Everything That's Wrong With America

[VOLatile]

I blame this on primary education. Writing a paper is easy if you handrail it, but it will not necessarily be flowery and poetic. Instead of teaching kids how to construct an argument (because, yes, an essay is an argument), "language arts" courses are focused on the artistic side of writing. But, while anybody can grab a ruler and draw house, not everyone can simply sit down and draw a beautiful cottage (only the artist can). So, we have a bunch of non-artists who have not been taught how to grab the ruler and simply draw the meager house, but the house that works.

Never once when I was growing up was I taught that the standard five paragraph paper was syllogistic: introduction and thesis, major premise, minor premise, logical entailment of the two premises, and conclusion. Instead you are taught: introduction, point and supporting evidence, another point and supporting evidence, and another point and supporting evidence, and conclusion. It's bull**** and provides almost nothing for the student (and, absolutely nothing for the reader).

For those on here that have children that are learning to write papers, sit them down and teach them how to properly do so. For example:

This paper will argue that Socrates was wise. Many assert that Socrates was not wise, but they are wrong because all philosophers are wise and Socrates was a philosopher. Thus, Socrates was wise.
All philosophers are wise. Philosophy is the search for wisdom and this paper posits that to even search for wisdom one must already be wise. As only the wise man would forego searching for other things in order to pursue wisdom.
Socrates was a philosopher. Socrates lived in Greece in the fifth century BCE and was renown throughout the Peloponnese as a great philosopher. In fact, Socrates even trained the philosopher Plato, who in turn trained the philosopher Aristotle. It would be absurd to think a non-philosopher can train such amazing philosophers.
Socrates is wise. As was stated above, all philosophers are wise and Socrates was a philosopher. Thus, Socrates must have been wise.
In conclusion, this paper has demonstrated that Socrates was wise and has refuted the objections from the critics.

That is how children need to be taught how to write. If your child is not being taught in such a manner, you need to either work with them on your own or find someone to work with them.

I forgot to mention that she's also Mexican and doesn't quite grasp the language structure after 19+ years here.

 

[PKT_VOL]

I blame this on primary education. Writing a paper is easy if you handrail it, but it will not necessarily be flowery and poetic. Instead of teaching kids how to construct an argument (because, yes, an essay is an argument), "language arts" courses are focused on the artistic side of writing. But, while anybody can grab a ruler and draw house, not everyone can simply sit down and draw a beautiful cottage (only the artist can). So, we have a bunch of non-artists who have not been taught how to grab the ruler and simply draw the meager house, but the house that works.

Never once when I was growing up was I taught that the standard five paragraph paper was syllogistic: introduction and thesis, major premise, minor premise, logical entailment of the two premises, and conclusion. Instead you are taught: introduction, point and supporting evidence, another point and supporting evidence, and another point and supporting evidence, and conclusion. It's bull**** and provides almost nothing for the student (and, absolutely nothing for the reader).

For those on here that have children that are learning to write papers, sit them down and teach them how to properly do so. For example:

This paper will argue that Socrates was wise. Many assert that Socrates was not wise, but they are wrong because all philosophers are wise and Socrates was a philosopher. Thus, Socrates was wise.
All philosophers are wise. Philosophy is the search for wisdom and this paper posits that to even search for wisdom one must already be wise. As only the wise man would forego searching for other things in order to pursue wisdom.
Socrates was a philosopher. Socrates lived in Greece in the fifth century BCE and was renown throughout the Peloponnese as a great philosopher. In fact, Socrates even trained the philosopher Plato, who in turn trained the philosopher Aristotle. It would be absurd to think a non-philosopher can train such amazing philosophers.
Socrates is wise. As was stated above, all philosophers are wise and Socrates was a philosopher. Thus, Socrates must have been wise.
In conclusion, this paper has demonstrated that Socrates was wise and has refuted the objections from the critics.

That is how children need to be taught how to write. If your child is not being taught in such a manner, you need to either work with them on your own or find someone to work with them.

You have been a philosophy student too long.

Most papers are not necessarily set up in a premise one, two three manner.

Nothing worse than a group paper. Writing half when you are only suppose to write a fifth. Then having the professor rave about how good the first half of the paper is and how much of a train wreck the second half is. All the while, never putting two and two together; giving the WHOLE group a sh*tty grade :no:

 

[gasguy98]

I really hope you read it. It's basically a summary of how the college experience and the liberal arts curriculum has been sold out to modern conceptions of racial grievance, gender identity, social justice, globalism, and multiculturalism. Essentially, colleges and universities are bastions of radical liberalism.

This is nothing new.

 

[VOLatile]

You have been a philosophy student too long.

Most papers are not necessarily set up in a premise one, two three manner.

Nothing worse than a group paper. Writing half when you are only suppose to write a fifth. Then having the professor rave about how good the first half of the paper is and how much of a train wreck the second half is. All the while, never putting two and two together; giving the WHOLE group a sh*tty grade :no:

My English prof was actually pretty good about this. He could tell what parts I wrote and graded me and others accordingly.