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So get this right. I had this history teacher and he picked us all topics for our research paper. I get Alexander the Great, fine he's cool and all that. Teacher tells us not to bullshit because he always bullshitted on his term papers and knew what to look for. This was his mistake, you never tell me not to bullshit or I'll do it.
I wrote the entire paper from memory and made up 8 sources. I got an A+ (97 out of 100 I think was the numerical grade). I'm the King of bullshitting. Yes.
So get this right. I had this history teacher and he picked us all topics for our research paper. I get Alexander the Great, fine he's cool and all that. Teacher tells us not to bullshit because he always bullshitted on his term papers and knew what to look for. This was his mistake, you never tell me not to bullshit or I'll do it.
I wrote the entire paper from memory and made up 8 sources. I got an A+ (97 out of 100 I think was the numerical grade). I'm the King of bullshitting. Yes.
your professor doesn't check sources?
you lucky asshole
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Raneadospolice apologistyou shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered Userregular
i have an excuse for doing an arts degree because i am doing a better degree at the same time
and the arts is there specifically to cut up my workload and give me easier subjects that i dont care about to ease up each semester
So get this right. I had this history teacher and he picked us all topics for our research paper. I get Alexander the Great, fine he's cool and all that. Teacher tells us not to bullshit because he always bullshitted on his term papers and knew what to look for. This was his mistake, you never tell me not to bullshit or I'll do it.
I wrote the entire paper from memory and made up 8 sources. I got an A+ (97 out of 100 I think was the numerical grade). I'm the King of bullshitting. Yes.
your professor doesn't check sources?
you lucky asshole
He said he does randomly. I tempt fate.
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sponoMining for Nose DiamondsBooger CoveRegistered Userregular
i have an excuse for doing an arts degree because i am doing a better degree at the same time
and the arts is there specifically to cut up my workload and give me easier subjects that i dont care about to ease up each semester
Not to mention you don't need a meal plan and you can cook, with fire!
We weren't even allowed motherfucking toasters. Had to cook my damned pop-tarts in the microwave. My roommate started a fire with the microwave. He cooked a potato in it for about 8 minutes without stopping halfway through or poking holes. That was a shit ton of smoke.
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Raneadospolice apologistyou shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered Userregular
Not to mention you don't need a meal plan and you can cook, with fire!
We weren't even allowed motherfucking toasters. Had to cook my damned pop-tarts in the microwave. My roommate started a fire with the microwave. He cooked a potato in it for about 8 minutes without stopping halfway through or poking holes. That was a shit ton of smoke.
a few of the dorms have "kitchens" for cooking
they suck and are fetid shitholes
we often told the RAs to go fuck themselves as we BBQd outside or started up our george foremans
in the next few weeks i will have to write an essay for my japanese sociolinguistics class
it is a bit daunting because in my 4 years of university i have only been asked to write 2 things that may have counted as essays, one which was a book report that i made up the night before and didnt adhere to any particular writing style, and the other which was me rewording a single point as much as i could for 2 pages, also made up and very shitty
which means that i would have to try to remember how i wrote essays in high school back in 2004
oh yes a tutor helped me memorise a certain essay structure that was perfect for the fixed range of possibilities for a high school essay topic as it basically amounted to madlibs, where my only required input was a few quotes and adjectives inserted into predetermined spaces, allowing me to base a significant portion of my final high school english assessment on a movie i had not seen in years, and a book i had never read
but somehow i dont think that format will translate very well for this task
Not to mention you don't need a meal plan and you can cook, with fire!
We weren't even allowed motherfucking toasters. Had to cook my damned pop-tarts in the microwave. My roommate started a fire with the microwave. He cooked a potato in it for about 8 minutes without stopping halfway through or poking holes. That was a shit ton of smoke.
a few of the dorms have "kitchens" for cooking
they suck and are fetid shitholes
we often told the RAs to go fuck themselves as we BBQd outside or started up our george foremans
People who don't clean their stove tops are disgusting. I'm looking at you people I know in Jersey City. There was black goo, I don't know what in Spanish cuisine turns to black goo if you leave it out long enough and melt it.
Not to mention you don't need a meal plan and you can cook, with fire!
We weren't even allowed motherfucking toasters. Had to cook my damned pop-tarts in the microwave. My roommate started a fire with the microwave. He cooked a potato in it for about 8 minutes without stopping halfway through or poking holes. That was a shit ton of smoke.
