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D.A.R.E. Essay
Essay Grade: 75%   (770 words, approx. 3 pages)
The D.A.R.E. program has taught me different skills to help me make healthy choices and to say no to drugs.
Dad
Essay Grade: 78%   (684 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay discusses my personal feelings regarding my father.
Dangers of Railroad Crossings
Essay Grade: 81%   (258 words, approx. 1 pages)
This essay warns about the dangers of railroad crossings to cars and pedestrians. It includes safety tips and advice.
Dare Essay
Essay Grade: 86%   (346 words, approx. 1 pages)
The DARE program has taught me a lot about resisting peer pressure, drugs, and making good choices. DARE has taught me about drugs and how they are bad for your body so that I will not do drugs. I learned that you shouldn't do drugs because you can die from them and they mess up your brain and body. Also to stay healthy and say no if somebody asks me to do drugs and what I should do. I feel the DARE is an enjoyable and fun program that is also very useful throughout and life and I think every school should have DARE.

Dare Essay
Essay Grade: 88%   (448 words, approx. 2 pages)
DARE has taught me a lot about how to resist drugs, alcohol, and peer pressure. These are choices that all of us will face sometime in our lives. Drugs can affect our brain and bodies horribly they can even kill us.
Darkness at Noon and the Ideology of Communism
Essay Grade: 83%   (375 words, approx. 1 pages)
Discusses the novel Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. Examines how communism plays a major part in the plot of the novel, which is set at the time of the Soviet Union, during the 1930's- after the Russian Revolution- when communism was at it's peak.
Dartmouth College
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,235 words, approx. 4 pages)
Essay describes my visit to Dartmouth College.
David Lurie's Worshipping of Eros in J.m Coetzee's "Disgrace"
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,611 words, approx. 5 pages)
David Lurie's worshipping of Eros keeps him from recognizing the guilt of his actions and he uses his beliefs to justify his bad behavior throughout Disgrace. His beliefs help him to defend his approach to attaining personal satisfaction, sexual release, autonomy and passion.
Dear Diary
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,159 words, approx. 4 pages)
Essay describes a haunting memory of my past.
Dear Rebecca
Essay Grade: 75%   (480 words, approx. 2 pages)
Imagine writing a letter to the character Rebecca from the book Tebecca About the House, explaining. explain what you have done to Manderly and why, knowing of the character of Mrs. Danvers and of the strange relationship between her and Rebecca.
Death and Its Inevitability!
Essay Grade: 86%   (3,625 words, approx. 12 pages)
Three short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, namely: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845), The Masque of the Red Death (1842) and The Tell-Tale Heart (1843); have quite a lot in common. But the 3 outstanding points about them are that, they are of the same genre of gothic and horror, they are all narrated by an unknown individual, and they all share the same mystical properties. Edgar Allen Poe
Death Can Change Us
Essay Grade: 78%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Elie Wiesel's book Night shows how the experience of death can change a person. In the book, Wiesel recounts his changes in one fateful year as a result of his exposure to death in the Holocaust, for which he would never be the same. Once a very religious, innocent, and scared boy, he became in that one year a disturbed man without God in his life.
Death of a Salesman
Essay Grade: 87%   (664 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay analyzes Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman."
Death of a Salesman: a Criticism of the American Dream
Essay Grade: 83%   (924 words, approx. 3 pages)
Death of a Salesman is a true and intelligent criticism of the American Dream. Willy Loman's dreams are unattainable, thus pointing out that the American dream can be insurmountable for many people. The Loman's displays of dishonesty and immorality prove that the American Dream can often diminish any respectable values an individual may have.
Death Penalty
Essay Grade: 83%   (756 words, approx. 3 pages)
In H.L. Mencken's essay "The Penalty of Death" an essay in favor of the death penalty. Mencken's essay creates controversy because of his opinion and humor of capital punishment. The death penalty to Mencken is acceptable punishment also described as katharsis; katharsis is "salubrious discharge of emotions, a healthy letting of steam." Mencken bothered with the process of America putting off the punishment for a number of years.
DeathWatch
Essay Grade: 84%   (551 words, approx. 2 pages)
About DeathWatch by Robb White - The Nature of Man.
