<p>“It is better to be underrated by people thant to be overrated by them.”</p>
<h2>Assignment: What are your thoughts on the statement above? Do you agree or disagree withthe sriter’s assertion? Compose an essay in which you express your views on this topic. Your essay may support, refute, or qualify the view expressed in the statement. What you write, however, must be relevant to the topic under discussion. Additionally, you must support your viewpoint, indicating your reasoning and providing examples based on your studiest and/or experience.</h2>
<p>Some people would much rather be underrated than overrated. Others would prefer the other way around. However, I must agree with the former. To be underrated is a much easier situation to handle because on only had to concentrate on proving his worth.</p>
<p>When people overrate a person, their expectations for him are higher than what he is capable of. The human nature of that person is to not dissapoint others. So the person will work hard on trying to live up to the expectation. At the same time, he or she has to keep up the act. When I traveled to the Philippines a year ago, everyone expected me to be fluent in the main language. It was extremely difficult trying to improve on my speaking skills, while continuing to put up the impression that I was fluent. Ultimately, my theatrics didn’t work, and I ended up disappointing people anyway.</p>
<p>On the other hand, being underrated is much less taxing on a person. His peers expect less than the person’s true ability. The person does not need to worry about keeping up a reputation that they don’t really deserve. instead, the person can focus on raising his expectation level to where it should be.</p>
<h2>Being underrated is much easier to deal with than overration because in order to improve the situation, the underrated person only has to concentrate on proving himself. A person who is overrated will have too much on his plate, and will end up in failure instead of success.</h2>
<p>Notes: Just by retyping it to myself, I know I did an absolutely horrible job. Had I been given more time I probably would’ve changed around a lot of things, if not the entire essay. Unfortunately, I’m not one of those brilliant people who can make things up on the fly. So basically, I know it sucks.</p>
<p>But I’d still like to get some criticism.</p>
<p>What would you have scored it as?
What’s wrong with it?
What should I have done to make it better?
What can I do to make it better?
How the HECK can ANYONE write an essay that provides good examples and still make sense in 25 minutes? Forgive me. 20 minutes</p>
<p>Even if its a harsh, it’ll help me. So comments are appreciated. Thank you! =)</p>