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daySAT'ESSAYUnau(hon2ecopyingOfreuseotanyParIolthispageisillegalESSAYd)1ESSAYTime25minutesTheessaygivesyouanoppounitytoshowhoweffectivelyyoucandevelopandexpressideas.Youshould,therefore,takecaretodevelopyourpointofview,presentyourideaslogicallyandclearly,anduselanguageprecisely.Youressaymustbewrittenonthelinesprovidedonyouranswersheetyouwillreceivenootherpaperonwhichtowrite.Youwillhaveenoughspaceifyouwriteoneveryline,avoidwidemargins,andkeepyourhandwritingtoareasonablesize.Rememberthatpeoplewhoarenotfamiliarwithyourhandwritingwillreadwhatyouwte.Trytowriteorprintsothatwhatyouarewritingislegibletothosereaders.ImportantReminders:Apencilisrequiredfortheessay.Anessaywrittenininkwi11receiveascoreOfzero.DOnotwriteyouressayinyourtestbook.Youwillreceivecreditonlyforwha(youwriteonyouranswersheet.Anoff-topicessaywillreceiveascoreofzero.Ifyouressaydoesnotreflectyouroriginalandindividualwork,yourtestscoresmaybecanceled.Youhavetwenty-fiveminutestowriteanessayonthetopicassignedbelow.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandtheassignmentbelow.Peopletalktmuchabouttheirfeelings.Theysharetheirdeepestsecretsandinnermostthoughtsontelevisiontalkshows.Iheywriterevealingautobiographies.Theybuybksthatadvise(herntotellothersabout(heirfeelings.WcWoUIdbefarbetteroffifwcfollowedtheadviceofFlorenceNightingale,apioneerinthefieldofnursing,whothoughtthatpeopleloooftenwastetheirfeelingsbytalkingaboutthemandshouldinsteadturntheirfeelingsintoactionsthatbringresults.Assignment:IsitbetterforpeopletoactonIheirfeelingsthantotalkaboutthem?Planandwriteanessayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyourpositionwithreasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservations.BEGINWRITINGYOURESSAYONPAGE2OFTHEANSWERSHEET.Il3fILaW¾/UnauthorizecJcopyingorreuseOt.1.JJ1anyP«toth.spageisegaLIIESSAYTime25minutesTheessaygivesyouanopportunitytoshowhoweffectivelyyoucandevelopandexpressideas.Youshould,therefore,takecaretodevelopyourpointofview,presentyourideaslogicallyandclearly,anduselanguageprecisely.Youressaymustbewrittenonthelinesprovidedonyouranswersheetyouwillreceivenootherpaperonwhichtowrite.Youwillhaveenoughspaceifyouwriteoneveryline,avoidwidemargins,andkeepyourhandwritingtoareasonablesize.Rememberthatpeoplewhoarenotfamiliarwithyourhandwritingwillreadwhatyouwrite.TrytowriteorprintsothatWhalyouarewritingislegibletothosereaders.ImportantReminders:pencilisrequiredfortheessay.Anessaywrittenininkwillreceiveascoreofzero.Donotwriteyouressayinyourtestbook.Youwillreceivecreditonlyforwhatyouwriieonyouranswersheet.Anoff-topicessaywillreceiveascoreofzero.Ifyouressaydoesnotreflectyouroriginalandindividualwork,yourtestscoresmaybecanceled.Youhavetwenty-fiveminutestowriteanessayonthetopicassignedbelow.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedinthefollowingexcerptandheassignmentbelow.Aspeoplebecomemoreknowledgeableandexperienced,theyeventuallyrealizethatcompleteequityandjusticewhetherinpolitics,ineducation,orinday-to-dayeventswillneverreallybeachieved.Evenso,theyareencouragedtocontinuetohopeforandfightforfairness.Butshouldn'tpeopleputtheirenergiestobelteruse?Therewillalwaysbeunfairnessinlife,andbecominganadultmeansfindingwaystomakethebestofthisfact.Assignment:Shouldpeopleacceptunfairnessandfindwaystomakethebestofit?Planandwriteanessayinwhichyoudevelopyourpointofviewonthisissue.Supportyourpositionwithreasoningandexamplestakenfromyourreading,studies,experience,orobservations.BEGINWRITINGYOURESSAYONPAGE2OFTHEANSWERSHEET.中IWAVUna4HhonzedcopyingorreuseoWAI；VX/LUJXI-11ypar*Ofthwpage*s.RegalLUJIESSAYlime25minutesTheessaygivesyouanopportunitytoshowhoweffectivelyyoucandevelopandexpressideas.Youshould,therefore,takecaretodevelopyourpointofview,presentyourideaslogicallyandclearly,anduselanguageprecisely.Youressaymuslbewrittenonthelinesprovidedonyouranswersheetyouwillreceivenootherpaperonwhichtowrite.Youwillhaveenoughspaceifyouwteoneveryline,avoidwidemargins,andkeepyourhandwritingtoareasonablesize.Rememberthatpeoplewhoarenotfamiliarwithyourhandwntingwillreadwhatyouwrite.Trytowriteorprintsothatwhatyouarewritingislegibletothosereaders.ImportantReminders:Apencilisrequiredfortheessay.Anessaywrittenininkwillreceiveascoreofzero.Donotwriteyouressayinyourtestbook.Youwillreceivecreditonlyforwhatyouwriteonyouranswersheet.Anoff-topicessaywillreceiveascoreofzero.Ifyouressaydoesnotreflectyouroriginalandindividualwork,yourtestscoresmaybecanceled.Youhavetwenty-fiveminutestowriteanessayonthetopicassignedbelow.Thinkcarefullyabouttheissuepresentedin(hefollowingexcerptandtheassignmentbelow.Noamountofwealthcanhelphumanitymoveforwardandmakeprogress,evenunderhemanagementofthemostdedicatedandsociallyconsciousworkers.Moneyonlyleadstoselfishnessandbecomesaniesistibletemptationtoitsownerstoabuseit.TheonlythingIhalcanleadpeopletopraiscworhyideasandnobledeedsis(ofollowIheexampleofgreatindividualswhoputOlherfactorsbeforemoney.AdaptedfromAlbertEinsteininAliceCalapricetTheNewQuotableEinsteinAssignment:Doesmoneyleadtoselfishness?PlanandwriteanessayinWhiChyoudevelopyourpointof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