Reverse Illiteracy Thread

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The fuck is IB English?

    IB= International Bacceauleareate

    pain in the ass high school education option

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    the longest essay we have to write for IB English is 2000 words I think so

    so.. what, four, five pages?

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    the longest essay we have to write for IB English is 2000 words I think so

    so.. what, four, five pages?

    if that yeah

    comparative essay between two themes or elements in the set texts

    I did religion in Madame Bovary and Zorba the Greek

    by the way fuck Zorba the Greek

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah, five pages is nothing. Just wait until you get into the big leagues and you have to start writing six page papers.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    well I also did my extended essay in English which is 4000 words

    I don't mind long essays the point I was making is that so far I've only written comparatively short ones

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2008
    i think the day i became an english major was the day i started thinking 'there is no way to give a proper examination of any theme in a good quality text in an essay under fifteen pages'

    e: god damn, that's a shit sentence

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What's it like being dead inside?

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I excelled in doing quick 3 page essays
    Pretty much everyday
    Occassionally two or three a day

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2008
    What's it like being dead inside?

    i keep finding joyce excerpts in my poop

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What's it like being dead inside?

    i keep finding joyce excerpts in my poop

    oh god that must be terrible

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    Wow this is a lucky break. I mean if you're not going to be mean to me.

    Do you guys have any critiques or analyses of Othello you particularly like?

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    BusterK wrote: »
    I excelled in doing quick 3 page essays
    Pretty much everyday
    Occassionally two or three a day

    I gained the ire of my entire English class when it was revealed that I wrote every essay that was under 1500 words the night before and still got better marks than them

    e: Killjoy are you doing IB

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2008
    Killjoy wrote: »
    Wow this is a lucky break. I mean if you're not going to be mean to me.

    Do you guys have any critiques or analyses of Othello you particularly like?

    what, like, from a journal?

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    BusterK wrote: »
    I excelled in doing quick 3 page essays
    Pretty much everyday
    Occassionally two or three a day

    I gained the ire of my entire English class when it was revealed that I wrote every essay that was under 1500 words the night before and still got better marks than them

    e: Killjoy are you doing IB

    No I decided to go into a math/science thing instead, but we have a cool English teacher that makes us do hard stuff.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    what do you need the critiques for

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    Killjoy wrote: »
    Wow this is a lucky break. I mean if you're not going to be mean to me.

    Do you guys have any critiques or analyses of Othello you particularly like?

    what, like, from a journal?

    I guess, yeah. Like G. Wilson Knight and stuff.

    tYaya: I just want to see if any of my conclusions are reflected in scholarly publications and find better stuff to quote in my essay due Friday.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    eh

    I wouldn't fuss about quoting outside sources unless you're specifically told to

    but check out Harold Bloom's stuff

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    eh

    I wouldn't fuss about quoting outside sources unless you're specifically told to

    but check out Harold Bloom's stuff

    I am specifically told to. Harold Bloom is good from what little I've read.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    uh okay

    do you have a reference library near you

    if so pick three books at random and photocopy the Othello sections

    there'll always be some good stuff in there

    on that note fuck any essay that forces you to use outside sources to back up your points

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    on that note fuck any essay that forces you to use outside sources to back up your points
    This is an awful belief.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    on that note fuck any essay that forces you to use outside sources to back up your points
    This is an awful belief.

    fine fuck any English essay etc etc

    actually before I judge Killjoy what's the topic

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I mean, work does suck, but don't blame the essay.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I mean, work does suck, but don't blame the essay.

    I'm not really

    I just don't think any English essay should require outside sources as evidence

    those outside sources are doing the same thing you're doing they just get paid for it

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Goddammit Yaya.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    You are going to be so fucked in university.

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Pshh
    I went four years and I never cited outside sources for an English essay
    That shit's for chumps

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    if you can change my mind I welcome it

    my wee post-Year 12 brain just can't really see the justification

    e: Buster hi5

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    YaYa wrote: »
    I mean, work does suck, but don't blame the essay.

    I'm not really

    I just don't think any English essay should require outside sources as evidence

    those outside sources are doing the same thing you're doing they just get paid for it
    Try writing a 5000 word essay on Prion Proteins. You have to reference practically every sentence.

    Good luck in university.

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    "prion proteins" is redundant; a prion is a protein by definition

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    YaYa wrote: »
    I mean, work does suck, but don't blame the essay.

    I'm not really

    I just don't think any English essay should require outside sources as evidence

    those outside sources are doing the same thing you're doing they just get paid for it
    Try writing a 5000 word essay on Prion Proteins. You have to reference practically every sentence.

    Good luck in university.

    Is Prion Proteins the name of a book?
    Otherwise why would you have to write an English essay for it?

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    "prion proteins" is redundant; a prion is a protein by definition

    "Prion" specifies what kind of protein.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    aaahhhh jesus christ
    I'm not a fucking retard guys I know you need to source every other subject

    but I specifically corrected myself by saying English multiple times

    goddammit

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    "prion proteins" is redundant; a prion is a protein by definition
    Nah, you're wrong.

    Is Prion Proteins the name of a book?
    Otherwise why would you have to write an English essay for it?
    This was for one of my Medicine units.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dublo you're fucking retarded

    e: actually I take it back that was mean

    but seriously I said English Essay like three times and we were talking about English essays the entire time so

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    oh, sorry I wasn't talking about English

    blah blah blaaaah

    Get a useful degree, fag.

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    oh, sorry I wasn't talking about English

    blah blah blaaaah

    Get a useful degree, fag.

    You mean a degree where you learn to read things carefully?

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It's nearly impossible to write an essay on any common topic without plagiarizing, if only technically.

    If you aren't citing outside sources, I guarantee you're plagiarizing something.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    hey Buster

    you're good people

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    BusterK wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    oh, sorry I wasn't talking about English

    blah blah blaaaah

    Get a useful degree, fag.

    You mean a degree where you learn to read things carefully?

    hahaha

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It's nearly impossible to write an essay on any common topic without plagiarizing, if only technically.

    If you aren't citing outside sources, I guarantee you're plagiarizing something.
    Yeah. If you don't cite sources, you automatically fail.

    Also, I was just trying to make it clear to YaYa, regardless of topic/course, you have to cite, cite, cite.

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