[thechat] Essay help, anyone?
Andrew Forsberg
andrew at thepander.co.nz
Sat Sep 29 16:49:00 CDT 2001
>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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