Cleanliness in American Schools
DeAnthony Simmons
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Persuasive Essay Response
Situation: In some countries, students are responsible for the basic daily cleaning of their school buildings. Fifteen minutes are set aside each day for all students to sweep, dust, and clean their classrooms and corridors.
Directions: Think about how you would feel if students were responsible for cleaning your school. Do you agree or disagree that American schools should adopt this policy?
Prompt: Now, write an essay in which you persuade the reader why this is or is not a good idea. Defend your position with specific reasons supported by several detailed examples.
Cans, dust, paper, broken pencils, and sometimes food lurk through out the halls of many
schools. It’s our fault the schools look the way they do. Why not clean it up? Janitors do not get
paid enough like teachers do, the least we could do is make it easier for them. This policy should
be adopted in American school only because it gives a great outlook on our school’s appearance,
it shows appreciation to the janitor’s, and allows us to be self sufficient.
“If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean
Desk?” This quote was spoken by Laurence J. Peter. Our school is like our second home, we’re
there most of the day. When you’re home do you or your parents allow your house to be filled
up with a variety of trash? When people walk or drive pass many different schools they
automatically assume the worst about it when trash is left everywhere. For example, James S.
Rickards High School. When people hear that name you want them to have positive and
outstanding things to say about it. Not “there school grounds are filthy, everywhere you go,
you see trash and other disgusting things laying around”. We as students need to take pride and
joy in the things we utilize. So why not let this policy be accepted in American schools? We
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Persuasive Essay Response
Situation: In some countries, students are responsible for the basic daily cleaning of their school buildings. Fifteen minutes are set aside each day for all students to sweep, dust, and clean their classrooms and corridors.
Directions: Think about how you would feel if students were responsible for cleaning your school. Do you agree or disagree that American schools should adopt this policy?
Prompt: Now, write an essay in which you persuade the reader why this is or is not a good idea. Defend your position with specific reasons supported by several detailed examples.
Cans, dust, paper, broken pencils, and sometimes food lurk through out the halls of many
schools. It’s our fault the schools look the way they do. Why not clean it up? Janitors do not get
paid enough like teachers do, the least we could do is make it easier for them. This policy should
be adopted in American school only because it gives a great outlook on our school’s appearance,
it shows appreciation to the janitor’s, and allows us to be self sufficient.
“If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean
Desk?” This quote was spoken by Laurence J. Peter. Our school is like our second home, we’re
there most of the day. When you’re home do you or your parents allow your house to be filled
up with a variety of trash? When people walk or drive pass many different schools they
automatically assume the worst about it when trash is left everywhere. For example, James S.
Rickards High School. When people hear that name you want them to have positive and
outstanding things to say about it. Not “there school grounds are filthy, everywhere you go,
you see trash and other disgusting things laying around”. We as students need to take pride and
joy in the things we utilize. So why not let this policy be accepted in American schools? We