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>Essays are obviously not the only method of "demonstrating and improving the student's writing and thinking". This is patently false, with many counter exampl
by patrick451 2y ago
>Essays are obviously not the only method of "demonstrating and improving the student's writing and thinking".
This is patently false, with many counter examples to count. Editorials, blogs, substacks entries, long posts on twitter are all essays.
- marcus_holmes 2y agoI don't consider a video to be an essay, and yet it is perfectly capable of improving someone's writing and thinking.
- patrick451 2y agoI quoted the wrong part. I intended to respond to this claim "Essays are only ever used in an academic context. No-one outside of academia writes an essay. This use-case has been replaced by Powerpoint presentations."