Most of my writing assignments in college had both minimum and maximum word limits.
We were doing it based on APA style, which emphasizes brevity because the goal is to teach you to write articles for scientific journals.
I only took Comp I before dropping out, so my teacher was happy when students were able to do a one page double spaced essay. I seriously saw her write on someone's paper once, "incapable to finish reading too many errors in grammar, spelling, and clear thoughts." Followed by giving them a D instead of a F
Certainly but a set specific one shouldn't exist. Basically what I'm saying is the essay is unable to make its point without getting "long winded" then it should be marked as such. But if there's a 2000 word limit and you wrote 2200 while still keeping it interesting and not wasting points or words then you shouldn't be penalized for the fact.
That probably makes less sense being read then it did in my mind.
I see and understand your point. The problem is that a majority of students are whiny bitches, and if you don't give them a word limit they get stressed and confused by the direction to "be concise".
God I ran through that so many times in school. If the topic and rules of a paper weren't clearly laid out, and the student was given the option they'd be lost.
also thanks to school I now hate the whole language debate with a passion
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
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You know, I played Minecraft, and it just wasn't as interesting as everybody says it is. I really really don't get the appeal.
I assume you played the free creative version rather than the full paid version? The free version is just playing with LEGO basically whereas the full version has resource management, crafting, building, combat, transport, day/night cycles and last time I played weather and biomes were being tested in rudimentary levels.
also thanks to school I now hate the whole language debate with a passion
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
It seems weird that Norway is the one being accused of having Finnish identity issues, considering most of Finland was owned by Sweden or Russia at one point or another, and current scholarly thinking has Finnish in a language group of its own along with Estonian and Hungarian.
So the missus is in Paris for the next few days on what is supposedly part of her hen night/week away somewhere nice without me. So in the meantime, I figure either strip clubs and debauchery or finishing off Assassin's Creed 2.
also thanks to school I now hate the whole language debate with a passion
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
It seems weird that Norway is the one being accused of having Finnish identity issues, considering most of Finland was owned by Sweden or Russia at one point or another, and current scholarly thinking has Finnish in a language group of its own along with Estonian and Hungarian.
You have discovered a joke. It menaces with spikes of obsidian. On it there is an image of Dwarves. The Dwarves are being eaten by skeleton carp.
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Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
So the missus is in Paris for the next few days banging some prissy Parisian dude. So in the meantime, I figure either strip clubs and debauchery or finishing off Assassin's Creed 2.
So netflix on the 360 is awesome and all, but it requiring a gold membership means that if I take my profile and go play games at a friend's house, nobody else can watch netflix. :?
"I've had requests for adoption. In America, a man changed his name legally to Lucius Malfoy, showed me the documentation and then sent me documents to disown my parents and move to be with him in the States in his house, which he had named Malfoy Manor. I kindly rejected that. That was quite scary".
- Harry Potter actor Tom Felton, on "special" fans
Oh dear.
This is like those girls who run up to Robert Pattinson asking him to suck their blood out, only at least three times as creepy.
I really need to figure out how I want to deal with next year. I'll have enough money to live for 12 months, plus I'll have unemployment if I can't find work right off. However, I really want to take a Technical Writing course - which eats up at least 5 months of living. And I have no idea what my time/commute situation will be next year. I can't possibly afford a car anytime soon, and I'm simply nowhere near brave enough to consider a motorized scooter or anything so I can't work around horrible bus commute times, and I don't even know which CITY my next job will be in. Also I'm not sure if my technical writing thing will really work out because 90% of the technical writing jobs around here are about programming and I absolutely fail at programming.
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
So the missus is in Paris for the next few days on what is supposedly part of her hen night/week away somewhere nice without me. So in the meantime, I figure either strip clubs and debauchery or finishing off Assassin's Creed 2.
Choices, choices.
You're going to starve to death. She'll find you dead, in your underpants, in front of a game over screen on your xbox.
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
So the missus is in Paris for the next few days on what is supposedly part of her hen night/week away somewhere nice without me. So in the meantime, I figure either strip clubs and debauchery or finishing off Assassin's Creed 2.
Choices, choices.
We both know it will be AC2. Strip clubs are a young man's game.
also thanks to school I now hate the whole language debate with a passion
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
It seems weird that Norway is the one being accused of having Finnish identity issues, considering most of Finland was owned by Sweden or Russia at one point or another, and current scholarly thinking has Finnish in a language group of its own along with Estonian and Hungarian.
You have discovered a joke. It menaces with spikes of obsidian. On it there is an image of Dwarves. The Dwarves are being eaten by skeleton carp.
I have -4 to sense motive when consulting solely the written word.
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
So the missus is in Paris for the next few days on what is supposedly part of her hen night/week away somewhere nice without me. So in the meantime, I figure either strip clubs and debauchery or finishing off Assassin's Creed 2.
Choices, choices.
We both know it will be AC2. Strip clubs are a young man's game.
I am disappointed no one thinks I could go and drown myself in the ample cleavage of cheap strumpets. Or cook for myself adequately enough to stay alive in her absence..
