Essays are awful and no one likes them. No one except for Michel de Montaigne, who invented the essay. He was a weirdo and probably had trouble finding someone who would date him. But everyone who is cool and radical hates writing essays. Lucky for you, there are no essays that need to be written in this class! Congratulations! I'm kidding! There are many essays in this class! There are timed essays on the AP test! You don't get to do research, and it's very difficult. Wow, sorry. If you are gonna write essays (And you are. You have no choice in this. You're gonna write essays), you should know how to do a good job on them. You have to learn how to budget your time so you don't run out of time, which can definitely be a problem. AP Government and Politics essays do not require you too be particularly eloquent, as long as you answer the questions. Really, they're more like short answer problems. Don't try to make separate paragraphs, or a thesis statement with supports, or any of that junk. Just answer the question and move on. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy. I think I misspelled "peasy". Its not a real word though, so who cares.