“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass
In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.
In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.
In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded.
in this essay, enlightenment will descend upon you without the agency of any living being. you will know things, yet know not how you know.
prepare yourself. it begins.
You write with “I” in some types of essays but in others it weakens what you’re saying and idk why you guys take that so personally
If I remember correctly it’s that when you’re writing the kind of essays that you write in school it’s supposed to be objective? And if you use “I” it’s not, it’s clearly opinion? Of course it’s all opinion. But like.
I don’t get it. Just don’t use I. It’s not hard. It doesn’t need to be passive?
Anyway it’s probably a rule adopted in school because of little actual merit to writing that way, but it’s probably easier in a setting where a fair number of the writers have a very loose grasp of grammar for whatever reason.
Yeah that as well.
Also, and I doubt it’s because it’s just been ingrained in me, “I” sounds less professional. It just does. I don’t know why, but it’s not because I consciously think “that’s less professional”, “I” is just less convincing.
“In this essay” isn’t good anyway. Instead I’d write something else entirely
“Using “I” in essays is generally not allowed in school essays because it does not sound professional and therefore is detrimental to the credibility of the essay”
That’s a very rough version of how you ACTUALLY write that sentence in an essay.
But also.. it’s literally a meme lol @op it’s not that deep lol
ONE MORE THING (probably no promises) you can cite a study without “I” and similar pronouns that are frowned upon in academic writing without.. implying.. the research just happened. Literally just say something to the effect of “(researchers) found (x)”. As far as I can tell it’s the same regardless of whether you use “I” anyway?
Also you can make “I” sound professional enough but honestly it still gives a feel to writing that makes it less appealing but maybe that’s just a me thing idk I mean a sample size of one is bad
“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass
In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.
In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.
In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded.
in this essay, enlightenment will descend upon you without the agency of any living being. you will know things, yet know not how you know.
prepare yourself. it begins.
You write with “I” in some types of essays but in others it weakens what you’re saying and idk why you guys take that so personally
If I remember correctly it’s that when you’re writing the kind of essays that you write in school it’s supposed to be objective? And if you use “I” it’s not, it’s clearly opinion? Of course it’s all opinion. But like.
I don’t get it. Just don’t use I. It’s not hard. It doesn’t need to be passive?
Anyway it’s probably a rule adopted in school because of little actual merit to writing that way, but it’s probably easier in a setting where a fair number of the writers have a very loose grasp of grammar for whatever reason.
Yeah that as well.
Also, and I doubt it’s because it’s just been ingrained in me, “I” sounds less professional. It just does. I don’t know why, but it’s not because I consciously think “that’s less professional”, “I” is just less convincing.
“In this essay” isn’t good anyway. Instead I’d write something else entirely
“Using "I” in essays is generally not allowed in school essays because it does not sound professional and therefore is detrimental to the credibility of the essay"
That’s a very rough version of how you ACTUALLY write that sentence in an essay.
But also.. it’s literally a meme lol @op it’s not that deep lol
“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass
In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.
In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.
In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded.
in this essay, enlightenment will descend upon you without the agency of any living being. you will know things, yet know not how you know.
prepare yourself. it begins.
You write with “I” in some types of essays but in others it weakens what you’re saying and idk why you guys take that so personally
If I remember correctly it’s that when you’re writing the kind of essays that you write in school it’s supposed to be objective? And if you use “I” it’s not, it’s clearly opinion? Of course it’s all opinion. But like.
I don’t get it. Just don’t use I. It’s not hard. It doesn’t need to be passive?
Anyway it’s probably a rule adopted in school because of little actual merit to writing that way, but it’s probably easier in a setting where a fair number of the writers have a very loose grasp of grammar for whatever reason.
Yeah that as well.
Also, and I doubt it’s because it’s just been ingrained in me, “I” sounds less professional. It just does. I don’t know why, but it’s not because I consciously think “that’s less professional”, “I” is just less convincing.
“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass
In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.
In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.
In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded.
in this essay, enlightenment will descend upon you without the agency of any living being. you will know things, yet know not how you know.
prepare yourself. it begins.
You write with “I” in some types of essays but in others it weakens what you’re saying and idk why you guys take that so personally
If I remember correctly it’s that when you’re writing the kind of essays that you write in school it’s supposed to be objective? And if you use “I” it’s not, it’s clearly opinion? Of course it’s all opinion. But like.
I don’t get it. Just don’t use I. It’s not hard. It doesn’t need to be passive?
Anyway it’s probably a rule adopted in school because of little actual merit to writing that way, but it’s probably easier in a setting where a fair number of the writers have a very loose grasp of grammar for whatever reason.
Ok just cause I’m still salty and this needs to be said: just because your story is a bit predictable doesn’t mean it’s bad. sometimes that just means that your story makes sense. if nothing in your story is predictable then you have crossed the line from “keeping viewers on their toes” to “nonsensical nightmare that doesn’t deliver on any front”
“There’s no evidence these characters who display no romantic or sexual preferences in canon are gay/bi/pan/ace!”
Ok, but…there’s no evidence they’re straight either…and why does it matter if people’s fanfiction doesn’t accurately reflect canon anyway…?
Like, I 100% get being a stickler for canon, I’m that way about media I’m passionate about, but fan works aren’t meant to strictly adhere to ANYTHING. They’re creative outlets for lovers of certain media, using that media not as a rigid, pre-made template, but merely as inspiration to draw from.
Make Harry Potter an alien from Mars. Rewrite Tangled as a J-drama. Do The Little Mermaid but gay.
Fan works are about having fun and doing the things that speak to you with the media you love, so whatever wild idea you have in your head right now, GO FOR IT!
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