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When a student graduates from high school, the stress levels go sky-high. The student, their parents, tutors, college admission counselors, teachers… everyone is focused on that big envelope that's about to arrive.

Your students can think of hundreds of reasons to avoid writing a paper you assign. It seems impossible for you to explain why academic writing skills are important for their future in any profession. However, you also need to make an attempt to understand them.

"When a student graduates from high school, the stress levels go sky-high. The student, their parents, tutors, college admission counselors, teachers… everyone is focused on that big envelope that's about to arrive. "

Students can approach the essay writing process with enthusiasm, but usually lose their interest somewhere along the way.

"H. L. Mencken, a famous American essayist, journalist and satirist, wrote that "the aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality" (1924)."

"Thousands of high school seniors are thrilled to get into a new phase of their lives, but they are also worried about the process of college admissions. Having a high GPA and doing well on the SAT is not enough; the students have to submit flawless college applications as well."

"It doesn't matter how much practice you have with essay writing; there is always space for refinement as long as you are committed to become a more productive and persuasive writer. College and university professors emphasize academic writing as an essential skill that all successful students should obtain. "