The two topics hit me like a brick wall. I just sat there and stared at them, befuddled at what to write about. So I reread the passage again, hoping for something to pop out at me. I needed to get something that would flow, something I could really run with. And I was going to need to if I had a chance of finishing something even remotely close to an essay in time. But I broke eventually; and finally gave in to my fallback. I resorted to writing about farming again, not exactly the most enticing topic I know… I mean, who wants to hear about dirt? I'm still not sure how I feel about the completed product yet. Maybe I can find a better angle next time, a better method of translating all of the complexities of our farm into a neat essay structure. Maybe our example essay will be a good place to try that out.
I had a student once write me twelve essays about his draft horses, his obsession. English teachers always say, 'Write about what you know,' and I have no problem with that advice, though it's not the end of the story either.
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