How To Write a Term Paper

[randomness]

My friend nihilistic_kid is a published novelist who used to make something vaguely resembling a living as a term paper artist. In the above titled post, he gives some advice to undergrads:

Spring Break is over, at least in the US, and so now the shank of the semester has begun. Time for term papers! As a former term paper artist I've learned a few things about papering. Things you will not learn from other sources simply because almost nobody has the experience I have. Composition specialists, your professors, and writing center tutors have not written 5000+ model term papers in virtually every field and in every length and format.

So, if you hear different from what I am saying, remember that I am right and they are wrong.

Note: this is "How To Write a Term Paper" not "How To Learn Something." Learning is your problem!

The remainder of the post outlines the process in eight steps.

I also recommend his piece about writing for a term paper mill, "The Term Paper Artist" published in The Smart Set, at Drexel University.

I think if I'd read his post when I was an undergrad, I would have handed in more of my papers on time.

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Am I really the only one seriously put off by this?

I doubt you're the only one put off by it, but I do think the level of moral outrage you're showing is higher than even most people who are put off by it.

Both in my LJ and in your own (and probably other places I don't read) I have noticed lately you staking out some positions which I'd be glad to discuss sometime, probably in person. LJ is a fine place for generating heat but not particularly for generating light. I don't necessarily think your positions are wrong, and they have by and large struck me as internally quite consistent--right down to your home decor, which I think is the remarkable bit--but I do think we start from very different basic axioms.

Anyway, I'm more interested in lowering the level of heat and raising the light level, so please don't take any of this as an insult; it's really meant as a jumping-off point for conversation.