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HOW TO WRITE A //HIGH SCHOOL// ESSAY

When most* English teachers grade essays, they aren’t actually sitting down and reading your work like it’s a novel. They scan through and make sure you have all the key components for essay writing (that’s why you see little checkmarks over your essay when it’s returned. Once they see you have the sentence there, they leave the mark and move on).

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This is the template I used for 90% of my essays in high school:

I just filled in the sentences for the relevant topic, copy pasted them into a paragraph, and proofread once or twice to make sure it flowed and there were no basic spelling mistakes.

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*THIS IS NOT //GOOD// ESSAY WRITING

In an academic capacity, these types of essays are weak, boring, and won’t hold up. It works in high school because /technically/ it has everything you need, so it gets a 100/100 (or close, fingers crossed) on the rubric.

If you end up with a teacher that doesn’t let you just plug in sentences and actually pushes you to /write/ something, take advantage of it! I learned more about writing from one teacher that ignored rubrics and actually graded the quality of my work than I did in all four years of high school combined.

That being said, this is not meant to put down teachers or make it seem like I know everything. I’m absolutely sure all the english teachers I had saw through what I was doing (one or two of them even commented on it), but it was still enough (the bare minimum) to get me through the slog of high school. Good luck and happy writing!

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NOTES ABOUT THE TEMPLATE:

Add in transition words at the start of each paragraph and at the beginning of each new piece of “PROOF”

Repeat the “BODY PARAGRAPH” template three times with each different piece of your thesis

You only need 2-3 ‘PROVE, EXPLAIN, CONNECT” sections for each body paragraph. A good idea is to aim for one longer paragraph with three supports, and have that be your strongest argument, and let your two other paragraphs only have two supports.

This template works best for PERSUASIVE ESSAYS. It can be used with tweaking for comparative essays, but I don’t recommend it because it’s specifically designed to cater to the persuasive essay rubric

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Here’s an example of the template in use for a body paragraph. This was, in fact, one of my old high school essays, I just pulled up the old document. The thesis was that there are no heroes in Hamlet.

[theunaestheticstudyblr]

STEM writing advice

Ok so this could probably work for a lot of writing, but the only writing I've done in years is scientific papers, so I don't wanna lay untrue claims. Anyways, here we go!!!

Don't just put in a quote. Unpack it. By that, I mean explain the contents of the quote and then how it relates to your topic. For example, let's say you're writing about the sky and use the following quote: "the sky gets its color due to the reflection of light". Your followup sentence should explain this, looking something like: the blue color therefore is a result of this reflection in the atmosphere. It both helps explain the quote and its relevance. This is very important for supporting evidence for a claim.

Titles are hard!!!! I recommend writing your intro and discussion before deciding on one. This way you can pull a summary phrase from one to use for a title!

Download or save all your sources!!!! Trust me trying to find them panicking at 2am is no fun.

When compiling resources, make an annotated bibliography

WRITE ON YOUR SOURCES GOD DAMN IT!!!!! I don't know why this belief that you shouldn't write in books or on papers or anything is so prevalent. But fuck it. Trust me you want to write on them! It will save you so much time when you're looking for that once super specific, amazing, perfect quote you read.

Before you proofread, do not touch your paper for at least a day. Don't even think about it. You're too attached. After 24 hours of absence you'll be able to go "wow that really sucks what was I thinking?"

If you hit a block, just word vomit. Just write down anything and everything.

Or start with your evidence or quotes and build from there.

Use something like [zz] for missing information. That's what I use and it allows me to search the document for that to find where I'm missing something whether it's a citation, an explanation, a data point, whatever.

You don't have to write the sections in order. Write your methods first and your intro last. It doesn't matter at all.

It helps having someone else proofread your paper, but if no one can, Google translate or any read aloud service is amazing

Stuck on an idea? Talk about it to someone or something. I use my ferret. I'll just sit there and be like ok this is what my data is and this is the analysis from it, but how do I explain its relevance?? Like sure it shows this but what about this? And then eventually I figure it out. Bartenders are also great for this

If you don't like working at a library, make yourself a spot at home that's just for writing with no distractions. Yes, even that plant will get you away from your paper, trust me.

Get you a nice, soft pillow to bang your head against.

Learn to do calculations in excel and run analysis in a statistical software like R which is free to use!

If you want to access an article without paying, email the authors! A lot of time they'll send you the paper!

