SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
1. The Best Kind of Teacher11. Thinking for One's Self2. The Most Helpful Subjects12. 60% or 100%3. The Value of Marks13. Serious Reading4. Study and Play14. Pleasure Seeking5. What Promotion Means15. Character Training6. Mistaken Kindness16. The Value of Hard Work7. The Passing Mark17. Discipline8. Scholarship in My School18. Faithfulness in Work9. The Purposes of Study19. Real Success in Life10. The School Course20. “Cramming.”
1. The Best Kind of Teacher11. Thinking for One's Self2. The Most Helpful Subjects12. 60% or 100%3. The Value of Marks13. Serious Reading4. Study and Play14. Pleasure Seeking5. What Promotion Means15. Character Training6. Mistaken Kindness16. The Value of Hard Work7. The Passing Mark17. Discipline8. Scholarship in My School18. Faithfulness in Work9. The Purposes of Study19. Real Success in Life10. The School Course20. “Cramming.”
Plan to emphasize some original phrasing like “Coddling in School and College.” Use familiar words that every one will understand but use them in some new relation.
Make your essay point at a really serious fault that will be worthy of attack. Do not go into details, but make your writing represent your honest opinion.
Use expressions that will represent you, and that will make your essay personal in nature. Notice how Mr. Canby makes use of such words as “wobble,” “sloppy,” “half-baked,” “coddle,” “cram” and “white.” Notice, too, how many conversational short sentences Mr. Canby uses. His essay is like a vigorous talk. Make your own essay equally personal and equally vigorous.