@tim_m, let’s do some brainstorming here. It’s quite likely that your review of @11129’s essay has promoted another Chinese student to submit her essay as well: GRE argument practice
Now, the question is how can we create a system that helps all parties involved? On the one hand we have a large number of Chinese students who still believe in pursuing the American Dream by ‘making a career’. I don’t think this model has a future but apparently there still is a huge market for it. 11129 and others register on forums like ours and without introducing themselves or spending time reading with other forum members think post their essays expecting an evaluation. I don’t think they are interested in sharing their thoughts and opinions because they have not learned to develop their own opinions in the first place. If they grew up in a totalitarian system where the individual has no value and the Communist Party is always right they are incapable of critical thinking and exchanging ideas. I’m sure my assessment is biased and subjective but there is quite some truth in it. So, my question is what can we do to help those representatives of generation Y live happier lives?