Alright my son has a 1 page Essay to do. On what he thinks an American is. (No joke) Really surprised me that he got this essay. How would you go about explaining it ? I mean common, he came to me for help. However we all know that my grammar/spelling/English is below average.

It made me feel rather good, that his teacher is assigning this type of essay. Being a American I could see his horror if he received anything less then a A

I'm wondering what other high schools students might write on this essay. By other high school I tend to lean toward the ones with mostly "illegal" aliens in them.

Ive noticed when I have attempted to write it, it tends to go more toward a legal/illegal theme. I don't think that is what they want