Choosing the Perfect Topic: A Highschooler's Struggle

I remember one afternoon Kaley came home from school not being herself. She did not pet me, she did not talk to me, she did not do anything. It was like I had done something that made her mad. When she came inside, she immediately sat down and searched the internet for persuasion topics. I finally realized that she was not upset with me, she was just frustrated that she could not think of a good topic for her Be Interesting assignment. I remember at one point she yelled “This is so hard.” I was confused because I did not know that picking a topic could be so frustrating. Finally she started to ease up and I figured out that it was because she had finally chosen her topic: college tuition. She immediately ran into the kitchen to tell mom that

She sat down at her desk and started writing. I jumped up and put my paws on the edge of the table to see what she was doing. Of course, she was working on her Be Interesting assignment again. I saw that she was brainstorming. At the top of her page she had written her guiding question, “Is college tuition too high?”. Below, she had a list of questions to support her claim. I could tell based on her questions, that she wants the government to be her reader. I could tell that she wants the government to realize college is too expensive so they can work on lowering the

We went into the living room and she was telling mom about her essay. She told her that she tried to make the essay persuasive, but not too dramatic. She said that she wanted to express her feelings in a way that would help the government see the problems with such high tuition costs and to realize that something needs to be done with lower the cost. Finally, she told mom that although writing is not her strong suit, she enjoyed being able to express her feelings about this in writing. She just does not know if the way that she went about doing it was done well or