Persuasive Essay

This is my response to this situation.

In effort to save money, your local school board is considering getting rid of elective subjects, such as art, band, and auto mechanics. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to a school board member stating you positions and supporting it with convincing reasons. Be sure to be able to explain your position in detail. (Just in case you are wondering, this is not true. This is just an assignment in Mr. Thompson's class.)


Dear School board,



Picture a school with a lot of different types of classes. As you walk through the hall ways you see students creating masterpieces, fixing cars, creating beautiful music. Now picture a school with just the basic classes like the following: Math, English, and Science. The students are taking test, listening to lectures, or in some cases sleeping. The students just enjoy classes like that and if that is all there was, school would be pretty boring and people would fail more often. If I had a school like that I would never pay attention.

I enjoy school. I like having to go to different classes and participating in their activities that they have, but if all my classes were just the basics I know I would hate it. Students like me would not enjoy school. It would be way boring because you would have no “easy” or “fun” classes. Students need a break to just do what they want. I am not saying that they should just goof around; I am saying that they should be able to take a class that they enjoy. Taking away those classes would make me not want to come to school because it is so boring, so then I would fail.

Students don’t pay attention as much to classes like Math, English, or Science, but they pay attention to classes that they choose and actually like. The more you pay attention to classes the more you will study. The more you study the better chance you will do good in the class. There fore if you do well in you classes you will more likely get an A and so on. Doing well in school is important to a student. It helps them in the future get a better job in life.

So in conclusion, I think that we should still have elective classes, rather than just the basics. Students will do better in class and will enjoy it. They would do better in life and get a better job. They will want to come to class more often. So, it you take those elective classes away students will more likely do the exact opposite of what was just said.

So what did you think? Did it persuasive you to keep the classes? Leave a comment telling me what you thought and how I can improve this essay. Also if you want to respond to this question go right ahead. Once you answered it let me know and I would like to read it.