GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE

ENGL 1030 CRN 83607

June 7 – July 26, 2021

In-class assignment
Process of writing an essay

STUDENT: Dishant
thakur_____________________________

DATE: July 19, 2021

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 1. Topic of the essay: Why some parents overschedule their children’s

activities.

THESIS STATEMENT:

“See How They Run: When Did Childhood Turn Into a Rat Race?” by William
Doherty
There are numerous effects of Overscheduling Children. Parents these days
overschedule their children in order to prepare them for adulthood, To develop
children’s sense of self-management, To satisfy parental ambitions.

Paragraph 1

Topic sentence 1: To better prepare them for adulthood

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

― Benjamin Franklin

. Idea 1: Learn more skills to allow for more choices in the future

Idea 2: organising one’s thoughts and routine can help them gain more in-depth
knowledge.

Idea 3: become more competitive which will lead them to reach the top in their
career fast.

Paragraph 2.
Topic sentence 1: To develop children’s sense of self-management

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“Self-management has several components that come together to bring about
perceivable change in the personality of an individual.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

Idea 2: Self-management strategies give children the opportunity to become

independent and self-sufficient.

Idea 3 Self-management strategies have been used successfully with students

with a variety of disabilities: autism, cognitive impairments, learning disabilities,
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder according to Ganz (2008)

BODY PARAGRAPH 3:
Topic Sentence To satisfy parental ambitions
“Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership,
the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.”
― Lundy Bancroft,

Idea 1 Ambitious parents strive to make their child win every time. Such parental
reactions lead to lower self-esteem.

Idea 2 Trying to impress others using your own child

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 References

-bartleby.com/essay/Self-Management-Strategies-For-Positive-Behavioral-

Interventions-F35XBAV36ZKW

-https://kids-co.pl/en/the-kids-of-the-ambitious-parents/