Allison Garrett’s 19-word essay on Fight Club earned her a perfect score, as well as applause from thousands on Twitter (Picture: FOX)

This student boldly handed in a paper that was less than 20 words for her essay writing class – and her commitment to her subject earned her a perfect score.

Allison Garrett tweeted that ‘the opportunity arose, and i took my chances…’ when she was given an assignment was to write a movie review.

She chose to write about 1999 cult classic Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, who both play the split-personalities of an insomniac who starts a somewhat masochistic underground fight club.

‘The first rule of fight club is: you do not talk about fight club,’ Garrett wrote, referencing the movie’s most-quoted line.




All the way at the bottom of the paper, she wrote: ‘That’s it. That’s the essay.’

Allison Garrett posted this tweet demonstrating how she was able to get an A in an essay writing class by quoting the movie Fight Club (Picture: Twitter)

The essay consisted only of one of the movie’s most cited quotes, then a confirmation that the above line is the essay in its entirety (Picture: Twitter)

Surprisingly, her teacher appreciated the humor in her essay, and its relevancy, and gave her a perfect score (Picture: Twitter)

Her post also shows a screen grab of the assignment submission page where she doubled-down on her choice and wrote: ‘I cannot say that I am sorry because that would be a lie. Am I Proud? Yes.’

The final picture featured on her post may come as a surprise to anyone who has ever nervously turned in an essay that did not meet their teacher’s page count – she received a perfect score.

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Garrett’s teacher wrote: ‘I struggled over this grade for a long time. I finally decided you get a grade for a laugh and how relevant your review is for this particular movie.’

‘Let me warn you: do NOT try this kind of thing with other professors; they may not have my sense of humor.’

Garrett’s post was a hit on Twitter with 38,500 retweets and 187,000 likes as of Thursday afternoon.

Twitter users applauded Garrett’s bold approach at her essay (Picture: Twitter)

Below, in the comments, Garrett wrote: ‘I was always told life is about taking risks.. i was scared to say the least.’

She later said: ‘I got a 100 on the paper and passed the class with an A.’