Hi! I just wrote an SSAT Essay in 25 minutes, will you review it for me and give advice?

Here is the topic: Every student should be required to complete 60 hours of community service during his or her high school years. Do you agree or disagree?

Growing up, my parents have taught my brother and I to take care of the community we were raised in. I know firsthand how noble service ship can change your life. Acts of service give you a purpose beyond education and social media.

In recent years, school boards have been reiterating an additional graduation requirement; that every eligible student must be required to complete 60 hours of community service. Noble service ship means that it should be done out of the kindness of your heart, instead of policy.

One of the biggest issues with forcing someone to do something, is that they do it out of spite. Anything that is done out of spite is done halfheartedly, and not out of true compassion.

Another major factor to understand is that hundreds of kids are bogged down by classwork and familial responsibilities, and they often find no time to commit to service. Others simply do not have a guardian or means to drive them to activities outside of school. So, while most students are willing to give back to their community, they simply do not have the time or ability to do so.

Answer:

First off, you are an excellent writer! Below are my suggestions and changes made to your essay. I have rephrased your sentences and points.

Please Note: I am in middle school so my corrections may not be the best.

Happy learning!

--Applepi101

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Community Service: Making it Voluntary

Written by: _________

Growing up, my parents have taught my brother and I to give back to the community we grew up in. This was seen as a "wholesome act" or "doing good" for the area around us, but forcing adolescents to perform these noble services is not at all seen as something worthwhile, but a burden and a chore in order for kids to pass high school. I believe that students should not be required to complete 60 hours of community service, but instead do it out of their heart, instead of making it a policy.

People frequently compare community service as a punishment, as it is given to small-time offenders as an alternative to extended jail time, but with familial responsibilities and classwork, community service is a way for students to hassle at the last minute while trying to find ways to get their diploma. Some high schools give awards and certificates to those who have committed to a cause for helping the community, but now we have the issue of competition to see who can get the most community and volunteer hours.

Instead of being done for the goodness of others, it's being done for selfish reasons, or reasons targeted toward the one person who is trying to get the award. This completely changes the meaning of "community" service hours and contradicts the reasons high schools want to require community service or volunteer hours. This is usually meant to bring students together, give people an opportunity to gain social skills and find their interests in specific career fields, and we should make this voluntary, because we are now giving schools the power to determine what exactly community service is.

This brings me to my final point of what exactly is considered community service. Is babysitting a sibling or friend's child considered community service if that student may be interested in the childcare field? Community service should have no limitations of what is considered a good deed and therefore should not be mandatory.

To summarize my statement, community service should be voluntary for these points - while most students are willing to give back to their community, they simply do not have the time or ability to do so(familial responsibilities), no interest, and finally, simply doing this out of the kindness in your heart.

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For a woolly mammoth in the ice ages, these tusks were particularly important

How does this contribute to the central idea of the passage?

A) It identifies the hardships that led to the mammoth's extinction
B)It demonstrates mammothes were abale to adapt to Ice Age conditions
C)It shows how mammoths are similar to modern day elephants
D) It discovers a discovery scientists made by studying the Jakarov Mammoth

The National Enquirer:
https://www.nationalenquirer.com/
Select one:
O a. Credible
O b. Not credible

Which of the following sentences correctly uses words or numerals to express numbers?
O Margaret grew up in the 40's.
O 525 people came to see the play this evening.
O The meeting starts at one o'clock.
We have two hundred and twenty four employees.

What best expresses the main idea of the passage

i. Your pronunciation is not so good
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1. Metre is the unit of _________

2. 1 kg of rice is weighed by__________​

Which of the following is the most accurate way to describe search engines?

Search engines are tools that help you _____ .

navigate databases to locate information

find the right browser to use for research

sort research information at news websites

decide which keywords to use

1. Listen! I _________________ (think) someone _________________ (knock) at the door.

PLEASE HELP!!! BEST ANSWER GETS BRAINLIEST!!
For this assessment, you must demonstrate your understanding of conflict in Act III of Romeo and Juliet by identifying passages from the play that illustrate two different types of conflict.

Select one of the following characters:

Juliet
Mercutio
Tybalt
Capulet
Nurse
Once you have selected a character, look at the script for Act III. Find passages that you believe accurately portray the character's conflicts.

Identify whether these conflicts are Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Nature, or Man vs. Self. Explain your answer using proper spelling and grammar.
(All I need is two conflicts for one character with an explanation. )

GIVING BRAINLIEST!!!

Which best supports the sentence?

In the novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis created a world that was a metaphor for Christianity.

1. C. S. Lewis wrote many books, in addition to the Chronicles of Narnia.
2. In the novel, Aslan, the lion, symbolizes Jesus in power, love, and sacrifice.
3. Other novels like Pilgrims Progress are also intriguing.
4. Novels often include imagery and figurative language.

