College Students - Important Information

[Warik]

You may already know that the "Arial" font is 20% larger than Times New Roman, but you may not have known that "Courier New" is a whopping 33% larger than "Arial," which makes it 60% larger than the standard MS Word font!

That, coupled with strategic use of excessively large words toward the end of lines, in addition to "double + 0.05" spacing as opposed to double-spacing can turn your colossal 8 page papers designed to encourage rambling, irrelevant comments, and massive block-quoting into 5 page beauties.

But don't worry, if you've already wasted your time writing an 8 page paper for a class that has nothing to do with your major, use the skills above to turn it into a ~13 page paper and make your "I can't find a practical job so I teach a core curriculum class and assign long essays" professor proud to have a student like you.

Ah... I think I'll have a drink.

-Warik

 

[Paulos]

Nice.

 

[casavant]

You may already know that the "Arial" font is 20% larger than Times New Roman, but you may not have known that "Courier New" is a whopping 33% larger than "Arial," which makes it 60% larger than the standard MS Word font!

That, coupled with strategic use of excessively large words toward the end of lines, in addition to "double + 0.05" spacing as opposed to double-spacing can turn your colossal 8 page papers designed to encourage rambling, irrelevant comments, and massive block-quoting into 5 page beauties.

But don't worry, if you've already wasted your time writing an 8 page paper for a class that has nothing to do with your major, use the skills above to turn it into a ~13 page paper and make your "I can't find a practical job so I teach a core curriculum class and assign long essays" professor proud to have a student like you.

Ah... I think I'll have a drink.

-Warik

God, you're a snotty fucker.

 

[Warik]

Re: Re: College Students - Important Information

God, you're a snotty fucker.

I take it you're a college professor?

-Warik

 

[HS Lifter]

Warik,

You are a genius.

I just started college and that tip will save me a lot of time in the future.

Got any more brilliant ideas for college?

 

[casavant]

Re: Re: Re: College Students - Important Information

I take it you're a college professor?

-Warik

 

[Warik]

Warik,

You are a genius.

I just started college and that tip will save me a lot of time in the future.

Got any more brilliant ideas for college?

Yeah, don't go to class unless it's required. Everything that is taught can be learned from the book if you follow the syllabus, and probably better than it will be taught in class. What? Teacher doesn't have a detailed syllabus? Bad teacher - drop the class.

Feels like I've been there forever. They can throw whatever bullshit at you and I won't be surprised.

-Warik

 

[HS Lifter]

One more thing.

I used the "courier New" instead of "times new roman" on one of my old essays just to see the differences, and it gave me a whole page.

Now I know how to double space, but how do you apply the +.05?

 

[Citruscide]

I think I learned the old Courier New trick a long time ago... the problem is, professors sometimes tell you "New Times Roman" font, to discourage this... in law school, I had to use Courier New but the problem there was getting it done WITHIN the page limit, so I was in effect, screwed.

C

 

[casavant]

Warik,

You are a genius.

I just started college and that tip will save me a lot of time in the future.

Got any more brilliant ideas for college?

What about the social scene Warik? What are your suggestions for a well-rounded college experience?

 

[flex123]

I have a 25 page paper in economics to do, maybe this method with the font will be a good idea for me?

 

[Warik]

HS Lifter: In Format->Paragraph for "Spacing," instead of choosing "Double," choose "Exactly." In the adjacent box, the default size should be "12 pt." 12pt = single spacing. 24pt (assuming you're using a 12pt font) = double spacing. 25pt = approximately 2.05 spacing. I didn't mean "2.05 exactly," but rather, "2 and then just a tad more." =)

Citrus:

My professor didn't say shit about the font... or the text size... or even the margins. I'll probably e-mail her from another address and ask about that. I never thought I'd have a problem staying WITHIN a page limit, since I like to be concise when writing a paper.

I'm writing a paper now about what the early English explorers thought of the Native Americans that must span 6-8 pages. I don't think it's possible to say "the English thought they were savages" that many times without sounding redundant.

casavant:

Different people have different social preferences. Mine are none whatsoever. I'm not in college to have fun. I'm there to get some stupid piece of paper that says I know something so I can move on and get something accomplished in life. The only people I want to socialize with are my girlfriend and the few people I've been able to call "friend" for years. I haven't met many people in college with whom I'd like to spend even a minute outside of class.

-Warik

 

[Night Fly]

My professors do like Citruscide said. They specifically say "Times New Roman" 12 Font. They are nursing professors...so I guess that gives them a reason to be anal.

