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I came first in English for my school, many moons ago. Leading up to the finals, I regularly finished ahead of the hard core the English essay people, generally
by cmroanirgo 7y ago
I came first in English for my school, many moons ago. Leading up to the finals, I regularly finished ahead of the hard core the English essay people, generally to my amusement. My exam essay responses were generally half the length (sometimes even shorter) than the prodigious writers. Although I've an ok vocabulary, I always made sure I made the right choice of word to hit a specific meaning, rather than choosing words with a high syllable count.
I'd find it highly interesting to see what kind of result I'd get using an automated system.
Why?
Because, I once asked a teacher (also an examiner) why I got good grades above the others, and the answer surprised me: my answers were generally unique /refreshingly different, to the point/ not too long and easy to read.
I suspect with this new system, I'd be an average student. It'd also be interesting to find out, several years down the road, if the automated system could be gamed at all -- I suspect it could, and teachers would help students 'maximise' their scores as a result of that.
- bumby 7y agoYour post resonated with my first thought on reading the article. I wonder if it would penalize writers with simple declarative sentences. You know, those average writers like Hemingway /s
- rocqua 7y agoIt seems plausible that, under this system, you would eventually have learned to write longer essays. To my mind, that would be a school teaching you to be worse. In fact, throughout the article I kept being surprised by the idea that long is good. When writing, I tend to prefer being brief.