<p>Thank you for all the compliments, everyone! I really appreciate it! 
Nice, Harrovian, very interesting.</p>
<p>And Brielle11 and Debater1996, I’m sure you’re just being overly pessimistic with yourselves. </p>
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<p>You’re right, of course. But the graders typically spend ~2 minutes per essay, according to my prep books. If my handwriting is illegible, it’s possible that they’d give up trying to read it after a few minutes and give me a zero, or a one, or something similar. </p>
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<p>I’ll try that, thanks. The sample here was done in a bit of a hurry, so perhaps I can try that while writing slowly. </p>
<p>I don’t believe I’ve even heard of Montessori, let alone attending it. A Google search revealed that it’s both a school and a type of education. What are you referring to here? I’m curious.</p>