[chrisdsaldivar]

We had this in my school for 8th and 9th grade so 2008-2010. We had to type the essays in class and submit by the end of the hour. I would only get maybe 3 paragraphs in before time was up because I was trying to build a strong argument for the prompts. Despite that I would usually get 3-4/6 and my teacher said she would read the essays and regrade but she never actually did. My friend literally copy and pasted the pledge of allegiance 20-30 times and scored a perfect 6/6. Later we found out if you repeated the words in the writing prompt you would get a guaranteed 5/6 and with a high enough word count you’d get 6/6. The essays were all bullshit and just a way for the teachers to get an extra free period once a week.