Not sure if this is /lit/, but I don't know of a more appropriate board.There's a peculiar phenomenon of "high school essay" style. You can always tell that an essay was written by a high schooler. It has certain cliches.>Overly broad claims e.g. "people agree that...">Very rigid structure. 3 "main" paragraphs, one of them always padded to make it appear the same size as the other two.>Using first person pronouns is a taboo.The most paradoxical thing about this is that this style is looked down upon in academia. A student is thus forced to relearn how to write essays. So why does the school system even bother with this? Is it because your average Karen teacher cannot into academic writing?
>>24862870>Is it because your average Karen teacher cannot into academic writing?Here in America, public school teachers don’t really decide much of the macro of the curriculum. If their superiors tell them to teach in a certain style, they have to. As such, you can’t really blame teachers. The reason why this style seems so pushed to me is because of the nature of the school system itself (in my opinion). American schooling, and possibly schooling worldwide, isn’t about actually learning and becoming an intelligent person, but about teaching kids to be efficient worker. A child is forced to learn a specific template to complete their tasks. This imprints the idea of how to follow specific instructions to the letter to that child. The reason why this is disregarded in academia is because higher level education is more focused on actually teaching students.
zoomer here - in high school (and sometimes uni, but i can't speak to the humanities major experience) we are taught to write according to a strict intro-body 1- body 2- body3- conclusion format, hence the abundance
Euronigger here. No recollection how we were tought to write, but I remember having massive trouble coming up with mostly filler in essays. I didn't particularly enjoy writing, but 10 years later went on to write a book lol.Good topic OP
>>24862870It's shocking how many people and HS'ers cannot make a coherent argument, not even about complex subjects but things they love like which video game is the best or their most favorite. It often comes down to Circular reasoning, Ad hom, and appeal to emotion:>it just is the best ok, it is. >everyone who hates this video game is a bitch>my lil brother and I used to play this together.Don't blame intro, 3 paragraphs, conclusion, blame a lack of intellectual need that originates from online echo chambers and low expectations.
>>24863183I struggle with putting real substance behind why I like something, I started to take notes while reading, I'm doing the exercise of justifying what I like concretely, but it's really difficult, any advice or am I doomed sub 70iq?
>>24863183>>it just is the best ok, it is.>>everyone who hates this video game is a bitch>>my lil brother and I used to play this together.Never have I ever seen this. But then again I went to a fancy private school, not some ghetto zoo marketed as a school.
