The one thing that I have always hated the most about going to school was the essay writing. It is so time consuming and I don’t see what we learn from doing it. I learn a whole lot more when I study for an exam than I do when I write an essay.

I asked my English teacher about it one day and she suggested that we would remember more of our coursework if we wrote essays about it. I had my doubts, but I figured she would know what she was talking about. I decided that I would wait for my final and find out where I had gained the most knowledge.

Amazingly enough, I did much better on the sections of the exam in which I had studied for previous exams than I did on the parts of the exam for which I wrote essays. This just went on to prove my point that essay writing is a waste of time.