Persuasive essay

My idea for the persuasive essay is the national debt and ways to cut our spending as a country. That former president's shouldn't get their salary for the rest of their life, neither should any politician. Things along that line.

What I said didn't matter

Seven years ago, I was the PTO president at my daughter's school. I only got the title because no one else wanted it. Most of these people really didn't know me, since I was new to town. As the president, my biggest concern was to raise money to get new playground equipment, since the current equipment was rusty, old, and unsafe. The new playground equipment was going to cost a lot of money. I fought hard to get permission to do a fundraiser, which was quite successful. We raised over $3000. Not bad for a town of only 800 people. I kept coming up with more fundraisers, but was turned down. I was told "this isn't Chicago. People here don't have money to keep doing this." I felt that they were wrong. That really underestimated their own community. Nothing that I said mattered. I talked to people in the town, all of whom said that they would be happy to support the school. But the superintendent didn't care. So, on my own time, and my own dime, I typed up a letter, added color pictures of the horrible playground equipment, made over 100 copies, and mailed them out to companies within a 50 mile radius. The response was overwhelming! By the end of the year, we had over $10,000 for the playground! I was very proud of myself, and very happy for the kids. The other PTO members, however, really didn't like the fact that I proved them wrong, and showed them up.