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    Is using ‘I’ in an essay still a crime or did professors finally chill?

    My high school teacher literally wrote “NO FIRST PERSON EVER” on the board. In blood. I think. But now I’m in college. I read published papers. They say “I argue that…” “We observed…” So which is it? I wrote a philosophy essay using “I believe” seven times. Got a B+. Comment: “Good arguments but...
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    Is using ‘I’ in an essay still a crime or did professors finally chill?

    My high school teacher literally wrote “NO FIRST PERSON EVER” on the board. In blood. I think. But now I’m in college. I read published papers. They say “I argue that…” “We observed…” So which is it? I wrote a philosophy essay using “I believe” seven times. Got a B+. Comment: “Good arguments but...
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    Why do professors pretend the 5-paragraph essay isn’t a cage?

    They say “be creative” but then demand “intro, three body, conclusion.” Make it make sense. 🤡 I rewrote the same essay three times. First as 5 paragraphs. Then as 2 long ones. Then as 7 short ones. Same words, just rearranged. Guess which got the highest grade? The 5-paragraph. Because it...
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