They deserve extra credit for this
In my meta-analysis of this paper I will propose that the writer being honest and vulgar to the reader in a professional setting is actually a treatise to demonstrate the effect of the language of “doublespeak” within 1984. in this paper I will…
Preach sister!
I used to write intros like that as placeholders because I always wrote the real intro once I was sure where I was going with a paper. I learned to make placeholder text red and all caps after almost making that mistake.
No you didn’t, for fuck’s sake.
self hatred fueled writing extravaganza. sounds familiar
That’s an A grade intro if I’ve ever read one.
Came here to say the same, I’d just read the intro, flick through it a bit and give her an A
I teach for a living and this wouldn’t negatively impact the grade. But real talk you’re usually using a rubric anyway unless you want admin breathing down your neck after a disgruntled student takes issue with the A minus you gave her.
Pretty much how I wrote all my papers in college…finals week was 4 days of writing papers with a crash after.
An extra scoop for cunning.
I don’t grade papers, but I imagine a bit of flavor stands out favorably from all the other very generic writings.
I had an english professor that actually demanded an intro like this. He said write ANYTHING as long as you can hook the reader and link it to a thesis statement, and there is no bar to that link.
That would… TRUE
Because I’ve seen this sort of thing happen several times in various contexts, I’ve long said that you should never write something you don’t want to send. Not even as a joke that you plan to immediately delete. It’s amazing how your brain will unexpectedly hit “send” instead of “delete.”
My takeaway is different. It’s bad that teachers force repression of honest, raw expression by punishing stuff like this.
That was funny. That was a well written intro in any context where bumsticks are optional.
These teachers and their consensus in style is like the old suburban “keeping up appearances” types of academia.
“No, my students aren’t struggling mentally, they’re just doing their work diligently.” There’s no excessive stress or dysfunction under the surface, everything is as it should be.
I’ve never had this experience. Almost all of my professors and most of teachers would have seen this, chuckled, accepted my apology, and then requested a better intro due the next day.
Most of my professors explicitly recognized that we would finish things last minute, cram the night before, be sleep deprived, or otherwise not be great with our schedule. And they did not discourage us with that information but rather tried to aid or alleviate it. I had professors say “I scheduled this exam to be due at 5:30pm on a Friday so that you can enjoy your weekend and not worry about completing this at midnight at a party.”
I think many teachers are much cooler than their students realize, they’re just people and while they have expectations, most teachers won’t spit in your face when you’re expressing yourself genuinely or trying in earnest.
No good teacher at the college level would punish this. They might get dinged for profanity at the high school or lower levels, but it’s still a great intro.
Enh. Depends on the program. I have a diploma in TV production.
First step is knowing who’s marking it, their personality, and if they’re going to be bored reading 100 of these or if they actually love punishing students.
I threw a couple jokes in my final essay and got 100% :)
I write everything (that might be important) in notepad first, then adjust and send, so I don’t slip any "motherfucker"s or "dumbass"es in there
Give us stories!!!
My work email account has a 2 minute delay before sending any email. I’m not taking chances
I have that feature turned on but sometimes I don’t know how to actually cancel it lol
You should be able to go into your sent folder. Click open the email in a new window (not auto-preview). Then File > message recall. It might be different depending on what you’re using, but most of the time you look around the sent folder.
Unplug the computer, set it on fire, and never come back.
I just wanted to say your avatar just sent me back a quarter century; I was not expecting that XD
For projects like this (longish and a product of several sessions) including levity for the sake of your own motivation is fine.
What isn’t fine is missing proofreading steps before sending.
Imagine proofreading after a 4am caffeine fuels writing extravaganza
if i was her prof id give her the full 35% for that intro.
Ok, but where’s the rest of it?
You can’t just have an epic intro and leave it at that.
Yeah seriously this is a great intro, i would read the fuck out of that essay
NGL, I want to read the rest of this paper now.
Same, that was a banger intro
A good intro captivates the reader, drawing them in and leaving them wanting more. This is functionally a masterclass in good writing.
