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> Essay-writing is no longer a skill that anyone values outside academia, because we moved on. Downvote because essay writing is essentially researching a topi
by dehrmann 4y ago
> Essay-writing is no longer a skill that anyone values outside academia, because we moved on.
Downvote because essay writing is essentially researching a topic, forming an opinion, and communicating that opinion. This is applicable in almost every knowledge job.
- marcus_holmes 4y agoDisagree. When I was writing essays for my MBA, I formed the opinion, searched for journal articles whose extracts agreed with my opinion, and cited them. I don't think I read a single article or researched a single topic. Essay-writing is about jumping through hoops; working out what the lecturer expects to see and then giving it to them. Admittedly that is also a skill required in every knowledge job (replace "lecturer" with "boss"), but I think there are better ways to teach this.