify actions they deem essential to achieving certain results, such as going to war in order to preserve peace. Assignment: Do the ends...

17 years ago

Here's my thesis for an essay on the Scarlet Letter. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne creates Pearl as an allegory of Hester Prynne’s anima, a character foil unrestricted by circumstantial limits aggrandized by Hawthorne’s use of Pea...

16 years ago

Is compromise always the best way to resolve a conflict? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. Throug...

16 years ago

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. In many circumstances, optimism—the expectation that one's ideas and plans will always turn out for the best—is unwarranted. In these situations what is needed is...

16 years ago

REFORMATTED Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. In many circumstances, optimism—the expectation that one's ideas and plans will always turn out for the best—is unwarranted. In these situations what...

16 years ago

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. On the surface, censorship seems objectionable because it limits our freedom. But all societies need to suppress or restrict information that is offensive or pote...

16 years ago

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Independent people—those who rely on themselves rather than on others—get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their efforts wi...

16 years ago

Reposted for a numerical grade. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Independent people—those who rely on themselves rather than on others—get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent...

16 years ago

Most people underestimate their own abilities. They tend to remember their failures more vividly than their successes, and for this reason they have unrealistically low expectations about what they are capable of. Those individuals who distinguish themsel...

16 years ago

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. --G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) Assignment: Are people held back by their adherence to the beliefs of the majority or doing things...

16 years ago

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. The history of human achievement is filled with stories of people who persevere, refusing to give up in the struggle to meet their goals. Artists and scientists,...

16 years ago

How many grams of KOH must be dissolved in one litre of solution to give it a pH value of 12?

14 years ago

Find the strength of 2.45 gm of (H2SO4) in 250 ml of the sol.

14 years ago

Ph of a sol. Containing 3.2 gm of hcl dissolved in 1 litre of water.

14 years ago

Calculate [H+], [OH-] & ph of strong acids strong base.

14 years ago

The velocity acquired by a body moving with uniform acceleration is 12m/sin 2 s and 18m/s in 4s. Find the initial velocity of the body?

14 years ago

Critique my thesis please? Sartre uses the ideas he lays out in “Self-Deception” in his short story “The Wall” to establish the connection between bad faith and living toward death, and to reject the Freudian notion of the unconscious in favor of the idea...

12 years ago

Two cylindrical conductors with equal cross sections but different resistivities are put end-to-end. Find the magnitude of the charge that accumulates at the boundary between the conductors if a current I=100A flows in the wires. The wires are made of alu...

12 years ago

You are a maker of hot air balloons and wish to construct a balloon that will lift you and a friend to places unknown. Your standard balloon design is a perfectly spherical, nylon fabric balloon with a small hole on the bottom for the burner that heats th...

12 years ago

The magician, The Great Ziginy, is planning his next world tour. He knows a total of 7 different illusions but he only has time to perform 4 of them at any show. The Great Ziggy does not want any two of his shows to be identical, so they cannot contain th...

12 years ago

A ball of mass 0.1 is thrown against a wall. It strikes the wall normally with a velocity of 30 meter per second and rebounds with a velocity of 20 m/s. Calculate the change in momentum of the ball.

9 years ago

A body is projected vertically upward with a speed of 40 m/s. Find the distance travelled by the body in the last sec of the upward journey taking g = 9.8m/s

8 years ago

A particle start moving with acceleration 2m/s^2.Distance covered by it in 5th half sec is?

8 years ago

If velocity of electron 3000000 m/s having uncertainity 0.1% calculate the uncertainity of momentum

7 years ago

Na2So4+Hg(NO3)2 balance equation and find the spectator ion

6 years ago

Two 6-sided fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers on the dice will not be 9?

4 years ago

Answers

The following answers were posted by visitors named Sahil.

To recognize your true self, you need to push yourself to your limits. That's the premise of this entire essay, though not explicitly stated (which means a lower score), I still answered the question.

17 years ago

Thank you bob and Writeacher Government entities and rulers of the general population consistently mark history with periods of unrestrained, unchecked and abusive reigns. Literature has reflected this belief in many works. I believe that many authority f...

17 years ago

Thank you!

17 years ago

Pythagorean theorem a^2 + b^2 = c^2 a and b are the legs of the triangle, c is the side opposite the right angle (the hypotenuse).

