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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Same college instructor.  PP, it's because I agree with you that I never used the word "creative" in my post.  I'm not after real creativity from (many of) my students in (many of) their run-of-the-mill assignments, but reflective competence is something I do want to see.  If a given project, argument, problem, or body of evidence really doesn't fit 5-paragraph essay form, a student should have - or be working to develop - the necessary discernment and skill to write the material up in a different way.  And no college student should be turning in any paper where the closing paragraph is almost verbally identical to the opening one, but that's what I often see.  Either that or I get a (silently hilarious) attempt to explain why their (5-paragraph) essay unites All Grand Theories Of The Cosmos and connects with Every Big Abstract Idea Ever.[/quote]

Those students are following their professor's examples. Publishes research papers usually end with unsupported conclusions, and a press release of unsubstantiated grand claims. [/quote]

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