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Reply to "Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not understand this obsession about writing. Research shows that there are 4 stages of learning a language --understand, speak, read then write. Somehow in the schools, everything is happening simultaneously where the writing process is before understanding (vocabulary, idioms). Also, what's this idée fixe about plagiarism and original ideas? I mean when a student is trying to answer a question by analyzing a book, there are going to be overlaps, which wo;; causing problems. So after writing, students are obsessing about putting their essay into programs to see what percentage is coming as "plagiarism" before changing and tweaking sentences and ideas, and resulting into am overall less interesting essay ...[/quote] It is possible to refer to a text without plagarizing. It is called quoting or citing. This practice actually makes an essay more interesting to read because you cann include the passage you are analyzing. [/quote]
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