Load was very slow with lots of requests from some cafe on haight. Other sites load fine here. Design is OK but elements that I actually interact with should at

Load was very slow with lots of requests from some cafe on haight. Other sites load fine here. Design is OK but elements that I actually interact with should attract my attention more, rather than the background. Navigation in the site is slow. Categorization of essays is limited and needs work. Blurbs about anti-cheating and copyright seem silly, that seems obviously the purpose of the site and regardless of intent will be the primary use, hopefully not in the exact words. Overall, it feels unpolished but with a lot of potential.