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    My high school lied to me about what is a claim in writing and now i'm paying for it

    In high school my teachers wanted five paragraph essays with thesis statements that were basically "thing A and thing B and thing C are all important about topic X." That worked fine. I got A's. I felt smart. Then I got to college and my first paper back literally said "this is summary, not...
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    Counterarguments made my papers stronger and here's the essentials in writing trick

    I used to avoid counterarguments like the plague. 🦠 Why would I bring up opposing views in my own paper?? That's just giving my professor reasons to take points off, right?? I thought the goal was to build the strongest possible case for MY side and ignore everything else. Turns out that's...
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    Secret sauce: why a perfect 5 paragraph essay got me my dream internship

    What's up, everyone! 🤘 I feel like I need to share a massive W because I’m still riding the high. I just landed a summer internship with a pretty big marketing firm in the city, and I swear, the thing that sealed the deal was a classic, perfectly executed 5 paragraph essay. I know, I know. It...
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