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I think the problem comes from schools and universities. They force students to think in volume (6 pages, 12 pages) when writing. Who is a better writer: Julie,
by mannicken 18y ago
I think the problem comes from schools and universities. They force students to think in volume (6 pages, 12 pages) when writing. Who is a better writer: Julie, who wrote 12 pages of coherent paper or Mary, who stacked the same essence in 4 pages of superb writing?
According to the guys who teach -- Mary should receive about an F on her paper while Julie will get a B+.
- unalone 18y agoThere are many, many flaws with the school system. This is one of them. (The other problem is that there are a lot of people who think they're Marys when in reality they're just writing short, crappy essays.)
- misterbwong 18y agoHonestly, I've only encountered this in CS writing classes (40 page minimum requirements docs, etc). All of the actual writing classes I took used the min. page requirement very loosely. The teachers/TA's explicitly said that writing well was much better than writing more.