[thechat] Essay help, anyone?

[Andrew Forsberg]

>Any help would be appreciated. Even if its just "damn, matt, that essay
>sucks".

Hi

I think Morbus covered most of the phrasing issues. Definitely 
'deeper understanding' is preferable to 'deep understanding.' The 
latter sounds a bit like hippy-talk to me.

I'd also be careful about the paragraph that starts 'I did put my 
full effort...' -- mainly because it could be interpreted as whining, 
or dumping on your teacher. Although that's almost certainly not what 
you mean, I can just see certain members of an examination board 
getting their noses slightly out of joint over it.

Perhaps phrase it more along the lines of: while I met all the 
necessary curriculum requirements by finishing homework, etc etc etc; 
the time I spent trying to understand the concepts behind the 
exercises was far more valuable to me. By learning how to understand 
and solve problems generally, rather than learning formulas by rote, 
I feel more confident in my approach to new, unknown problems.

You never know, that math teacher could easily be on the board... :-)

Best of luck,
Andrew

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