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Their first essay was a personal/reflective essay and their second essay was a biographical essay, where they were not limited in who they wanted to write about. They were told to pick someone who they admire or were interested in as long as that person was famous or even infamous. Many of the students took an interest in the assignment and went over the one page minimum requirement. I could tell that they were excited to talk about the person they admired or were interested in, especially if the teacher wasn’t familiar with the person. Unfortunately, I also saw drawbacks to the students picking someone they really admired. A few students were so caught up in their admiration for the individual they selected that they forgot the goal of the assignment and struggled to complete the essay. So while I loved seeing that gearing assignments towards the students got them engaged in the assignment, I think as a teacher I would be more careful and set more guidelines in hopes of helping students understand the point of the