If you looked at the catagorie this is in, you would notice that this is a required piece. This does not come from the heart, so it will not be fun to read. It will be monotonous, and you can blame my teacher.

Forcing a kid to write something that they don’t care about is dumb. If they aren’t inspired by a topic, then they aren’t going to be able to produce an essay worth the paper it’s written on. It’s because of “guidelines” that so many potentially brilliant writers are made to hate their could have been skill.
No one ever had a problem with Mark Twain’s writing just because it wasn’t an expository piece. The best writing never is assigned to a person, because that is limiting. How is the child to produce a new and creative piece if he can’t choose how to write his own story?
His own story!
So teachers, next time you have an assignment, don’t shun the next Mark Twain. Stop the madness, and let the poor children choose what they want to write. Not what you think is best.
Let us be free.