Why wouldn't they? They can cite whatever they want as long as it matches their conclusions, and if they have the correct opinions they won't get punished.
That's how every "argument" is made in the humanities--begin with a conclusion trumpeting your prejudices and mine the stacks for other people advancing your thesis to provide testimony for rationalization.
Honestly that’s essentially how you’re taught to write a “research” paper from undergrad on. Put some of your own bullshit down and then buttress it with random journals that back up whatever point you’re trying to make in any given section. Gotta hit your 10 sources or whatever the professor is asking…. And it honestly doesn’t change postgrad.
True. In the Cal State system, it was possible to earn a 4-year BS or BA with only 2 required writing courses--freshman comp and "upper division writing" taken in the third year.
We were gatekeepers with no gate to keep, charged with ensuring graduates were at least capable of writing and reading at the 12th-grade level.
Why wouldn't they? They can cite whatever they want as long as it matches their conclusions, and if they have the correct opinions they won't get punished.
That's how every "argument" is made in the humanities--begin with a conclusion trumpeting your prejudices and mine the stacks for other people advancing your thesis to provide testimony for rationalization.
Honestly that’s essentially how you’re taught to write a “research” paper from undergrad on. Put some of your own bullshit down and then buttress it with random journals that back up whatever point you’re trying to make in any given section. Gotta hit your 10 sources or whatever the professor is asking…. And it honestly doesn’t change postgrad.
True. In the Cal State system, it was possible to earn a 4-year BS or BA with only 2 required writing courses--freshman comp and "upper division writing" taken in the third year.
We were gatekeepers with no gate to keep, charged with ensuring graduates were at least capable of writing and reading at the 12th-grade level.