Papers suck. I got a D on my philosophy essay. I thought it was pretty good, apparently its not. One of the comments was "You need to explicitly state which side you are going to take in the introduction." Bullshit, I said that the paper was about, and the thesis had the out line that the paper would follow, but I didn't explictly state "So-and-so's theroy is better...." then talk about why laer. That isn't very good writing. Mofos.
That's the American style of paper-writing: state your position, and then argue it. I've always hated that. It seems more prudent to evaluate arguments and build a case and then state what your thesis is in the conclusion, since, after all, thesis is just another word for the conclusion you came to after determing which argument is best. The Europeans like the thesis-at-end version, which is probably why I did well enough on the IB exams (because you can just write and write and write, figure out exactly what the arc of your constituent arguments is, and then cobble together a serviceable thesis at the end).
This country sucks, almost as much as my essay does (so far).
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I have one and one-half pages and I'm quitting for the night.
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Papers suck. I got a D on my philosophy essay. I thought it was pretty good, apparently its not. One of the comments was "You need to explicitly state which side you are going to take in the introduction." Bullshit, I said that the paper was about, and the thesis had the out line that the paper would follow, but I didn't explictly state "So-and-so's theroy is better...." then talk about why laer. That isn't very good writing. Mofos.
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This country sucks, almost as much as my essay does (so far).
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