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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What were the GDS essay questions? [/quote]

I’m curious too![/quote]

How would you describe your philosophy of life – your personal commitments, set of guiding principles, or deepest beliefs?

How do you like to spend your time outside of school?

What academic subjects most inspire you? Why?

Write about a change you’d like to make in your school or neighborhood community.

Describe a time when you encountered a particularly challenging situation. What was challenging about it, and how did you respond?[/quote]

Those seem fine to me. Maybe the first one is a bit much, but a thoughtful 8th grader should be able to do it.[/quote]

lol.  My husband wrote it for my son last year.  My son had no idea what to write and honestly neither did he care.

These types of questions are just asking for kids to have their parents help. 
I definitely know kids who could and would do them on their own (I have a kid like this) but so many others would not know where to start.  That's why they're dumb questions. 
Ask questions that kids can answer easily and you'll actually get kid responses.  [/quote]

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