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Proofs and Methods: How I Excell... - J. D. Tang

Proofs and Methods: How I Excelled in High School English as a Math Person

J. D. Tang
J. D. Tang , English
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On a chilly afternoon on the otherwise boring day of December 6, 2012, I received an interesting letter from the College Board that read:

"Dear Mr. Tang,

"I am writing to provide you with some additional information about your exceptional performance on the AP English Language and Composition Exam, taken in May 2012: you not only received the top AP score of 5, but in doing so, you were one of 3 students in the world to earn every point possible on the English Language and Composition Exam, answering every multiple choice question correctly and earning the full points possible on each of the open-ended responses in the free-response section of the exam. Jonathan, you earned 150 out of 150. In total, 443,835 students took the AP English Language and Composition Exam in 2012. […]

"We also shared this exciting news with your school’s principal, so they could celebrate your accomplishment and send the news to the local media, should they wish to do so."

That was during my senior year in high school. Now, I am pursuing a Computer Science B.S.E. major in Princeton University. Among my classmates, I was known to be a “math person.” But being a math person doesn’t mean that you can’t be good at the humanities. I am living proof.

Many friends, acquaintances, and parents have asked how a person like me could do so well in English. This book is precisely about that.

This book contains the following:
•How any math or science person can learn to enjoy English
•Analysis of three different excerpts from literary works
•How to open your eyes to the meanings within good literature and overcome “I don’t get it” syndrome
•A practical step-by-step guide for writing excellent essays
•How to generate passion and get truly inspired for an essay without faking it
•Detailed analysis and revision of a sample essay, and how to make a boring essay vivid and powerful
•Two literary essays, and why they received the A grade
•How to contribute in classroom discussions and overcome “participation anxiety”

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