Earlier I had do some state testing, where I had to write an argumentative essay about diet soda vs regular soda, and it had gotten explained to me that I was not allowed to take the side of soda was generally bad for you, even though I could make a valid essay, and rebuttal. I found this to be unfair, given that I would have been scored poorly if I made this essay about my true opinion. I found this to be rubbish, given I have been taught through my whole school career that you can have an opinion. Even though this is a bit of a petty thing, I was curious of what everyone else thought on this.
Sounds like a typical high school essay. If it bothers you that badly, write the essay you want anyway. The worst that could happen is you get a bad grade.
don't talk about how soda is bad just talk about how other things are good then. don't even talk about soda. or just draw a picture of a dinosaur
The bad grade would stop me from graduating, I'd have to retake it then. This is where the problem is.
Huh. Then I guess suck it up and just pick one, which hopefully you wound up doing. It wouldn't be hard to prove that both are bad for you, but you'd have to make one sound slightly worse. Honestly, the best thing to do when you want to do an essay like that is get on a computer in your free time and get typing. It's very good mental exercise.
And this is why those with common sense claim that schools are brainwashing us. It's because of stupid *squee!* like this. They are literally trying to brainwash us into thinking that diet soda is good and regular soda is bad, though hilariously enough, IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE. This is killing our free will to think for ourselves and do critical thinking on pressing issues. There is some levels where a school works, but this isn't one of them when they literally lock you out of having an opinion! Here is the hard, cold, facts for those that may not know and are wanting to keep score at home. Diet Soda is much worse for you than regular soda due to one humongous elephant in the room, aspartame. The artificial sweetener that is used in ALL diet soda. It's put in to make up for the lack of sugar it has otherwise. Regular soda would be the healthier option in the long run if you don't plan on stopping your own consumption of soda. Not drinking soda at all is even healthier, but no one will listen to that. So whatever.
This one was actually an opinion between either regular or diet. I received 3 papers that were the only sources that could be used. Not sure if I stated before, but I did end up choosing the side of regular soda. What I wanted was to choose the opinion of soda is just generally bad for you.
I definitely agree that diet soda is infinitely worse. It'll *squee!* up your body. Just like cyanide may have fewer calories than a burger, but that doesn't make the cyanide better.
No I don't think you were clear on that. Oh well though. I'll agree soda is in generally bad for you, but diet soda is just much more toxic.
