Oliwier Piekut
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Do you think that it is both apt and reasonable for a New York City Public High School to require special needs students who cannot physically do the regular physical education classes requirement to write 8 5-page essays (1 per term) about Sports--which they actually know nothing about because they cannot really play sports (and most especially team sports)--instead? In order for them to be allowed to graduate? (Especially when they haven't had any prior lessons or school instruction of any kind in essay writing either?)

If they are in high school, they have written essay type papers before. That starts in about the third grade.

Every paper I ever wrote was on a subject that I didn't know much about. That's why it's called a research paper.

Is this happening to you?

Oliwier Piekut
Oliwier Piekut voted up Anonymous' answer
Do you think that it is both apt and reasonable for a New York City Public High School to require special needs students who cannot physically do the regular physical education classes requirement to write 8 5-page essays (1 per term) about Sports--which they actually know nothing about because they cannot really play sports (and most especially team sports)--instead? In order for them to be allowed to graduate? (Especially when they haven't had any prior lessons or school instruction of any kind in essay writing either?)

If they are in high school, they have written essay type papers before. That starts in about the third grade.

Every paper I ever wrote was on a subject that I didn't know much about. That's why it's called a research paper.

Is this happening to you?

Oliwier Piekut
Oliwier Piekut voted up Anonymous' answer
Do you think people who ask questions about the Bible are only looking for the answers they WANT to hear or are they open to ALL the Bible has to say regarding the topic of discussion?

If religious people ask Biblical questions (or questions about any religious book or topic)or even if atheists ask questions about Bible (or any other religious book or topic)  I assume they don't really want to hear what you have to say.  They already have an answer or an idea in their head they'd like repeated … Read more