Damn your schools are stupid. If I was in middle school, and they asked me to write more than like 2 pages, I would just tell the teacher to ***** off and do what I felt like. That is a bit much to be doing in middle school. I could see maybe 2-4 pages max, but not 5-10. I'm not a genius or anything. Since my freshman year in high school, I have had to do a report like 3-5 pages long, but I chose not to, 3 years in a row... I still passed English those years. But it is absolutely required for seniors, 50% of the grade. If you do everything in the English class perfect, and choose not to do the senior project, you fail with a 50%. A passing grade is 60% and higher.