Should've posted this yesterday

But I didn't, so whatever. I'm talking/posting about it now, aren't I? Don't worry, it's nothing big. A... mini-rant? I dunno.

Anyways, recently I had to write a very stupid essay about challenging authority. It was one of those stupid ones with one submit and the people who run the district will be reading it. Now, with a title like Challenging Authority, I thought it'd be asking about a time I had stood up against an adult.

WRONG.

It asked about a book I've read with a character that challenged authority. How interesting.

So, the whole time I was writing this thing I was thinking mostly about my intro and my conclusion paragraphs, and how they were related to me, not some fictional character. The conclusion didn't make much sense because it asked what my choice reveals about me. To be honest, I chose some character at random, so I had no fucking idea how to answer that question. So, I decided that I'd write something about what I'll do next time the district gives us a stupid prompt. I guess it made a tiny bit of sense, but whatever, as long as the school district people get the message, I'm okay with my conclusion paragraph.

I now present to you my essay:

"Challenging authority means standing up against someone who has power over you, no matter the consequence. Right now I would absolutely love to defy authority and simply write about how stupid this My Access prompt is and attempt to find out whoever it was that thought of it, but seeing as how I am apparently putting my favorite teacher's job at risk by doing that, I am going to be a good little student and follow the essay prompt.

I read a book recently called "Chain Mail: Addicted to You". I don't exactly remember the author's name because it's a Japanese book that's been translated to English, but I do know that it's a very, very, VERY good book. There are four main characters in the story (none of them have ever met though), and all of them are going through the average teenage angst and such throughout the story. One of the characters that I am particularly fond of is named Mayumi, a girl who's best friend is not only a badmitton champion, but also the only reason Mayumi got into a very good school, Nihon Joshi.

Throughout most of the story Mayumi is running around running errands not only for her friend, but her friend's team mates and Coach Nakazawa, a very ill-tempered man who dislikes Mayumi because she didn't get into the school by herself. It takes awhile for Mayumi to finally go against Nakazawa's authority, but once she does, the image of how she did it is still implanted on my brain, replaying itself over and over again. He's yelling at her for taking a long time to fill out an order for seven badmitton uniforms, and another coach arrives telling her she can be the errand runner for their team instead. Coach Nakazawa is glad to be rid of her, but Mayumi is very loyal to her friend, and doesn't want to switch teams. The part about this that really makes me fond of Mayumi is how she stands up to him. She doesn't suck it up and deal with it, she doesn't wait until he's walking away to say "no", and she doesn't yell at him. Without a word, she simply drops the uniforms, and runs.

I know what you're probably thinking: "How is running away standing up to someone?" Well, I have an answer: Mayumi had been saying nothing but "yes sir" to him everytime Nakazawa told her something, but when he and the other coach were snapping at each other about her, she remained silent. Partly out of being speechless, and partly out of not having anything to say. So, she ran. True she said what she wanted to only after she got far away from them, but running is sometimes one of those things that doesn't need words or reason. It's just something you need to do.

Mayumi is a very brave girl for running away from Nakazawa and standing up for not taking his crap anymore. What does my choice reveal about me? Well, maybe someday I'll write a full essay in MyAccess that has nothing to do with the prompt, and instead I'll write about how I dislike it and why anyone needs to know about the information asked for."

I hit that stupid little submit button, skipped over proof-reading and pushed "Final Submit", and I couldn't believe my holistic score.

4.9

Just .1 shy from being in the advanced range, all because of some grammar and spelling errors and such.

But of course what MyAccess rates me doesn't matter, what does matter is whatever the hell I get for a final grade. Whether it's good or bad, I'll be fine with it: I was able to speak my mind a little bit and the beginning and end, so who gives a shit about what grade I get? As long as my English teacher doesn't get fired, I'm content with how this essay turned out.

How about you peoples? What do you think about it?