I received the following note, with some revised papers attached: I was wondering if it would be possible for you to look over my revised assignments. I made the changes you suggested but wanted to see if you could tell...
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1. University education is rarely if ever about mastering a textbook or a method. Usually, it is learning to think (to think like a lawyer, like a city planner, like an engineer, like a sophisticated reader of literature, like...
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1. University education is rarely if ever about mastering a textbook or a method. Usually, it is learning to think (to think like a lawyer, like a city planner, like an engineer, like a sophisticated reader of literature, like...
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I am told that today's students do not respect authority, they feel that since they pay tuition they should be able to negotiate their grades, etc... I suspect that nothing much has changed over the past fifty or one hundred...
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In general, you will get nowhere arguing with your instructor about the grammaticality of your writing, or whether your instructor gave you incorrect guidance ("you told me so"). You will do much better asking, "How can I make it better?"...
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Two unrelated notes: 1. When you write something or prepare a presentation, whether it be a report, a memo, a love letter, or a speech--make a rough OUTLINE before you start drafting. You can start by listing your main points,...
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Recently, I helped a student work through some problem in the statistics for planning class. They wrote me, "Again, thank you for your patience and assistance. I now realize that I should have been checking in with you for...
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By chance, in the last day or two I have heard of several academic integrity violations. Namely, when papers and projects were checked with Turnitin or just Google, the source was discovered. Often, substantial quantities of a paper or...
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1. You need to draft, redraft, and polish. 2. Show your instructor your BEST work. If you receive a marked-up paper, and want to redo it, redo it based on those indications, plus the perspective you have on your...
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In conversations with my colleagues, I realized that many of our students do not realize that most of their professional writing is for a busy audience: bosses, clients, community members, other scholars, etc. They have lots to read and...
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