Essay on Sex ... dare to look?

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<p>It’s amusing how so many people get hooked by the word “sex” … Anyway.</p>

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<p>Assignment: Choose one example from personal experience, current events, or history, literature, or any other discipline, and use this example to write an essay in which you agree or disagree with the statement above. Your essay should be specific.</p>

<p>My essay</p>

<p>Last year, our high school was forced to shut down sex education. Though the school board had taken the students’ best interests at heart, parents - who believed they knew better - interfered. They did not approve, arguing that discussing sex openly would arouse ‘unwanted feelings’ in their children.</p>

<p>Well guess what? Those feelings don’t need arousing any more. That had already happened the first time the kid saw Pamela Anderson in Baywatch. In today’s world of Playboy, Eminem, and internet pornography, it is difficult (if not impossible) to conceal you-know-what from kids. And sex education does not encourage sex, but in fact deters it.</p>

<p>Teenage pregnancies, abortions and STDs are on the rise - and it’s not because schools have sex-ed, it’s because they DON’T. In anonymous survey, an astonishing 37% of teenage boys did NOT know how to correctly apply a condom. An even larger fraction was incognizant of the injuries through anal sex! Doesn’t look so good, does it?</p>

<p>The community needs to ask itself: Does sexual illiteracy reduce sexual intercourse? To do that, you’d be better off confiscating that huge stack of porn under your teen’s loose floorboard.</p>

<p>It can thus be inferred that sexual unawareness does not prevent sex, but rather makes it more dangerous. The school board knew this, but rather than place confidence in their carefully-planned decision, the community decided to curb teenagers’ freedom and right to information, ultimately leading to even bigger and unmanageable situations.</p>

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<p>Due to my strong feelings about this topic, I don’t feel I can grade this essay… But I’m severely disturbed by your assertion that “sex education does not encourage sex, but in fact deters it”.</p>

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<p>Well, I should’ve probably included this in my essay. See, without sex education, most teenagers just don’t know the dangers of unsafe sex. They believe it’s just like they would see it in a porn video. Once exposed to what all can go wrong, I’m sure fewer teenagers would consider doing it.</p>

<p>This topic is, undoubtedly, controversial - but I live in India, and I didn’t know what other restrictions are placed on “academic freedom” in the US. Believe me, given the choice, I would NOT choose this topic for my SAT. ;)</p>

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<p>Um…don’t use CAPS in your essays…</p>

<p>It’s also pretty short.</p>

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<p>I know… but I didn’t know what to write. This topic isn’t really for international students. :frowning: </p>

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So would it be better to underline for emphasis?</p>

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<p>Just emphasize with your word choice. Don’t underline or cap.</p>

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<p>I think sex ed is there to promote safe sex practices, instead of detering it. Why would the human race want to stop people from reproducing? </p>

<p>Anyways, I’m not 100% sure you answered the prompt to the best of your ability. </p>

<p>Is this a college supplement? or practice SAT essay?</p>

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<p>It’s in the SAT section. :wink: </p>

<p>OK so maybe ‘deter’ was too strong a word…</p>

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<p>I would not write about something “controversial” on the SAT, even if you are right… you are wrong. These essays are being graded by human beings and if you get someone who disagrees with you (like other posters in this thread) they will be less likely to see the good things in your essay. They aren’t really supposed to be biased but I don’t believe that for a second.</p>

<p>Pick something safe for the SAT.</p>

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<p>Does the SAT still make prompts like those? I’ve never seen a “specific example” prompt before. The only time such prompts were actually used was with the writing SAT II, which no longer exists. Did you get this out of a prep book or out of the Blue Book/QAS?</p>

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<p>Out of a prep book on SAT Essays. So are you telling me these questions are for the OLDER SAT Writing Test? Wow, my life no longer sucks!!! THANK YOU! :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think so. The SAT II Writing test had a whole bunch of ridiculous essay prompts. Some of them would ask you to support one of two contrasting statements, and some would ask you to complete a statement (“The SAT sucks because __________.”)</p>

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<p>Yeah, sex and the SAT, nuh uh. No. Don’t go there.</p>

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<p>Hmmm… I feel stupid. I just checked my book, it was printed in 2004 for the OLD format.</p>

<p>Well, it still has solid prep advice, just not the latest prompts… :/</p>

<p>PS - What’s the smiley for this: :confused:
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