[Essay] Revise my essay

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Hello, it's me again. Below is my assignment: Distribution of Housework
I was asked to elaborate my opinion about this issue in the first paragraph, and in the second part was to took my family as an example.
My teacher commented that it was too scrappy. :cry:I was hurt, but I do know I tend to ramble when I write argumentative essay, even writing in my native language.
I hope there is someone who can help me with this problem.

Couples of decades ago, it usually fell to women to be responsible for doing domestic chores in Taiwan. However, as knowledge and education freed the brand of genders, modern females will face less pressure from their parents-in-law and inquiring looks of others when they deny that being housewives is their callings. Nowadays, when it comes to the distribution of housework, people will tend to take the capabilities of each family member into account. When distributing housework rationally, we can not only maximize the efficiency but also keep the conflict to minimum. Therefore, that kind of concept should be passed down from generation to generation.
My parents hold that spare the rod and spoil the child. As a result, when I was young, they had already asked me to tidy up my bedroom on my own, along with doing the laundry and washing dishes. However, I can't squeeze enough time to do so because I am preparing for being admitted to colleges now, which means doing housework had totally become my parents's domain. Nonetheless, I would always love to take out the trash while leaving for school. As far as I am concerned, my loving parents work hard to pay my tuition fee and nurture me, I should express my gratitude with action as long as I can.


(If you had read my previous essay, you would have known what I had written in the second paragraph was only my imagination. Yet I chose to wrote in this way because it was much easier.)
 
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After you've made it "less scrappy", are you going to submit it to your teacher again?
 

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I didn't think I had made it…did I?
Well, I guess no. I revised it out of interest actually. I am too shy to bother my teacher again…
 
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I don't understand your response. It doesn't make sense as an answer to my question.

When your essay is better, will you submit the new version to your teacher?
 

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Soory, I noticed that and had edited it.
"Well, I guess no. I revised it out of interest actually. I am too shy to bother my teacher again…"
 

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But not too shy to bother us?

Your teacher gets paid to be bothered.
 

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Oh, you got a point. Sorry for my imprudent behavior. I guess I will submit again.
 

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Note that you need to structure an essay properly.
Take a look at the following threads:
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/231730-University-Education
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/242490-School-education-should-be-free

Also, it's very important to keep your writing clear and simple; do not unnecessarily complicate your writing. Expressions such as "the brand of genders" are unnatural. You can use the following sites to check such expressions.

https://books.google.com/ngrams
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x.asp?r1=&w=1024&h=600
http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/
http://fraze.it/

In fraze.it, enclose the expression you want to check in double quotes.

:)
 
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