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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
That's one reason I loved my ethics professor. For our final project, someone asked if there was a minimum page count.
He said, "Nope. If you think you can fully cover the topic in one page, you're free to take that risk."
We also had to do chapter outlines that had to fall within a range of 5 lines, which was usually just slightly over 1 page. It was far more challenging to fit the summary into such a small space, and it was way more beneficial to us than having a minimum requirement.
Kids these days with llms will never know the struggle of filling a word / page count .
Filler language will be a lost art, that hereto for, will not be practiced by our posterity in the coming generations of chatgpt indoctrinated youths. I do indeed struggle to weep for its demise though.
Screw filler language. Increase the font size of all punctuation by 1pt.
Some teachers caught on so we had to go to 12.5. Could always fuck with margins, line spacing and kerning to make up for it, though!
That's an art, I for the love of god, could never get. Why use many word when few word do job?
Ah, the beauty of verbosity lies in remembering to smell the roses along your travels. What good is it to forgo the meandering path, playing in the sun's warmth with your prose along the road less traveled? Take the time to water your garden of verbiage, and revel in the beauty as it begins to bear fruit! Merely dipping your toes into the sea of writing may feel cold and fleeting, but you'll be surprised how much that can change when you decide to take the leap—to swim heatedly amongst the current.
I could've also said "writing is fun when you spend more time with it," but that doesn't feel the same, does it? We don't have to constrain ourselves to the gray doldrums of a grocery list when we use our voices in writing. We can choose to spread our wings; we can choose to have fun, to make art.
Bring back in person essay and short answer exams. Pencil to paper. Technology started to solve problems that didn't exist when kids started getting their own laptops in schools. We were fine having them at home and in the library. Classrooms were for thinking, learning, reading, and writing. The physical act of writing helps to digest and internalize thoughts and ideas. You betcha you'll remember something more reliably if you write it down instead of typing it.
My favorite one was increasing the font size for the ending dot on all paragraphs .
So subtle and efortless to do yet very practical.
Who is mikey
You should not use contractions in essays anyway
Ya'd'nt?
is the correct form y'all'dn't've or y'all'd'ven't
What if it's an essay on the use of contractions in modern society?
It is*
Or the first person
Thou shalt not count to four, thou shalt not count to two unless proceeding to three
When/where I was in school, that wouldn't have counted. They counted only words >= 3 letters and excluded 'the'.