17 years ago

Well, this is all true, but all I need is a grade based on the SAT rubric disregarding the factual accuracy of whatever is written. (This is supposed to be considered the first draft of an essay and graded with that in mind).

There are enough grammatical and structural errors to give this a 4?

Is this better? Conclusion Edit: As I climb up the ladder of life, I can look down at my past and understand the mistakes I committed. Working on these follies and moving along with my strengths , I give myself the better shot at success. Accepting the pa...

17 years ago

Thank you!

17 years ago

Thank you! But can you please give me a numerical grade too?

17 years ago

Thank you!!!

17 years ago

Thank you! What else should be in my essay to get the 6? Once I know exactly what I lack, I'll watch out for those errors when I write more essays.

17 years ago

I'll accept that the above sentence may be awkward, but is the third paragraph really that bad? And should the few grammatical errors I made impact my grade as much as they did?

Thank you. Ms.Sue? Writeacher? Bobpursley? Gurublue? anyone?

17 years ago

Thank you!

17 years ago

What could I have done to improve this to a 6?

17 years ago

Cool. Thanks!

17 years ago

Anyone? By the way, please ignore all of the spelling errors. They are just typos I made while copying this from what I hand wrote.

17 years ago

It was done in 25 minutes. Probably the best essay I've ever written for the SAT. Thank you!

17 years ago

Thank you everyone. As for typos, the spelling errors are non-existent on the actual essay. The grammar errors are existent in both. I'm thankful that I'm not married yet. Teen children...that seems daunting. What could I have done to make this a 6?

16 years ago

Grade please?

16 years ago

I scored it myself, but I was just hoping that someone else could give me a numerical grade. Anyone?

16 years ago

Thank you!

16 years ago

Thank you GuruBlue and Sam. A numerical grade por favor?

16 years ago

Thank you!

16 years ago

The Ancient Greeks were admired for their contribution to Western culture, science, and math, but many of the theories proposed were wrong. One of the most famous of these is Aristotle’s theory of spontaneous generation. It proposed the spontaneous creati...

16 years ago

For some reason, I can't post my entire essay. Let me try again. Having been an avid problem solver since my early year, I frequently enter math competitions hosted at my school. Usually achieving first place, I enjoy the challenge. My success isn’t exact...

16 years ago

My debate career has become an experiment in and of itself. In policy debate, it is highly believed that one must go to debate camp over the summer in order to achieve any degree of success the following season. The summer between my novice and JV year, I...

16 years ago

Sometimes, a fresh perspective on things is all it takes to clear the air. If it weren’t for someone who realized that the sun doesn’t revolve around the Earth, we may have never proceeded to achieve the level of success the human race has reached. Going...

16 years ago

In Kesey’s, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the main character, Randle McMurphy encounters failures different from Edison’s. Admitted into a mental institution, McMurphy faces the wrath of the Big Nurse. She is the evil antagonist, predetermined to make...

16 years ago

Though I have never had to face the wrath of an authority such as the Big Nurse, as a debater, I have been subjected to the hierarchical structure of the debate community. It is widely accepted that in order for one to be able to success in policy debate,...

16 years ago

Using failure as a stepping-stone to success is a necessary skill that enhances one ability to move forward. In order to reach the “light” at the end of the tunnel, Edison had to overcome the problems he faced, an early signal of success itself. Through M...

16 years ago

1) Both assets and SE go up as cash goes to the company and more shares are bought. 2) Cash $120,000 Stocks issued on par $24,000 Gain on c/s $96,000

14 years ago

Thank you!

12 years ago

it is not 14 it is 1/4

12 years ago

it is the wrong answer

12 years ago

Given, diameter = 3m So radius = 3/2 m Rate at which air is pumped is 25/7 liter per second Volume of tank = 2/3 πr^3 = 99/14m^3 =99000/14 liters Since 1 liter of air can be pumped in 7/25 sec Therefore , 99000/14 liter of air can be pumped in 7/25×99000/...

8 years ago

as v=o and u=20m/s so by using equation v^2-u^2 = 2as , 0^2- 20^2 = 2(-10)s= 400/20=20 m/s

8 years ago

Wind

7 years ago

621 hi hoga aur sun be www.jiskha .com answer nhi aata to mat bana Samjha ki samjhaye

Thankyou for helping.

3 years ago