How to 'Think Outside the Box'?

achiever900
Mon, 09 Jun 2014 23:56:47 +0000

Hello everyone! I am taking the June ACT this weekend and I needed some help with the essay portion. Generally, I believe that I do not have a ‘creative’ mind in a sense that the it is hard for me to think of ideas relating to the prompt. The only prompt that I truly know ‘something’ about is the debate of school uniforms ( because I personally deal with that issue everyday ). Obviously, the ACT isn’t going to use that prompt anymore. Simply put my question is: How do you guys think of ‘outside the box responses’ to topics that you aren’t generally familiar with everyday?

Some examples are:
Whether a teenager should be required to maintain a C average in school before receiving driver’s license?

Whether students should be required to complete a certain number of community service hours prior to graduation?

Whether high schools should create separate classrooms for male and female students in subjects such as mathematics and science?

How would you guys go about writing to prompts like these? Thanks for your responses in advance! :)