Keep track of ALL vocab. Any niche terms might have to be defined, so keeping a list with definitions/explanations is very helpful.

Make a folder with subfolders. Keeping things organized will save you so much time I promise. Put drafts in one folder, papers in another, lists in another, etc.

Save! Always save! Even better: set up autosave to occur every like 10 minutes.

Early mornings and/or late nights are gonna be your thing now I promise.

If your eyes start feeling strained or your head starts hurting, take a break! Trust me, once you start writing in what I like to call the "goo stage" (where you're starting to get foggy and tired, rubbing your eyes, stretching your back, etc) your work quality is gonna go way down. Get up, stretch, drink some water, take a walk, whatever.

Get a stress ball or something. Especially for running data analysis. Things get very frustrating.

Set up a news alert for your topic. It can help you find real world applications for your discussion as well as maybe find you a super recent publication!

[spookyscarykittycat]

I have a bunch of stuff I would love to pin

But I can't pin them all so... here are some things and I will keep adding more.

For everytime I'm insecure, I'll just be reminded to read this. (This is a beautiful anon ask sent to me, but ya'll can read it too, you might relate!)

Stressing about life after school, money problems, jobs, etc? Here's something to help!

A thread of tips to help high school and college students academically!

Is your body being weird? Do you feel nauseous, or have a headache? Maybe this could assist you!

Are you a black trans woman being denied HRT or any other treatment within the United States?? This person on twitter will help you for free!

This post will help you make a great exam study plan!

Things that may help you get your life together!

Validation post you need if you're feeling down!

Procrastinating? Check out these helpful study tips!

Too lazy to write your own essay? Pay this lovely person who really needs the money to write it for you! They assure you it will be flawless.

Becoming an adult cheat sheet

Tips for college classes nobody tells you

How to study with a mental illness

Cool study playlists

Why you shouldn't do drugs (from a kids POV)

Synonyms for 'very'

Useful study apps and chrome extensions

Random sites that are extremely helpful

Inspiration and distractions masterpost

Here's some links that go to archives of flash games

Read any article blocked by a paywall

For a bad night

Lots of blank meme templates

Use the site linked here for writing inspiration

Being sexually abused by a hacker who's threatening to compromise your device? Here's something that could help

A little secret from Dr Bowles about the education sector

Notetaking tips

Survival tips for night owls

[incorrect-riordanverse]

nevermind this kid is perfect to play percy 💀

[bioengr]

MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding pathways, such as the labrynthine vasculature of the brain.

In this new paper, the researchers combined their work in hydrogels and in magnetic actuation, to produce a magnetically steerable, hydrogel-coated robotic thread, or guidewire, which they were able to make thin enough to magnetically guide through a life-size silicone replica of the brain’s blood vessels.

The core of the robotic thread is made from nickel-titanium alloy, or “nitinol,” a material that is both bendy and springy. Unlike a clothes hanger, which would retain its shape when bent, a nitinol wire would return to its original shape, giving it more flexibility in winding through tight, tortuous vessels. The team coated the wire’s core in a rubbery paste, or ink, which they embedded throughout with magnetic particles.

Finally, they used a chemical process they developed previously, to coat and bond the magnetic covering with hydrogel — a material that does not affect the responsiveness of the underlying magnetic particles and yet provides the wire with a smooth, friction-free, biocompatible surface.

They demonstrated the robotic thread’s precision and activation by using a large magnet, much like the strings of a marionette, to steer the thread through an obstacle course of small rings, reminiscent of a thread working its way through the eye of a needle.

The researchers also tested the thread in a life-size silicone replica of the brain’s major blood vessels, including clots and aneurysms, modeled after the CT scans of an actual patient’s brain. The team filled the silicone vessels with a liquid simulating the viscosity of blood, then manually manipulated a large magnet around the model to steer the robot through the vessels’ winding, narrow paths.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Engineers have developed a heat engine with no moving parts that is as efficient as a steam turbine. The design could someday enable a fully decarbonized power grid, researchers say.

Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency – a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines.

The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to a solar panel’s photovoltaic cells, that passively captures high-energy photons from a white-hot heat source and converts them into electricity. The team’s design can generate electricity from a heat source of between 1,900 to 2,400 degrees Celsius, or up to about 4,300 degrees Fahrenheit.

The researchers plan to incorporate the TPV cell into a grid-scale thermal battery. The system would absorb excess energy from renewable sources such as the sun and store that energy in heavily insulated banks of hot graphite. When the energy is needed, such as on overcast days, TPV cells would convert the heat into electricity, and dispatch the energy to a power grid.