She said, "pavan will come today"​

Elaborate on the central idea about social classes that Countee Cullen depicts in his poem "For a Lady I Know." Provide textual evidence for your answer.

Are the phrases “very interesting”and”consuming” synonymous

they could not decide which one they like and ....... the and they didn't brother​

EXERCISE 1
Write the words similar in meaning to the following:
1. little
2.circular
3.salute
4.truthful
5.clean
6. difficult
7. holiday
8. under
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In a poetry workshop, which statement would be an appropriate comment about the metaphors in a poem?

None of the metaphors make any sense to me.

It might work better to stick with one metaphor.

You should probably avoid trying to use metaphors.

I was completely confused by all of those metaphors.

Click to read the passage from The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Then
answer the question.
Which excerpt from the passage best contributes to the tension?
A. That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his
transformation.
B. saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the
wallpaper
C. "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist.
D. Gregor was shut out from his mother, who, because of him, might
be near to death.

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

If that voice sounds true, don't thank me. Thank that great horned owl. (Or perhaps it was not an owl after all?) And thank the children, my own and others, who have never forgotten that a good story can be true. For they understand that the power of imagination is truly the power of creation.

Which of the following thoughts is expressed implicitly in the paragraph?

The author does not think that stories are real.
The author wants to thank his children for Merlin's voice.
The author does not believe he thought of Merlin's voice on his own.
The author wants the reader to listen to horned owls.

please answer this question​

I need help with this


this is my first time using this app so I posted a picture i dont know if its going to appear ​

What does a reader learn about a story by its tone?
A. The time and place in which a story occurs
B. The events that occur in a story
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C. The story's overall mood
D. The character who tells a story

It is important to understand the plot events in the order that they occur in a story.
Reread lines 55 - 80.
Question
Put the plot events in order as they happened in the tale.
The king condemns the knight to
Choose...
die
The knight attacks the maiden.
Choose..
A knight sees a maiden walking
ahead of him
Choose...
Choose
The queen asks the king to spare
the knight's life and grant her
authority over him
Submit

Which of the following shows strong characterization?
A. Paul hated his job. He worked in a dimly lit office in a tiny cubical. His job was the same as everyone else’s in the office, going through lines of codes looking for errors. No one talked to each other; they just sat and suffered in silence.
B. Andre touched the scar over his eye. He gained that scar three years ago protecting the king. Tonight, he will gladly gain some more. For the good of the country he loved so much, he was willing to endure any scar, or much worse.
C. The twins, Ian and Alex were identical. They looked the same. They sounded the same. They did the same things. They even thought the same things.
D. John woke up at the sound of the alarm. He got out of bed and headed to work, where he sat in traffic. There was nothing special about his car as opposed to the ones around him. So it was quite surprised it was his that was abducted by aliens.

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(ILL GIVE BRAINLIEST PLZ HELP T^T)
What is one of the criticisms of Reality TV, according to the article “To Tell the Truth”?

a. It represents only a small number of Americans.

b. It encourages people to disconnect from reality.

c. It’s less realistic than it pretends to be.

d. It is far too violent for most audiences.

i can do it. change into interrogative​

PLEASE HELP! NEED THIS ASAP!
Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince.

There are, for example, the Spartans and the Romans. The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as Pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the Florentines.

What text evidence supports Machiavelli’s primary purpose to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it? Select three options.

A. the list of cities Rome and Sparta conquered
B. the portrayal of Greece as being held by Sparta
C. the explanation of how Rome held Capua, Carthage, and Numantia
D. the description of liberty as a rallying cry for rebellion in former republics
E. the example of the Florentines losing control over Pisa

A supporting sentence _____.

A concludes a paragraph by restating the main idea
B introduces a new main idea into a paragraph
C transitions ideas from one paragraph to the next
D develops, supports, or explains the main idea of a paragraph
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I. . Write the correct forms of the words on brackets to complete the sentences.
1. The Japanese eat ____ , so they live for a long time .( HEALTH )
2. I think staying at home all day is __________ because I don't know what to do. ( BORE )
3 . Many people do volunteer work because it can make a _________ in their community. ( DIFFER )
4. . The people in the country are _________________ than the people in the city. ( FRIEND )
5.. The water puppetry is performed ____________ in a pool. ( beauty)
6. “Earth Song” is one of his most ____________ songs. (success)
7. It is a pleasure to watch a _________________ performance. ( music)
8.Who is your favourite _____? (sing)
9. It is a good idea to help ________ people in the Philippines. (home)
.10. My aunt lives in one of the most ______________ parts in Paris.(FASHION)

WHAT IS THE RIGHT

Adverbial Clauses Of Concession

Although i study very much...

A.I always get bad grades.
B.I'm always the best student.
C.I'm the most intelligent in my class
D.No wrong.