One dorm I lived in was actually converted apartments, so it had an actual kitchen in each dorm room along with a stove. Unfortunately the stoves were ancient and there was more than one middle of the night fire alarm because of them. One girl left an oven mitt inside it and started preheating it without realizing it was in there.
in the next few weeks i will have to write an essay for my japanese sociolinguistics class
it is a bit daunting because in my 4 years of university i have only been asked to write 2 things that may have counted as essays, one which was a book report that i made up the night before and didnt adhere to any particular writing style, and the other which was me rewording a single point as much as i could for 2 pages, also made up and very shitty
which means that i would have to try to remember how i wrote essays in high school back in 2004
oh yes a tutor helped me memorise a certain essay structure that was perfect for the fixed range of possibilities for a high school essay topic as it basically amounted to madlibs, where my only required input was a few quotes and adjectives inserted into predetermined spaces, allowing me to base a significant portion of my final high school english assessment on a movie i had not seen in years, and a book i had never read
but somehow i dont think that format will translate very well for this task
Yeah probably won't work so well in that case but it's exactly what I have been doing for my final few papers. I've worked part time as a tutor for two years now and essay templates are almost second nature.
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Raneadospolice apologistyou shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered Userregular
in the next few weeks i will have to write an essay for my japanese sociolinguistics class
it is a bit daunting because in my 4 years of university i have only been asked to write 2 things that may have counted as essays, one which was a book report that i made up the night before and didnt adhere to any particular writing style, and the other which was me rewording a single point as much as i could for 2 pages, also made up and very shitty
which means that i would have to try to remember how i wrote essays in high school back in 2004
oh yes a tutor helped me memorise a certain essay structure that was perfect for the fixed range of possibilities for a high school essay topic as it basically amounted to madlibs, where my only required input was a few quotes and adjectives inserted into predetermined spaces, allowing me to base a significant portion of my final high school english assessment on a movie i had not seen in years, and a book i had never read
but somehow i dont think that format will translate very well for this task
here is a rundown of essay structure
general introduction relating to your topic. introduce materials that will support your thesis. thesis statement is the last sentence of your intro paragraph, showing specifically what you'll be dealing with.
body paragraphs. usually one per point you make, you have a topic sentence where you introduce the argument or facet of the argument, middle sentences where you provide evidence and quotes, and a concluding sentence which sums up your point. typically there are three to five of these to make a strong essay.
conclusion. as the introduction went from general to specific, this goes from specific to general. topic sentence, usually reiterating what you have just proved in the body of the essay, then usually ways to apply your argument practically or what your argument's consequences would be. concluding sentence, something punchy and final.
as far as body paragraphs: you want to have your best argument be the last body paragrah. lead with your second best, and all the rest of your presumably weaker arguments go in the middle.
last week during a late night assignment session i found that there were leftover bread rolls in the common room from a uni barbecue earlier that day
which was good because i had no food. it was also useful to find that this room, right next to the pc lab, is stocked with coffee and a kettle
then later on as i was thinking of leaving, i went back for more bread and found the fridge door open. when i realised it was jammed, i looked inside and found a couple of bags of funsize chocolate and a bag of sausages
well i took a few chocolates, and shared with a couple of friends, then since i was leaving i pointed out that there were all those sausages and bread rolls there, and i am hoping that the people who stayed went through with a midnight barbecue for everyone stayin in the pc lab until 5am or whenever
i imagine it would have been pretty sweet
and shit i just remembered i still got one of those chocolates left, either in my jacket pocket or it fell out into the car somewhere, all melted and mangled from the car heat
i imagine the mitten in the oven is the same basic idea as putting your socks and boxers in an oven at 350 or so for a little bit when its bitter cold outside, which i've done a few times. it is the best feeling in the world
i imagine the mitten in the oven is the same basic idea as putting your socks and boxers in an oven at 350 or so for a little bit when its bitter cold outside, which i've done a few times. it is the best feeling in the world
Well this was in Arizona in May, so I hope that wasn't the case. Although, the image of a girl walking to class wearing huge oven mitts is hilarious.
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what college do you go to
I wrote the entire paper from memory and made up 8 sources. I got an A+ (97 out of 100 I think was the numerical grade). I'm the King of bullshitting. Yes.
