Essay Requirements Sheet

Instructions: Critically analyze your topic. Since this paper is for an academic audience, pay special attention to your language, word choice, and sentence structure. Use third person only, and do not use contractions in your essay. Use the academic writing guide in your module. I know you will perform well!

Writing Prompt I: John Gatto writes, "Could it be that our schools are designed to make sure not one of them ever really grows up [...] We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to think of "success" as synonymous with, or at least dependent upon, 'schooling,' but historically that isn't true in either an intellectual or a financial sense." 1. What arguments does Gatto make against compulsory education? How is he anti-school but pro-education? 2. Propose specific ways to overhaul secondary education. What should be its premier purpose?

Supporting Evidence: Make sure you incorporate quotations from your primary source and one to two secondary sources in your essay. These sources must be documented within the body of your essay and on a Works CitedLinks to an external site. page. Do not pad your essay with multiple or excessively lengthy quotations. Do not allow your use of quotations to overshadow your own voice. The essay should consist largely of your ideas and assertions. Do not include statistical data or percentages.