With the new TPV cell, the team has now successfully demonstrated the main parts of the system in separate, small-scale experiments. They are working to integrate the parts to demonstrate a fully operational system. From there, they hope to scale up the system to replace fossil-fuel-driven power plants and enable a fully decarbonized power grid, supplied entirely by renewable energy.

Read more.

[fossilisedsadness-deactivated20]

ATTENTION ALL GCSE/IGCSE STUDENTS (or students in general):

my friend made a carrd full of school resources that can help you study. This includes videos, notes, questions, flash cards, short tests, and more.

please feel free to use this carrd and to recommend more things for them to add!

please share this so more people can benefit from it!!

https://igcseresources.carrd.co

IGCSE RESOURCES

for all my stressed friends. hope this helps!

[dearlawdimasimp]

GUYS DID YOU SEE THE TIDE PODS COMMERCIAL FEATURING MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS???

Dr. Strange Fanfic writers' hcs were right about the Cloak of Levitation being stubborn and unrelenting when it comes to washing/cleaning itself KAHSHSHHAHSH

[writerandrocker]

I believe someone already mentioned this, but we know that Lil Nas X survived the snap because Shaun and Katy are singing Old Town road in a bar in Shang-Chi. But I’d like to point out just how close these two events were, (the release of Old Town Road and the snap).

In spring of 2018, Thanos snapped and wiped out half of all life.

In October of 2018, Lil Nas X started recording the original Old Town Road, but he found the instrumental even earlier.

The song released on December 3rd, and later re-released with Billy Ray Cyrus on April 5th, 2019.

So, essentially, in a matter of months:

*half of all life is destroyed, governments are in ruins, world consumed with chaos*

Meanwhile Lil Nas X:

[marvelxs-universe]

that mf clock was still the best jump scare in the MCU imo

[salome-c]

Episode 4 spoilers out of context

Episode 4: The Tomb - MOON KNIGHT (2022)

Taglist: @oscarseyebrow @the-little-ewok @mypedrom @prettylilhalforc @princessxkenobi @mariesackler @dailyreverie @nowritingonthewall @mandelirious @zinzinina

Moon Knight taglist: @ahookedheroespureheart @discontinuedly

[iseathegalaxy]

the fact that marc takes every same step steven takes before sleeping to ensure he knows when he's been awake when gets home before the shift, like cleaning the blood, changing clothes, putting the tape on the door, the sand around the bed (unless he carefully steps over it when he leaves which cool), and chaining himself to the bed again is hilarious cause like, dude's a mercenary yet he cannot let poor shop gift-ist steven realise his body is out there in the world, god knows where, every night, sometimes for a couple days, fighting the leader of a cult and his minions to try and stop them from murdering people and all in the name of khonshu, an egyptian god

it's hilarious and i love it

[exhaled-spirals]

« For many, including myself, mathematics is comforting. In an era of fake news, worldwide illness, and economic uncertainty, mathematics provides proof of another reality which is harmonious, universal, and eternal. Or so it would seem.

In fact mathematics, like all literature, is none of these things. Mathematics is, of course, a human artefact. It is a language which consists of a vocabulary, a grammar, and a community which employs these enthusiastically. Arguably, mathematics is the most refined language ever produced.

[…] The practical […] usefulness of the work of mathematicians does not concern them. Even a brief exposure to number theory, for example, is sufficient to convince most outside the mathematical community (or even outside the community of number theorists) that the things mathematicians are concerned about are essentially trivial. The strange and often captivating relationships among numbers are simply alien to practical experience. The non-mathematician can only ask ‘Why bother?’.

And the answer to this question must be the same as it is to the issue of literature in general. There is no reason for mathematics other than itself. Mathematics is a form of highly refined, esoteric poetry. Its form and subject matter is not to everyone’s taste. But neither is the Iliad, or The Wasteland, or Finnegans Wake. It takes considerable linguistic skill and aesthetic fortitude to comprehend the content of mathematical poetry. Success in such an endeavour is, as usual, its own reward. »

— From a review of Reuben Hersh’s What is Mathematics, Really?

[art-of-mathematics]

I can only describe my internal states, feelings and moods well enough via graphs and equations. I literally think in visualized math: patterns, statistics, probabilities, wave functions, interference patterns. They are good tools to store very much data while requiring so few memory capacity as you can extract a majority of details from that 'big picture'.