USF
your professor doesn't check sources?
you lucky asshole
DUDE WHAT WHERE ARE YOU IN THE LIBRARY
and the arts is there specifically to cut up my workload and give me easier subjects that i dont care about to ease up each semester
Are you at USF Tampa or St Pete, cause I'm at the St Pete campus.
SHIIIIT
that would have been so sweet
He said he does randomly. I tempt fate.
This is the reason I have a minor in film
i am the best
dude it was about to go down
there was this one lurker a few years back that i found out was an RA and I was like
dude I'm coming over to draw on the walls
and he's like
oh god please don't I'll cry
then I forgot who he was
you'd think this place would have more SE'ers
i used to live in delta, maple, and holly
mannnnn i miss me some college
Epsilon x2 years, Kosove summer, Maple summer and a semester
cheaper and better x a million
and I don't think they realize
everyone else does, though
Not to mention you don't need a meal plan and you can cook, with fire!
We weren't even allowed motherfucking toasters. Had to cook my damned pop-tarts in the microwave. My roommate started a fire with the microwave. He cooked a potato in it for about 8 minutes without stopping halfway through or poking holes. That was a shit ton of smoke.
a few of the dorms have "kitchens" for cooking
they suck and are fetid shitholes
we often told the RAs to go fuck themselves as we BBQd outside or started up our george foremans
i am always mortified when i realize my nose has been whistling
it is a bit daunting because in my 4 years of university i have only been asked to write 2 things that may have counted as essays, one which was a book report that i made up the night before and didnt adhere to any particular writing style, and the other which was me rewording a single point as much as i could for 2 pages, also made up and very shitty
which means that i would have to try to remember how i wrote essays in high school back in 2004
oh yes a tutor helped me memorise a certain essay structure that was perfect for the fixed range of possibilities for a high school essay topic as it basically amounted to madlibs, where my only required input was a few quotes and adjectives inserted into predetermined spaces, allowing me to base a significant portion of my final high school english assessment on a movie i had not seen in years, and a book i had never read
but somehow i dont think that format will translate very well for this task
People who don't clean their stove tops are disgusting. I'm looking at you people I know in Jersey City. There was black goo, I don't know what in Spanish cuisine turns to black goo if you leave it out long enough and melt it.
One dorm I lived in was actually converted apartments, so it had an actual kitchen in each dorm room along with a stove. Unfortunately the stoves were ancient and there was more than one middle of the night fire alarm because of them. One girl left an oven mitt inside it and started preheating it without realizing it was in there.
Yeah probably won't work so well in that case but it's exactly what I have been doing for my final few papers. I've worked part time as a tutor for two years now and essay templates are almost second nature.
keeps your hands nice and toasty
The same type of people who boil water to heat the apartment.
Probably thought it was better organized that way. I really appreciated the fucking fire alarm at 1 in the morning the day of a final exam.
here is a rundown of essay structure
general introduction relating to your topic. introduce materials that will support your thesis. thesis statement is the last sentence of your intro paragraph, showing specifically what you'll be dealing with.
body paragraphs. usually one per point you make, you have a topic sentence where you introduce the argument or facet of the argument, middle sentences where you provide evidence and quotes, and a concluding sentence which sums up your point. typically there are three to five of these to make a strong essay.
conclusion. as the introduction went from general to specific, this goes from specific to general. topic sentence, usually reiterating what you have just proved in the body of the essay, then usually ways to apply your argument practically or what your argument's consequences would be. concluding sentence, something punchy and final.
as far as body paragraphs: you want to have your best argument be the last body paragrah. lead with your second best, and all the rest of your presumably weaker arguments go in the middle.
which was good because i had no food. it was also useful to find that this room, right next to the pc lab, is stocked with coffee and a kettle
then later on as i was thinking of leaving, i went back for more bread and found the fridge door open. when i realised it was jammed, i looked inside and found a couple of bags of funsize chocolate and a bag of sausages
well i took a few chocolates, and shared with a couple of friends, then since i was leaving i pointed out that there were all those sausages and bread rolls there, and i am hoping that the people who stayed went through with a midnight barbecue for everyone stayin in the pc lab until 5am or whenever
i imagine it would have been pretty sweet
and shit i just remembered i still got one of those chocolates left, either in my jacket pocket or it fell out into the car somewhere, all melted and mangled from the car heat
Well this was in Arizona in May, so I hope that wasn't the case. Although, the image of a girl walking to class wearing huge oven mitts is hilarious.
Always some vapid valley-girl too.