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    My professor keeps circling "where's your claim?" and it's driving me insane 🤯

    I just got my third essay back from my freshman comp class, and for the third time, the feedback is basically the same: "Interesting ideas, but the claim is weak/unclear." On my last paper, I literally wrote, "This paper will discuss the symbolism of the green light in The Great Gatsby." I...
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    Clarity over complexity: unlearning bad essentials in writing habits

    I need to admit something embarrassing: I used to think big words = smart writing. 🧠 Like genuinely. I thought the way to sound academic was to use the longest possible words, the most convoluted sentence structures, the densest vocabulary I could find. I would write sentences like "The...
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    My prof dared us to write a bad 5 paragraph essay on purpose

    this is a story you guys might appreciate. So, we have this one professor who is famous for HATING the 5 paragraph essay. Like, he spends a whole lecture just ripping it apart, calling it a "cookie-cutter" format that destroys critical thinking. One day, he gets so frustrated with us, he slams...

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