Deception and Exploitation in Advertising
Essay Grade: 96%   (436 words, approx. 2 pages)
Advertisers use despicable tactics to sell products. They deceive consumers and play on their emotions and insecurities. It's the buyer's responsibility to investigate the product and its claims.
Dedication
Essay Grade: 90%   (661 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay describes the definition of a hero. Also discusses people such as Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer and how they possessed the traits of a hero.
Defining American Character
Essay Grade: 88%   (3,033 words, approx. 10 pages)
A personal essay explaining what constitutes American character. Considers personality traits shared by many Americans. Provides biographical information on prominent Americans and explores how they embody elements of the American character.
Definition Essay for Fear
Essay Grade: 75%   (396 words, approx. 1 pages)
Fear

Fear is the sweat dripping down your face as you walk along through the woods. Fear is the anxiety of waiting for your report card, so you can grab it first rather then your parents. Fear is all the sharks swimming freely in the ocean while you are scuba diving. Fear is "a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the existence or presence of danger,." A disturbance when danger is around or when you experience jeopardy, you yourself are worried for your well-being and comfort. Fear is a negative emotional state that is a state of mind.

Definition of a Friend
Essay Grade: 85%   (444 words, approx. 2 pages)
This essay attemptas to define exactly what constitutes a friend.
Destination Gloom
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,234 words, approx. 4 pages)
Life can hold only few certainties and traveling to find yourself are one of the few things we can count on. "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of a man who on his own journey learned to see only evil within people. Young Goodman Brown is an example to us all about what can happen when we give up believing in people.
Destruction or Extinction
Essay Grade: 80%   (326 words, approx. 1 pages)
A personal essay on a personal tragedy and something that I wish I could possess a better understanding.
Developing Effective Writing Skills
Essay Grade: 78%   (610 words, approx. 2 pages)
Describes problems with writing effective essays. Details poor writing habits which can lead to low essay writing grades.
Developing Technology
Essay Grade: 81%   (575 words, approx. 2 pages)
New technologies are changing our world. Last year it was surveyed and found that in our world there are more computers in the city of New York than there are in the whole continent of Africa, but is this development making our world better or worse?
Developmental Analysis: There Are No Children Here
Essay Grade: 78%   (776 words, approx. 3 pages)
There are many children in the world today. Depending on how they are raised and what living conditions they live in, each individual child develops differently. In the case of Pharaoh, he grows up in Henry Horner, a housing project in Chicago. During these times of hardship, we see Pharaoh persevere and go against the inevitable fate the children living in Henry Horner go through.
Dial 911: Society Is Committing Suicide
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,769 words, approx. 6 pages)
Examines violence in media and society. Discusses rising incidents of school violence. Debates whether modern mainstream media is to blame.
Difficulty of Transcribing Notes
Essay Grade: 83%   (336 words, approx. 1 pages)
Describes the problem many students have taking notes in class and while reading books. Argues that reading shouldn't require physical tools like writing does, other than the book and memory you shouldn't need anything. Provides suggestions to students struggling with note taking.
Dinnertime
Essay Grade: 80%   (363 words, approx. 1 pages)
This essay describes a meal in a home with several children. It is a short narrative written from a teen girl's point of view.
Disaster Relief for People and Their Pets
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,795 words, approx. 6 pages)
Many people fail to understand or realize the fact that many people and pets still don't have a place to live as a result of recent natural disasters in Louisiana and elsewhere. Because shelters are overpopulated, many pets of disaster victims still need a permanent place to live.
Discerning Truth from Falsehood
Essay Grade: 90%   (1,213 words, approx. 4 pages)
Examines the process by which a character determines what is reality and what is an illusion in the two works "Paradise Lost" and "Tartuffe."
Discipline: The Wrong Answer
Essay Grade: 87%   (474 words, approx. 2 pages)
This essay is about what I am against and it deals with privileges being taken away before we, as juniors in high school, have gotten them.
Discrimination
Essay Grade: 88%   (510 words, approx. 2 pages)
Examines the issue of discrimination and that of reverse discrimination. Argues that discrimination is still a highly ignored problem in today's schools. Explores how teenagers can handle discrimination.
Discrimination
Essay Grade: 83%   (777 words, approx. 3 pages)
The American-Islamic community became a major target of discrimination after September 11, 2001. Americans have felt uneasy and in danger when coming across a Muslim. Many Americans have come to the conclusion that every Muslim is a terrorist.
