I just counted, and I've written 21 essays since the second week of September for my English class alone. That's an 800 word essay every other night, plus reading and re-reading the material to write about, pulling quotes, editing, proof-reading, etc.
There have been 5 essays longer than 2,000 words:
-4 papers that took place as a culmination of the segment we were working on
-One journal of 10,500+ words.
I have a 4 essays left for this semester; two of the 800 word essays, one essay that is actually 3500+ words, (An early draft of our senior project) and another 10,500+ word journal.
Luckily, my class isn't writing next semester. (Mainly, that is.) We're just reading a lot of plays.
So, my fellow ArmorGamers, were the 10 cheap college credits worth taking the class and giving up my social life? (Keep in mind, a paper every other night, in addition to my other homework...)
Oh man. That's a lot of writing. I'm impressed that you could keep up with it, I'd certainly not be able to do that... Uhm... Well, congrats on soon being done with it?
I would say, anything is worth giving up your social life. I dislike mine a lot, so I take excuses when I get them. Oh and plays?good luck with that. I still can't see how this helps people get a good education, it is kinda just a waste of time, schools should teach you the vital things for jobs, not plays. I don't mind it(actually, I like plays) but focusing on plays for an entire semester seems a waste of time to me.
I don't mind it(actually, I like plays) but focusing on plays for an entire semester seems a waste of time to me.
Well, I plan on either an English or Political Science major, so it actually helps a lot. I'll be prepared for the classes later on in college, which are probably easier than this class. It's taken through the University of Washington, which is a world-renowned college. Soooo....
The bright side: if I choose not to go into English, I will probably never have to write another paper again. Ever.
oh, but if you go into science, you will have to write essays. Every time you observe some new behavior of a random organism, or how 57 different chemicals react when combined (two random examples I chose for their broadness) you will have to write up a paper to publish in a scientific journal. So, have fun with that. Back on subject, the good thing about it is that it prepares you for deadlines, and how to do good work while rushing.
Yes, Destor, but all those are observational. No critiquing or analyzing..Simply putting results into word form.
So, have fun with that. Back on subject, the good thing about it is that it prepares you for deadlines, and how to do good work while rushing.
Pretty much...For a while, I've been writing the first 200 or so words of the paper and submitting that as the Rough Draft. Then I write the rest of it the next night.
It's not like as if you're going to write essays for the rest of your life. Get it done and over with. You'll get a better job armed with a degree...earn more then socialize bigtime.
Any reason you're taking a class that makes you write this much? What are you studying for? Do you like writing? A few questions to much on... while you're writing =P
Well that was about 150 words, so it's hard to imagine 800 words even counting as an essay. Five times that post, and you would be over 800 words right there.
Honestly, I suspect I put over 200 words into most of my game reviews here, and in the forums I know of one zombie related posts I shot out my arse last night that went over 1,000 words, so honestly, no, I don't think that sound like too much writing.
Keep in mind MudPuddle that your reviews and whatnot are on a subject matter that you find interesting. Now I don't know if this is true, but I feel that Zootsuit_riot doesn't enjoy either the plays he's reading and/nor writing about them. Just saying this because I took a class once that had me writing 5 papers (10-15 pages) on the same topic, and I thank God that I was interested in the topic I was writing about, else I would have shot myself in the face.
Some people actually enjoy the prospect of writing for the rest of their life.
I almost prefer it to the prospect of studying for the rest of my life. But nonetheless that also involves writing...having to do a lot of quality output is helpful for later life. I'm just thinking about the possible eventuality that someday I will be in the shoes of one of my professors, who had to submit the equivalent of 5 PhD theses in one year as part of an application for a 20 million dollar research grant (he was successful).
Needless to say it was surprising he even had any time to monitor my one undergraduate thesis.
Though on this,
Yes, Destor, but all those are observational. No critiquing or analyzing..Simply putting results into word form.
I beg to differ. A large bulk of science is observation and results, yes, but the more significant portion of writing would be interpretation of said results and discussion of the process. The breakdown of my thesis was as follows:
Introduction, literature review and rationale: 6500 words Methods and results (the recording bit): 2000 words Discussion, interpretation and conclusion: 2200 words (which I admittedly rushed a hell of a lot due to time constraints).
Oh, and just for fun, the whole thing came to 78 pages, 16 of which were purely a list of references :P
I would have spent the most significant amount of time doing the donkey work, I mean the processes that yielded the results, but those results mean nothing without the correct analysis which must be based off evidence, and all this is meaningless if I'm not prepared to justify the whole project, hence the introduction is worth more than half the thesis.
It's not like as if you're going to write essays for the rest of your life. Get it done and over with. You'll get a better job armed with a degree...earn more then socialize bigtime.