 

[casavant]

casavant:

Different people have different social preferences. Mine are none whatsoever. I'm not in college to have fun. I'm there to get some stupid piece of paper that says I know something so I can move on and get something accomplished in life. The only people I want to socialize with are my girlfriend and the few people I've been able to call "friend" for years. I haven't met many people in college with whom I'd like to spend even a minute outside of class.

-Warik

Okey dokey. I'll stop flippin' ya shit for now then.

 

[Warik]

flex:

Shit man, 25 pages? That's crazy. I really don't know why the requirements are so high. I had a teacher in HS who assigned a paper with no page requirement. He just said: "write as much as you need to in order to get your point across." Mine and some girl's were the highest scoring papers in the class, and they were the shortest. I have much more respect for a writer who can get his point across in 3 pages instead of boring me with extraneous information and his illogical opinions for 8 pages.

You could probably write 16 pages double spaced and turn that into 25 using Courier New if your prof. doesn't have a specific font requirement. If he does... then well.. that really sucks. =(

Night Fly:

You can compensate with the patented 2.05 spacing and larger margins. We must all work together to share our ideas on weaseling out of outrageous paper length requirements.

casavant:

You're 22 dude... you shouldn't have flipped any shit. You're supposed to be on my side. =)

-Warik

 

[VicTusDeuS]

I think I learned the old Courier New trick a long time ago... the problem is, professors sometimes tell you "New Times Roman" font, to discourage this... in law school, I had to use Courier New but the problem there was getting it done WITHIN the page limit, so I was in effect, screwed.

C

Yeah my teachers would give the font, and the font size for most of my papers. I never understood why until I learned the courier new trick a few years ago. I wish i knew about this 9 years ago when I was in Highschoo, it wouldve saved me SO much time.

 

[Puc]

warik all of those buffoons will then graduate and become technical writers... then you will wind up trying to explain to them why their documentation for the software you just wrote would make much more sense if they took the time to use it before writing docs...

then they will quit and go work at the financial group which you code for, where somehow they employ 12 people full time doing absolutely nothing except counting the pixels between lines on a report you have been spawning.

whay you have to understand is that the idiots do not go away. they get jobs. then they get married and pop out a couple more idiots.

everyone is dumb. everyone is everywhere. become a shutin.

puc

 

[casavant]

casavant:

You're 22 dude... you shouldn't have flipped any shit. You're supposed to be on my side. =)

-Warik

I am, pretty much. Will be even moreso when I start taking some classes again in the spring. Yuck.

 

[Frackal]

Good stuff warik

 

[flex123]

I have an option to write a 25 page paper on a topic in the economy or work at a human service place for 15 hours, and write a 5 page paper on how it helped the economy. I hope I get to do the 15 hours cause this 25 page paper is going to be rough.

 

[Warik]

warik all of those buffoons will then graduate and become technical writers... then you will wind up trying to explain to them why their documentation for the software you just wrote would make much more sense if they took the time to use it before writing docs...

then they will quit and go work at the financial group which you code for, where somehow they employ 12 people full time doing absolutely nothing except counting the pixels between lines on a report you have been spawning.

Tell me about it. That's why I typically try to avoid these kinds of people, but it's impossible when the damn classes are required for my major. The sad part is that there are probably people in that class who will write more than 6 pages in a small font and proudly hand in their papers. It makes me sick.

whay you have to understand is that the idiots do not go away. they get jobs. then they get married and pop out a couple more idiots.

Don't remind me. Society is on its way to hell if this kind of stuff keeps up. When I was in high school, I thought of college as the place one goes to specialize in a particular field in order to work effectively in the future. Apparently, that's not how it is. In fact, it was my "technical writing" professor who told me that - that college was NOT where a person went to become specialized! College is intended to make someone a more "well-rounded" individual.

Well shit, obviously someone didn't play many role playing games in his youth. A wizard, a warrior, a rogue, or an archer are all MUCH better at wizardry, swordsmanship, "roguery," and archery respectively than a damn wizard/warrior/rogue/archer combo. The funniest shit is my current "Ethics for Computer Science" course in which we've been talking about copyright law for 2 weeks. Hello!!! I'm studying computer science not computer law!!! If I have a question I'll ask a LAWYER!

everyone is dumb. everyone is everywhere. become a shutin.

Agreed, but to a point. I strongly feel that only 28,800,000 Americans are of a respectable, practical intelligence, and my goal in life is to associate myself with as many of them as I can. The rest of them can stay, but I sure hope they leave me alone.

-Warik

 

[KING]

Aren't you suppose to count words instead of pages. Like those Gordon Rule classes that require 6000 words and you are suppose to use word count instead of the number of pages.

