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Old 11-20-2011, 07:02 PM   #1
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Which extended essay did you choose?

Hey y'all!

So I just find it interesting to see what everyone choose as the extended essay prompt. So please, feel free to share which prompt you chose, and if you like, give a little description on how you wrote your essay.

I personally chose the "between living and dreaming" prompt, and approached it from a purely scientific/psychology position.
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Old 11-20-2011, 07:31 PM   #2
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"Time you found something you weren't looking for." I wrote about finding a robin's egg in my yard when I was five and breaking it accidentally.
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Old 11-20-2011, 10:35 PM   #3
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I picked the dream one, and wrote about literally nothing. I was really happy with the finished product but I feel like I didn't really have a strong and direct thesis...
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Old 11-21-2011, 12:11 AM   #4
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I did between living and dreaming, like it seems almost everyone did. I did mine in sort of short story format. It was really like 3 little snapshots into 3 peoples lives.
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Old 11-23-2011, 05:40 AM   #5
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I did the from Play-Doh to Plato one. It's about an aspect of my development and finding my true aspiration.
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Old 11-23-2011, 08:39 AM   #6
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Living and dreaming. I wrote about guessing I have a very limited science background, but I threw in a Schrodinger reference. It is shorter than most, but I think it turned out well.
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Old 11-23-2011, 01:59 PM   #7
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Daughter responded to the from Play-Doh to Plato prompt.
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Old 11-24-2011, 05:09 PM   #8
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I'm torn between playdoh-plato in which I use stream of consciousness and a time I found something I wasn't looking for in which I explain how I concluded there's an order to the universe.
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Old 11-24-2011, 07:01 PM   #9
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I wrote 6 words for the 'reverse psychology' prompt.
You read it right. 6 words.
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Old 11-24-2011, 07:04 PM   #10
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^You might get in on sheer cheek alone...

I did the between living and dreaming one. It's a little over a page, double-spaced...
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Old 11-24-2011, 07:09 PM   #11
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Am I the only one who chose the prompt that allowed you to ask any question!?! I think it was the fifth one...
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Old 11-24-2011, 09:09 PM   #12
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I did pose your own question as well
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Old 11-24-2011, 09:48 PM   #13
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Yup, I made my own question.
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Old 11-25-2011, 01:04 PM   #14
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Am I the only one that did the "unscientific" method?
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Old 11-25-2011, 01:07 PM   #15
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What 6 words did you write?

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