To have your favorite one-paragraph or five-paragraph essay appear in this section, you will need to do the following:
      1. Submit your essay to me. You can hand me a copy in class or you can send it to me by e-mail. (Hint: if your paper received an "A" in my writing class, I would probably consider it good enough to be included in the Hall of Fame.) If you are not enrolled in one of my writing classes, but simply want to see your words in print, go right ahead and submit something by e-mail.
      2. Include your full name, the name of the high school you graduated from, and the year you graduated. (If you have a G.E.D., then simply say what year you got your G.E.D.)
      3. Mister O reserves the right to make final decisions about whose essays will appear on this site.
      4. Mister O reserves the right to make minor editorial changes in the essays submitted.

      Now, to take a look at what actual students are actually writing, just sample the links below!

      1. Why the Fourth of July Still Depresses Me by Janice McNair, Woodlawn High School, class of 1993.

      2. A Frightening Tale by Marcus Latimore, Woodlawn High School, class of 2002.

      3. Grandma Gone Crazy by Jonathan Wise, Reformed Heritage Academy, class of 2002.

      4. How Agent Orange Ruined A Good Marine by Donna Furtado, Oceanside High School (California), class of 1971.

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