Discuss Iago's plans is he a good strategician or a desperate opportunist?
Essay Grade: 95%   (1,158 words, approx. 4 pages)
Othello
Shakespeare
Discuss the concept of change in society using texts of your own choosing.
Essay Grade: 86%   (947 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay is about the concept of change using the following texts:
  • Gwen Harwood; "In the park" and "Father and Child: Barnowl and Nightfall"
  • John Hughes; "The Breakfast Club"
  • Worinski Brothers; "The Matrix"
  • Miroslav Holub; "The Door"
  • Robert Frost; "Road Not Taken"
as examples.
Discuss the Dream in 'of Mice and Men'
Essay Grade: 75%   (589 words, approx. 2 pages)
Although loneliness, dreams and inequality are major themes in John Steinbeck's literary classic Of Mice and Men the one that is most important to people is friendship so that they don't become 'mean' and bitter. This novella is similar to Harry Potter because in both books there are good friendships.
Disko Troop Characterization
Essay Grade: 86%   (837 words, approx. 3 pages)
Of the many characters in Captains Courageous, one, by the name of Disko Troop, is revealed to the reader by Kipling, as an extraordinary spirit aboard the We're Here. His personality does not fail to propel the story and raise an eyebrow as one's eyes skim through the pages.
Disparity in Canada
Essay Grade: 81%   (734 words, approx. 2 pages)
Should the federal government in Canada continue to try to eliminate economic disparity? The answer is no, because the government's efforts in this area have failed even to reduce regional disparity, and in fact increased the level of disparity instead.
Do New Technological Devices Enrich People's Lives or Clutter Them?
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,617 words, approx. 5 pages)
Technology is the practical application of knowledge, which has slowly urbanized over the years in hopes of improving people's everyday lives. Is technology for better or for worse? Do new technological devices enrich our lives or make us busier? Although the latest technology benefits us by performing tasks quickly and efficiently, at the same time, such gadgets result in shunning the rest of the world. Analyzing laptops, MP3 players, and cell phones may help to determine a general conclusion about technology and if whether changes in society have improved us humans.
Do People Have the Right to Read Anything and Everything, or Should There Be Certain Restrictions?
Essay Grade: 75%   (448 words, approx. 2 pages)
A personal opinion in favor of the use of reading restrictions and censorship in society. The reasons in support of this opinion include protection of an individual's privacy to common courtesy.
Do We Need The Pledge of Allegiance?
Essay Grade: 78%   (484 words, approx. 2 pages)
The Pledge of Allegiance is a hypocritical tool of propaganda. It is no longer essential in our society, nor is it respected or recited with the same significance as it once had.
Does People's Appearance Show Their Personality?
Essay Grade: 81%   (204 words, approx. 1 pages)
Gives many reasons why judging people because of their clothes or hairstyles is often inaccurate and wrong.
Does Petrus Embody the Transition South Africa Is Making between Apartheid and Democracy?
Essay Grade: 86%   (2,758 words, approx. 9 pages)
In "Disgrace" by J.M. Coetzee, Petrus can be seen as an apparently peripheral figure in the novel because of his position society and because he only has tenuous links with the protagonist, David Lurie. Nevertheless he is without doubt the character most central to our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa, as he is the character who clashes the European idealised David Lurie.
Dogs are the Best Pets
Essay Grade: 81%   (426 words, approx. 1 pages)
The different tasks dogs can be trained to do.
Doing Community Service
Essay Grade: 81%   (320 words, approx. 1 pages)
Doing community service does more than enable you to give back to those who gave to you. In the process, community service shows the good side of people, and it can change the way you behave towards other people.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Essay Grade: 75%   (391 words, approx. 1 pages)
A figure from Edinburgh called Decon Brodie is like Jekyll and Hyde, a respectable person by day and a thief by night. This gave Stevenson the idea of different people in personality and actions but not in appearance.
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
Essay Grade: 75%   (909 words, approx. 3 pages)
Essay provides a discussion about Dr. Frances Cress Welsing.
Dragons
Essay Grade: 87%   (438 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay provides a discusiion about the mythical creatures of dragons.
Dream Awake
Essay Grade: 91%   (919 words, approx. 3 pages)
Becoming a teacher personal essay
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