Opinion Paragraphs: When to Tie the Knot

What do you think of your writing class? What is your opinion of the university you are attending? Everyone has an opinion about something. For the next three weeks we’ll be writing about opinion paragraphs. To start off, let’s read a online news article on a school-aged boy who was excited to get married, writing invitations to his classmates and friends. After reading this follwoing piece of news, share your thought about this topic: when people should get married.

An 11-year-old boy has married his 10-year-old cousin in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mohammed al-Rashidi and his unidentified cousin would seal the marriage they contracted under the sharia laws of Islam and move in together after a ceremony to take place later this year, Al-Shams newspaper reported today. “I am ready for this marriage. It will help me study better,” Mohammed, who goes to primary school in the northern province of Hail, was quoted as saying by Al-Shams. “I invite all my classmates to do like me,” the boy said.  He wanted to “crown a love story through marriage”.

I’m TJ Gong

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