Ruthless Ambition

"In a well-developed, formal essay, discuss...
Ambition (What are the consequences of ruthless ambition? In what way does ambition change people? Why do people succumb to ambition? (50 points)"

The following is what I wrote back in high-school following this test question about Macbeth:



"Ruthless ambition can lead to dire consequences.  Back in the day, I had a Baby Ruth bar.  My ambition was to eat that Baby Ruth.  Once I ate it, I was Ruthless.  It was sad.  I didn't know where to direct my ambition.  I decided my ambition would be to dive into a big vat of radio-active waste and chicken.  Since my ambition was Ruthless, I dove into that vat with a "Whee!"
As I layed in that vat, slowly mutating, I couldn't help think of how I missed my Ruth and its peanutty flavor.  This definitely woulnd't have happened if I wasn't so Ruthless.

Ruthless ambition changes people.  It can be different fro everyone.  Me?  I grew three extra legs, a beak, and a spatula in a very strange place...

Why do people succumb to ambition? Well, the craving for a peanutty carmally Ruthy taste could drive anyone to do crazy things.  I mean, what would you do for a Baby Ruth bar?  Me?  Well what I did was put 60 cents in the vending machine.  Then I opened the wrapper (Which is so dangerous!  I could have got a paper cut!).  Then, I ate it, risking the 100 calories of weight gain.  Like I said, things get crazy with ambition.

Now to cover the subject of etc.  Etc. is short for et cetera.  It is a Latin word meaning "and others, and the like; and the rest;" and so forth (as defined by Webste's New World Dictionary).  It can be pluralized by writing etceteras which are "additional things or persons; customary extras.

Now, about me having Ruthless ambition.  It didn't completely turn out bad.  I discovered that Paydays have many peanuts.  I put my change in the vending machine and I was in peanut heaven with my new Payday ambition.  Another plus is that my spatula comes in very handy for burgers.

PS Mrs. Sanders, if you are actually still reading this and haven't figured it out yet, this isn't my real essay.  That would be on the next page.  I just like to waste time.  Aren't you relieved?  Or angry that I wasted your time with this?  Uh... I didn't think of that...  Did I mention you're my favorite teacher?    

Don't fail me..."