> never ending stream of terrible research When I was in elementary school, I saw the same thing. People forced to write essays on things they were not necessa

> never ending stream of terrible research When I was in elementary school, I saw the same thing. People forced to write essays on things they were not necessarily good at, just in order to advance to the next year. The result, of course, was a crapton of half-assed essays, many of which were bullshitted together not long before the deadline. I sincerely doubt even half of them where in any way useful whatsoever. At least in my school, few people improved their essay skills over time. Maybe they learned more technically impressive ways to bullshit, but their writing did not improve. (Some people's writing improved, but often they turned out to be writing things on their own interest in their spare time.) I know at the time I said to myself, "This is dumb, but it's just school. It's not like this for adults, of course. They have their shit together." Turns out many adults still do that! This is bad on so many levels it's bordering on unintentional evil. Someone should start a revolution.