You will write an essay where you are the judge and jury, deciding who is right and who is wrong in the situation you choose. Your essay will be presented in MLA format using the classical essay structure of five paragraphs and be a minimum of 1,000 words and a maximum of 1,400 words.
The thesis statement, appearing in the last sentence of your introductory paragraph, should be something like
″X is the jerk because A, B, and C.″
OR
″X is not the jerk because A, B, and C″.
be a culmination of the writing process through the Writing Process assignments
adhere to the guidelines and MLA format in The Essay Guide.
use the classical essay structure presented in the Fundamentals module.
use complete and grammatically correct sentences (use a grammar checker).
include an AI use acknowledgement statement. (not counted in length)
Adhere to the length guidelines (Anything less than 1,000 or over 1,400 words cannot receive a passing grade).
ESSAY TOPIC
AITA for telling my mom she should hold her husband to the same standard she holds me to?
My dad died a few days after my 7th birthday. He was on his way to work and got into an accident. I loved my dad and have missed him so much since he died. Mom and I both went into grief therapy after his death. She went for about 6 months. I went for almost 3 years.
A few months before I stopped attending therapy my mom met ″Mark″. I didn′t meet him for like a year and a bit after but mom told me she was dating someone and then when they became boyfriend and girlfriend. They got married like 7 months after I met him. I was 12.
Even before they got married Mark and my mom would call me their daughter and say I was their kid. He would tell people I was his daughter when he met them. Whereas I always called him my mom′s husband or fiance before they got married.
It bothers my mom and Mark that I don′t tell people he′s my dad or say ″my parents″ when I′m talking about both.
Over the years they have told me it would mean a lot to Mark if I were to introduce him as my dad. Or she said I could say bonus dad, but not stepdad, since that sounds far more insignificant in terms of the role he plays in my life.
I have never done this. But for a couple of years now my mom has told me I should be better than this, I should think about someone else′s feelings above my own. That it would cost me nothing to let people see him as my parent instead of instantly delegating him to just the dude she′s married to. She has gone on and on about thinking about his feelings and not putting my own first the whole time.
Lately it has been getting to me so when mom said it to me (17f) a couple of weeks ago I told her she should try holding her husband to the same standard she holds me to and ask him to put my feelings on this before his own.
My mom told me he already has to do that day after day when I refuse to acknowledge him as a dad in my life. I told her he had a choice on whether he wanted to marry her and take me on. I never got a choice in his place in my life. But I told her I am taking back that right to choose what he is to me whether she likes it or not.
She told me it was petty for me to claim he needs to be held to the same standard when his actions don′t hurt me but mine hurt him.
AITA?
