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.
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.