也开始动手写SAT Essay了--请大家指正

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Anger is an emotion common to all human beings. Laurence J. Peter said, "Speak when you are angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret." On the other hand, Malcolm X had a different point of view about anger claiming, "Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when people get angry, they bring about a change."
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          Maybe anger has two sides, like a coin?
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Assignment: How do you feel about the idea that anger can be both a positive or negative force depending upon how it is used? 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.
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7 F  R' d$ a. L! @: xAnger indeed has two sides, an interesting emotion that can bring forth beneficial change or fearful destruction. Anger, like all other emotions, can affect a person’s action both positively and negatively. Anger is uncontrollable force experienced by an individual when enraged, which causes people to lose their control of emotions and go on a rampage. Anger for sure, affects every normal human being, which in turn causes a ripple effect around our environment.

Upon first thought, anger is a negative emotion to many of us. Anger causes us to mess things up most of the time, for we may completely lose control of ourselves. A truly enraged person goes on wild fury and may reveal the beast within, doing things that we regret for life. Thus for us normal people, managing our anger and prevent the negative emotion from bringing us out of control is vital.

However, I believe that managing anger and turning the tide against us to reap benefits, making full exploitation out of a distressful situation. I see that there is a positive side to anger, as any emotion cannot be hundred-percent. For human’s emotions are complicated, as we many experience several emotions at the same time, sometimes feeling both a sense of happiness and regret. I think that anger can be stopped from building up into negative actions and be turned into a positive morale booster.

$ T, T" v6 B3 ~; S. m& hAnger is an aggressor that pokes on our inner soul, which can indeed bring out an unbelievable surge of energy when managed well, propelling us forward to reach unachievable heights. I feel that anger is one of the most interesting emotions, and it definitely not totally negative. For example in battle, anger and fury will boost a warrior’s strength, enabling him to go into a rampage and attain immense strength to slay strong enemies. When facing our nemesis, anger becomes an extremely powerful boost to our strength, which may enable us to go through dire situations. When facing a hopeless situation, anger may let us discover our inner strength and unleash all our abilities. Losing our primary senses in life and death situations can be the important factor to our survival. Thus anger, when provoked at dire situations, can be a survival skill. For example in ancient Rome, criminals on death row are made to fight against other criminals for survival. These gladiators, if without anger, may not lose pity and will definitely end up losing their lives. Anger here in this situation, is seen to be the utmost useful skill, rather than a negative emotion.

Anger, at surface value, is a scary emotion which people avoid. However, if managed properly, anger is able to bring out our warrior’s might that lies beneath us, even in the seeming weakest people.
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[ 本帖最后由 topgoer 于 2008-10-30 13:17 编辑 ]

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Some people believe that there is only one foolproof plan, perfect solution, or correct interpretation. But nothing is ever that simple. For better or worse, for every so-called final answer there is another way of seeing things. There always a “however.”

Assignment: Is there always another explanation or another point of view? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning an example taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
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2 F2 W" [6 `* ]  R2 yThere are two sides of a coin and there is always a “however”.
& B+ L- Y' h& pEvery situation has its pros and cons, its benefits and drawbacks. This principle applies to everyday life. Compelling examples drawn from our life supports this thesis.

) n% P+ H( h, b- C9 cPolitics is an interesting field where there is never an absolute explanation or point of view. Simply looking at surface value, we see the proposition and opposition, the radical parties against the conservative parties. As we see here, all ideas are objective and there is no right or wrong,. Especially in political situations, there is no definite party or candidate, where the winner of an election is all up to voter’s decision.