I'm taking History of Civilization pre 1800 and I have a 25pg paper due in a couple of weeks. 6000 words are roughly 25pgs. Good times.

 

[hippedy hop]

Aren't you suppose to count words instead of pages. Like those Gordon Rule classes that require 6000 words and you are suppose to use word count instead of the number of pages.

I'm taking History of Civilization pre 1800 and I have a 25pg paper due in a couple of weeks. 6000 words are roughly 25pgs. Good times.

that is about 250 words a page. 25page? good luck my 12 page paper in international politics KILLED me.

 

[Warik]

Aren't you suppose to count words instead of pages. Like those Gordon Rule classes that require 6000 words and you are suppose to use word count instead of the number of pages.

I'm taking History of Civilization pre 1800 and I have a 25pg paper due in a couple of weeks. 6000 words are roughly 25pgs. Good times.

Even a words requirement is bullshit, but yes, that's how it's SUPPOSED to be.

Counting pages is better for the student than counting words, but both are BS either way. It should just be "write the essay and prove your point. If you can prove it in 2 pages, good. If you can prove it in 1, better."

My topic is: "What did contact with the Native Americans teach the English about themselves?" Fuck, it taught the English that they were better. I could finish this shit in 1 page.

-Warik

 

[Fonz]

You may already know that the "Arial" font is 20% larger than Times New Roman, but you may not have known that "Courier New" is a whopping 33% larger than "Arial," which makes it 60% larger than the standard MS Word font!

That, coupled with strategic use of excessively large words toward the end of lines, in addition to "double + 0.05" spacing as opposed to double-spacing can turn your colossal 8 page papers designed to encourage rambling, irrelevant comments, and massive block-quoting into 5 page beauties.

But don't worry, if you've already wasted your time writing an 8 page paper for a class that has nothing to do with your major, use the skills above to turn it into a ~13 page paper and make your "I can't find a practical job so I teach a core curriculum class and assign long essays" professor proud to have a student like you.

Ah... I think I'll have a drink.

-Warik

<Condescending tone>

Warik my boy, that littrle trick has been around since time immemorial.

Hehe....

A little bit of advice: I think you need to take your missus out...LOL

Fonz

 

[Warik]

Re: Re: College Students - Important Information

<Condescending tone>

Warik my boy, that littrle trick has been around since time immemorial.

That wasn't nice. =(

A little bit of advice: I think you need to take your missus out...LOL

Fonz

I'd already be out if not for this fucking paper. Wheeee.

-Warik

 

[KAYNE]

I have a 25 page paper in economics to do, maybe this

NETESSAYS.COM (OR .NET, I FORGET).



KAYNE

 

[mylife]

it's like matt damon said in good will hunting.


"there's 2 certainties in life. 1, don't do that. 2, you dropped 150 grand on education you could get for $2.50 in late fees at the public library"

 

[Warik]

you dropped 150 grand on education you could get for $2.50 in late fees at the public library

ROFL! I saw Good Will Hunting, but didn't catch that line... and I've been using it on people for the past 2 years with varying dollar amounts. Now I must rent Good Will Hunting again.

-Warik

 

[jeremys]

thanks for the tip

 

[mylife]

ROFL! I saw Good Will Hunting, but didn't catch that line... and I've been using it on people for the past 2 years with varying dollar amounts. Now I must rent Good Will Hunting again.

-Warik

here's the whole quote. it's when they go to harvard because one of their friends is bouncing at the bar. the harvard grad student starts making fun of ben affleck for acting like he goes there, and Will steps in saying this.... (after the harvard student recites a passage word for word from a book pawning it off as his own)


Will: "Of course that's your contention. you're a first year grad student, you just got finished reading some marxian historian - pete garrison probably. you're gonna be convinced of thought till next month when you get to james lemmon. That'll last till next year you're gonna be in here regurgitating gordon wood. talking about...you know.. the pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital forming effects of military mobilization. Harvard student:
"actually i won't because wood drastically..."

Will: "wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinction predicated upon wealth especially inherited wealth? you got that from vickers. working essex county page 98 right? Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us or do u...is that your thing you come into a bar you read some obscure passage and you pretend..you pawn it off as your own...as your own ideas? just to impress some girls, embarass my friend? See the sad thing about a guy like you is in 50 years you're gonna start doing some thinking on your own and you're gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life. one- don't do that, and two- you dropped a 150 grand on a fuckin education you could got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library.

 

[Warik]

Will: "wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinction predicated upon wealth especially inherited wealth? you got that from vickers. working essex county page 98 right? Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us

Fuck renting. I'm buying it. Collector's edition DVD baby.

-Warik

 

[Uh Oh]

Very nice.