So yes, math is a very useful and efficient tool of expression and cognitive processing.

[art-of-mathematics]

https://bluemoonlagoon94.tumblr.com/post/678007640683610112/could-there-be-an-common-theme-of-our-reality-that

What are your thoughts on this?

Interestingly Richard Fenyman remarked the occurence of the Fibonacci sequence and the 'golden angle' (primary part of the fine structure constant) in his work on quantum mechanics. And according to my information progression stuff, yes it wouldn't surprise me that this elementary principle of 'self-replication" might be one of the fundamental underlying patterns.

This is a plain idea I head: dividing the Fibonacci numbers: Larger Fib. number/smaller Fib. number (like 3/2 or 8/5) results in a damped wave alterating around large PHI (1.618...) and smaller number/larger number (like 2/3 or 5/8) results in a damped wave around small phi (0.618...) in the pic I just combined them in a strange axes system - and it's fun to imagine what would happen if you cause torsion and skews upon that visualized model:

Interestingly, the Fibonacci numbers also exist in a certain interference-diffraction pattern/fourier transform, Fraunhofer diffraction to be more concrete.

Made a post about that some days ago(or was it weeks already?): (Although the stretched x-axis is not really required)

In concrete, these describe position probabilities of superposed/entangled elementary particles. It is the pattern recognized in the double slit experiement.

Secondly, as the standard distribution also has connections to the concept of Pascal's triangle, in which the pattern of the fibonacci numbers are also omni-present, this would hint even more on the fundamentality of this logical sequence. But what is it concretely interpreted? In a different approach of interpretation, the Fibonacci sequence can be ragarded as a simple replication sequence, of continuing certain progression patterns, somewhat, yes it sounds silly: "Past+Present=Future, and Present=Past+more previous past", although it is far too simplified if taken literally. In a very rough pattern, this might be correct. But the exact details are generated by that same process just interacting with uncountable similar parallel versions of it (these are what i regarded as butterfly clones in my thesis)- chaos theorists might call them "feedback loops", and you can imagine it as a ball of uncountable worms knotting each other...

[art-of-mathematics]

https://bluemoonlagoon94.tumblr.com/post/678007640683610112/could-there-be-an-common-theme-of-our-reality-that

What are your thoughts on this?

Interestingly Richard Fenyman remarked the occurence of the Fibonacci sequence and the 'golden angle' (primary part of the fine structure constant) in his work on quantum mechanics. And according to my information progression stuff, yes it wouldn't surprise me that this elementary principle of 'self-replication" might be one of the fundamental underlying patterns.

This is a plain idea I head: dividing the Fibonacci numbers: Larger Fib. number/smaller Fib. number (like 3/2 or 8/5) results in a damped wave alterating around large PHI (1.618...) and smaller number/larger number (like 2/3 or 5/8) results in a damped wave around small phi (0.618...) in the pic I just combined them in a strange axes system - and it's fun to imagine what would happen if you cause torsion and skews upon that visualized model:

Interestingly, the Fibonacci numbers also exist in a certain interference-diffraction pattern/fourier transform, Fraunhofer diffraction to be more concrete.

Made a post about that some days ago(or was it weeks already?): (Although the stretched x-axis is not really required)

In concrete, these describe position probabilities of superposed/entangled elementary particles. It is the pattern recognized in the double slit experiement.

Secondly, as the standard distribution also has connections to the concept of Pascal's triangle, in which the pattern of the fibonacci numbers are also omni-present, this would hint even more on the fundamentality of this logical sequence. But what is it concretely interpreted? In a different approach of interpretation, the Fibonacci sequence can be ragarded as a simple replication sequence, of continuing certain progression patterns, somewhat, yes it sounds silly: "Past+Present=Future, and Present=Past+more previous past", although it is far too simplified if taken literally. In a very rough pattern, this might be correct. But the exact details are generated by that same process just interacting with uncountable similar parallel versions of it (these are what i regarded as butterfly clones in my thesis)- chaos theorists might call them "feedback loops", and you can imagine it as a ball of uncountable worms knotting each other...

[art-of-mathematics]

Math that is art, and art that is math

For me, drawing 3D plots has something really calming. Although the results have uncountable imperfections, the insight-gaining effect of drawing such illustrations is the most satisfying of all aspects. Makes one see the ratios and connections of the depicted plot's underlying patterns from a different perspective.