Taking a look at our studies and various disciplines, we will find that there is always no explanation to the arts. When we look at a particular artwork or even a piece of literature, we will come up with different interpretations. There are various aspects of life and different interpretations are always welcomed. For the simple fact that for most things in life, there is no 100%. For example, there are no 100% alcoholic drinks and even a cup of orange juice which is too concentrated will probably make you throw up. People have different set of values, which is the major reason why there are often no definite explanation or views to life’s situations.
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Even in the seemingly "objective" scientific disciplines, I can say that there will always be differing points of views. Though many argue that scientific theories and math formulas are definite, we will find whole new interesting stories when we look at what really happens before a scientific theory is proven. For example, the basic Earth that we are living in was once a square as defined by Aristotle. Before Galileo proved the Earth to be round, different versions and ideas about the Earth are present. Furthermore, there is Einstein’s Relativity against Newton’s Quantum Mechanics. Thus for both the material world and secular world, there is always other explanation and point of view.
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) n. S- b6 L- w  \4 K6 \) G8 lAll in all, when we enquire further into a matter, we will always find the other side of the coin. Being too straightforward and steadfast in our life will reap no benefit. We people should be versatile and embrace changes, accepting the explanation that suits our taste and benefits us most Thus we know deep in our hearts, there is always a “however” and there can never be definite explanation to many things in life.

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RE#17
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ESSAY不是说明文，童鞋，例子要具体！要具体！！说明的东西再第一段有就足够了，后面2~3段是表明态度的地方，不要重复去ANGER IS。。。 ANGER IS。。。中心句1~2句足矣，其他全来写例子。

; `; h7 l$ ]6 ]+ Z& U% N0 i- m! B另外，字数跟结构好多了，继续努力！

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谢谢点评！我以后尽量都加具体例子。

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Epictetus, who lived from 55 AD-135AD, claimed, "Only the educated are free." Just under 2,000 years later Benjamin Franklin, one of the most influential founding fathers of America, said, "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
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8 Q% A) `% |; [" a% a0 n          Unfortunately, many people are still dropping out of high school and not pursuing a college degree. Maybe these great thinkers were wrong?
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* z( ]) W7 F, D! a) EAssignment: How do you feel about the idea that education is not necessarily as important as the two people mentioned in the passage above claim it to be? 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.

* G) D  X1 n3 m( KTo most of us, education once we learn how to speak, going to college, is a natural routine for our early years of life. For me, I also uphold the belief that education is of utmost importance, as its truly considered a basic part of our lives. We start acquiring knowledge since we are born, For most of us to make a living in society, we surely do need to go through basic education to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.

Dropping out school is surely an undesirable action to make, for ‘dropping out’ has the stereotypical negative associations. Many people classify a dropout as ‘bad’ or simply a failure, who may have fallen into gangs or be associated with vices in the outside world. It is a sad fact that most dropouts do become corrupted, most joining gangs or become drug addicts. For this is truly worrying situation in society nowadays, as we do see more and more youths wandering about the streets, getting involved in gang fights or like we always see in newspapers, ‘teenage drug addict sent in for rehabilitation’.

However, I would like to look at the other side of the coin and point out that not all school dropouts are lousy. Some dropouts quit school for positive purposes, to pursuer their dreams or to further studies in a specific profession that they are really talented in, which cannot be studied deeply in school. There are lots of examples of school dropouts that become famous great achievers in their profession. For singing, there is the Canadian singer, Avril Lavinge, who drooped out of school and made her first album when she was only 14. Now she is one of the most successful young singers, well-liked by many. Even Bill Gates is a Harvard School dropout, and look, what is he now? For mind-sports, like weiqi, Children do not even go to school at all. For example in China, kids learning weiqi go to weiqi schools at the tender age of five, without attending primary education. These children only fall back on their only profession – weiqi.
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4 k+ m! C' U; u+ u% m2 x' aThus, dropouts are not necessary bad, AS long as we have a positive cause, dropping out of school to pursue our dreams that we really believe we are going to succeed in is something that should not be detested. For those who are unsure, I suggest that we should stick to education, as this is the basic thing to rely on.


这一篇多写了些，超时7分钟！

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To most of us, education once we learn how to speak, till going to college, is a natural routine
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