Essays

[Zeldy]

Ya' gotta hate them, no?
Or are you one of those people who actually do GOOD in them?
Do you leave them until the very last day?
What was the worst essay you ever had?

I decided Id write this thread so I didn't have to continue writing my Catcher in the Rye essay.
The worst essay I ever had was on Sherlock Holme's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" in which I got a D/C so I have to re-do it ;_;

[Roto13]

I love writing essays, actually. :P I'm weird like that. I wrote an essay for a book but the book was canceled. Boo!

[Sergeant Hartman]

That reminds me!

[Chloe.]

I hate essays!

I'm actually writing one right now. I decided to leave it to the last day of half term, as I usually do. It doesn't have to be in till Wednesday anyway, so I might just leave it for tommorow. xD

[Martyr]

I can't say that I like writing essays, but I'm decent at it.

My worst essay was when I was trying to write about Jane Austen.

I can't stand her work. I can't stand her. And, apparently, I cannot back up my hatred in appropriate essay format...

[Zeldy]

I can't stand her work. I can't stand her. And, apparently, I cannot back up my hatred in appropriate essay format...

Exactly my thoughts atm. I cannot stand The Catcher in the Rye and so I have absoloutly no motivation to write three pages on it : D~

[Yeargdribble]

I don't mind essays, and I'd say I'm fair at writing them. I let my opinions seep a lot though. If it's work that I really don't like, I adopt a nasty editorial style.

EDIT: Curious note: Both people who say they dislike essays wrote "essay's" (possessive).

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I am fairly decent at essays. I usually write them last minute and manage to do decent on them.

I tend to hate them when I have a few due at the same time or near the same time as other things like tests.

[Rye]

I'm actually a pretty good essay writer, I think. I'm a procrastinator, so I always hate starting them, but once I get past the intro paragraph, I can write on and on and it's pretty enjoyable. :]

[themagicroundabout]

I'm supposed to be writing one now. It's weeks and weeeeks late. I hate doing essays. Though, when I do do them, I usually get pretty good grades. =]

[Chloe.]

EDIT: Curious note: Both people who say they dislike essays wrote "essay's" (possessive).

Silly me.

This is exactly why I don't like them. xD

[Tavrobel]

Essays are arguments! Therefore, they are gateways to information!

Faulty, most of them, but nonetheless, information!

[Madame Adequate]

I am, as far as I can gather, the best in my class at writing essays, in every single class.

I prefer them greatly to exams and presentations. This does not translate into overtly liking them, but I certainly like them more than the alternatives.

The worst I've got at uni so far is 66, in politics. That's the only one I've got below a 1st, and was still (Again, as far as I'm aware - it's possible other people are doing better and I'm not being told) the best in the class.

I have a 1500 word piece due on the 13th of March, and a 1000 word piece and a 2000 word piece both due at the end of March.

I fully intend to be top of my class upon graduation, and with a double first at that.

[Rye]

I am, as far as I can gather, the best in my class at writing essays, in every single class.

[...]

I fully intend to be top of my class upon graduation, and with a double first at that.

You can do it, Mr. HuxDDD. :]

[XxSephirothxX]

I do not particularly enjoy essays, but there is a certain satisfaction one gains from mercilessly pummeling a topic into submission. Depending on the teacher I am writing for, my essays range from pretty decent to outstanding. In my freshman year of college I don't think I was writing papers much better than I was in AP Lit in high school, but I've gotten considerably better grades.

The comma in the title of this thread is painful.