Essay Skills

When trying to find out which citation style I should be using for an essay I’m doing, I saw this amusing bit of information on the school’s web page for essay advice.

It takes time to research, plan, write and then edit and re-write a paper. If there is someone in your class who boasts they wrote their essay at 2 a.m. the day before it was due and got a 7, they are either (a) excessively brilliant (i.e., not normal, and possibly in league with the devil) or (b) lying. Leave yourself plenty of time to complete all the steps.

True, the 2am start is difficult and nigh on impossible if you are actually going to research, as opposed to simply write, a paper. That said, the paper I handed in last Friday was written in less than four hours. I’m yet to discover the consequences of those actions, but I believe it’s a PB in speed essay writing. Not one I’m necessarily proud of, but a PB nonetheless.

And then you hope your professor never comes across your blog, especially if they haven’t yet marked aforementioned paper.