Does anybody know anything about quality essay writing?

[Cecily]

Stream of consciousness is bad and probably responsible for 90% of the bullshit English teachers have to suffer through.

[maskedmelon]

do people just turn it in liek that?

[Cecily]

The one major reason I never pursued teaching, English specifically, is the vast feeling of pride people have about their bullshit. I’ve repeatedly overheard students bragging about “bullshitting” their way through arbitrary page lengths and no teacher isn’t going to pick up on it, they just don’t care because no one does. I’m not pursuing a career that is 90% futility.

[maskedmelon]

hmm, well I will defer to your judgement on that. i know what has worked for me, but generally I assume i am doing it wrong even if it works, because people often look at me liek I'm an alien when I explain how/why i do what i do.

[mickmoranis]

not to toot my own horn but i right QUALITY essays on these boards like every other day.

[JurisDictum]

Looking back to college. There was a lot of fuzzy thinking in among English professors and students. They didn't know this because they have no ability to objectively measure anything they are doing in there.

The closest thing to an objective measure is how the class feels about certain writing in terms of how enjoyable it is....and that is obviously not at all objective.

In general, every English professor I had seemed annoyed with any kind of assertion there was objective truth. From what I can tell -- they straight think the would is subjective.

Conservative students are common in English.

I think English professors actually have some qualifications on determining what writing is good vs what is bad...but you rarely are treated to any discussion on that. They usually want to discuss whatever (multi-cultural) material their writing samples they give you to read are on. Despite that few of them are educated in any of these subjects.

[Schaduwridder]

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[Ahldagor]

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you right quality essays huh

The essence of their weakness.

[America]

Originally Posted by mickmoranis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

not to toot my own horn but i right QUALITY essays on these boards like every other day.

LOL's forum is pop in today

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The one major reason I never pursued teaching, English specifically, is the vast feeling of pride people have about their bullshit. I’ve repeatedly overheard students bragging about “bullshitting” their way through arbitrary page lengths and no teacher isn’t going to pick up on it, they just don’t care because no one does. I’m not pursuing a career that is 90% futility.

Rhetoric can be used to explain anything which legitimizes bullshit and the pretense of English majors. I majored in English and it's almost insufferable, but most papers are graded upon grammar and structure rather than content.