Though I did just eat a chip sandwich because it was the least difficult thing I could think of doing tonight, so perhaps that last point is bang on.
also thanks to school I now hate the whole language debate with a passion
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
It seems weird that Norway is the one being accused of having Finnish identity issues, considering most of Finland was owned by Sweden or Russia at one point or another, and current scholarly thinking has Finnish in a language group of its own along with Estonian and Hungarian.
also because we've been part of both sweden and denmark but never finland
those two are close but finland is a long way away
I know we share a border with them but up there there's nothing
nothing except forests and cold
anyway, the language debate is about our written language
I am disappointed no one thinks I could go and drown myself in the ample cleavage of cheap strumpets. Or cook for myself adequately enough to stay alive in her absence..
Though I did just eat a chip sandwich because it was the least difficult thing I could think of doing tonight, so perhaps that last point is bang on.
I can't wait for your marriage!
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
also thanks to school I now hate the whole language debate with a passion
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
It seems weird that Norway is the one being accused of having Finnish identity issues, considering most of Finland was owned by Sweden or Russia at one point or another, and current scholarly thinking has Finnish in a language group of its own along with Estonian and Hungarian.
also because we've been part of both sweden and denmark but never finland
those two are close but finland is a long way away
I know we share a border with them but up there there's nothing
nothing except forests and cold
anyway, the language debate is about our written language
we have two
it's retarded
Aren't there at least three dialects of Chinese running around? And I think Spanish has three or four, not counting Mexican.
I am disappointed no one thinks I could go and drown myself in the ample cleavage of cheap strumpets. Or cook for myself adequately enough to stay alive in her absence..
Though I did just eat a chip sandwich because it was the least difficult thing I could think of doing tonight, so perhaps that last point is bang on.
basically around the turn of the century we became independent and all and so we needed to figure out how to write
up until then we were writing danish
the cities (where educated rich people lived, educated in copenhagen) wanted danish, the farmers in the rest of the country wanted something more like what we spoke
some guy went around and recorded tons of dialects and made a written language based on that and some other guy norwegianized danish
to this day we haven't decided which one to use so we have both
and you have to learn both in school which is dumb
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BobCescaIs a girlBirmingham, UKRegistered Userregular
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I only took Comp I before dropping out, so my teacher was happy when students were able to do a one page double spaced essay. I seriously saw her write on someone's paper once, "incapable to finish reading too many errors in grammar, spelling, and clear thoughts." Followed by giving them a D instead of a F
Which describes a lot of lower division college students.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
We had that too. It's important for students to learn to deal with entirely arbitrary limitations.
entire paper in haiku format NO EXCEPTIONS
what's up
800 is annoyingly small when you have something to say, though
but it's the perfect length when you have 90 minutes and have to bullshit your way through the whole thing
God I ran through that so many times in school. If the topic and rules of a paper weren't clearly laid out, and the student was given the option they'd be lost.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ALRIGHT
STOP MAKING ME WRITE ABOUT IT
What language debate?
Does Norway really need to be a different country to Finland? It's a big debate. Largely based around trying to find where the two countries are on a map and working out if they have separate languages or not. Sometimes they throw Sweden into the mix.
I assume you played the free creative version rather than the full paid version? The free version is just playing with LEGO basically whereas the full version has resource management, crafting, building, combat, transport, day/night cycles and last time I played weather and biomes were being tested in rudimentary levels.
It seems weird that Norway is the one being accused of having Finnish identity issues, considering most of Finland was owned by Sweden or Russia at one point or another, and current scholarly thinking has Finnish in a language group of its own along with Estonian and Hungarian.
Choices, choices.
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I would love to write anything for a living, and erotic fiction is high up on the list of things that'd be fun to write, but it's not near the top.
This is like those girls who run up to Robert Pattinson asking him to suck their blood out, only at least three times as creepy.
You're going to starve to death. She'll find you dead, in your underpants, in front of a game over screen on your xbox.
We both know it will be AC2. Strip clubs are a young man's game.
I have -4 to sense motive when consulting solely the written word.
If it helps, it was actually funny in my head.
Plus, internet porn is cheaper.
Though I did just eat a chip sandwich because it was the least difficult thing I could think of doing tonight, so perhaps that last point is bang on.
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also because we've been part of both sweden and denmark but never finland
those two are close but finland is a long way away
I know we share a border with them but up there there's nothing
nothing except forests and cold
anyway, the language debate is about our written language
we have two
it's retarded
hey Var wanna hangout?
I can't wait for your marriage!
Its the same way with the PS3. I don't get it but the disc is free and you never have to send it back.
Aren't there at least three dialects of Chinese running around? And I think Spanish has three or four, not counting Mexican.
*looks in English to American dictionary*
You ate a sandwich made out of Freedom Fries?
:^:
excellent choice
up until then we were writing danish
the cities (where educated rich people lived, educated in copenhagen) wanted danish, the farmers in the rest of the country wanted something more like what we spoke
some guy went around and recorded tons of dialects and made a written language based on that and some other guy norwegianized danish
to this day we haven't decided which one to use so we have both
and you have to learn both in school which is dumb
apparently having clean clothes is more important than watching Mad Men so I have to wait a bit while japan hangs out the laundry.
she's snoring right now