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Title: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 06:28:33 PM
I hate when this happens. I have a subject that I can in no way fill five pages of. :( Anyone have any hints? Usually I can do these fine, but i'm just burnt right now :(
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Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 06:30:05 PM
Usually, and I've never had problems before, but I picked an extremely stupid topic that really can't go past a page on discussing :(
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Post by: Don Flamenco on December 01, 2008, 06:32:09 PM
you're seriously complaining about 5 pages? what's the topic?
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Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 06:32:55 PM
No, i'm not complaining about the five pages, I'm complaining about how much it sucks when you pick a shitty subject and can't fill more than 2 pages worth of actual content.  And the subject is "sports broadcasting".
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Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 06:34:46 PM
It can't be the history though, it's about the actual field. You can only go so much with "this is what you do. This is where it's going"
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 01, 2008, 06:36:56 PM
You can't fill five pages with bs about a topic as broad as sports broadcasting? wtf?

"this is what you do, this is where it's going" is enough for like 10 pages.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 06:39:28 PM
Um, I think you don't realize how hard it actually is unless you're actually doing it.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 01, 2008, 06:46:27 PM
i didn't do an essay that has the absolute last day to get in as tomorrow.   :'(  there goes %15 of my grade.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 01, 2008, 06:47:23 PM
i didn't do an essay that has the absolute last day to get in as tomorrow.   :'(  there goes %15 of my grade.

Throw some piece of shit together right now. I think most profs give like 30% just for handing it in. 30% is better than nothing.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on December 01, 2008, 06:49:22 PM
I once got a B+ on a blatantly unfinished paper  :lol
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 01, 2008, 06:51:47 PM
LOL school
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 01, 2008, 06:51:57 PM
i didn't do an essay that has the absolute last day to get in as tomorrow.   :'(  there goes %15 of my grade.

Throw some piece of shit together right now. I think most profs give like 30% just for handing it in. 30% is better than nothing.

I know I should.  It's already 2 weeks late.  I'll see what I can do tonight.   *sigh
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 06:53:55 PM
My Sports Marketing class is bs. Making me have to work a function tommorow night around autism and basketball. Fuck you class. I shouldn't HAVE to participate in this thing if I don't want too.
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Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 08:03:25 PM
Page 2 of 5  >:(
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 01, 2008, 08:04:33 PM
page 1* of 12


* same 1 page from two weeks ago


It's not happening. 
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 01, 2008, 08:05:52 PM
Five pages?  Dude, I ranted about how I hated agriculture for 7 for a writing assignment three weeks ago.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 01, 2008, 08:07:30 PM
I have one due in a couple weeks, haven't started it. I think I'll do it on the influence of religion on the US slave trade, from the uses of it to justify slavery to the Christian roots of the abolishment movements

(african american studies class)

10 pages. You have nothing to complain about Mud
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 01, 2008, 08:08:27 PM
That's a pretty cool topic.  Ten pages should be pretty easy.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 01, 2008, 08:15:31 PM
Last semester I whipped up a 10 page BS paper about Bulgaria and the European Union in four hours and got a 97.

Quit bitching and get to work.  Don't be afraid to be verbose.  Use a few sources and analyze the fuck out of them.  Compare and contrast differing views if possible.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 01, 2008, 08:16:52 PM
Papers are a cinch.  I enjoy writing them, just as long as you don't have to use a fuckton of sources.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 08:19:51 PM
I think you're confusing research paper with an opinion paper, Brand New. You can't put opinions into a research opinion.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 01, 2008, 08:20:52 PM
You just blew my mind
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 01, 2008, 08:21:34 PM
Last semester I whipped up a 10 page BS paper about Bulgaria and the European Union in four hours and got a 97.

Quit bitching and get to work.  Don't be afraid to be verbose.  Use a few sources and analyze the fuck out of them.  Compare and contrast differing views if possible.

That's the best advice. I've never had problems writing papers. It's very easy to BS your way through one, but that doesn't mean you should do a half job. I find that going above and beyond expectations (without being too extravagant) is a sure fire way to succeed. Teacher expects 5 pages? Give him/her 7, cite twice as many sources as required, pull out the thesaurus, and examine the issue from multiple angles. And if you can, challenge the teacher's opinion
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 08:23:38 PM
You just blew my mind

That's not all I blow  :teehee
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: Tristam on December 01, 2008, 08:32:33 PM
Yeah, I'll join the quit bitching bandwagon, you bitch. I have to write fifty pages over the institutionalization of the South Carolina legislature. FUCK YOU.
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 01, 2008, 09:03:27 PM
Last semester I whipped up a 10 page BS paper about Bulgaria and the European Union in four hours and got a 97.

Quit bitching and get to work.  Don't be afraid to be verbose.  Use a few sources and analyze the fuck out of them.  Compare and contrast differing views if possible.
Teacher expects 5 pages? Give him/her 7
AWFUL advice. Teachers fucking hate assignments over the limit.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 01, 2008, 09:15:25 PM
Yeah, I'll join the quit bitching bandwagon, you bitch. I have to write fifty pages over the institutionalization of the South Carolina legislature. FUCK YOU.

Blugh

now THAT is worth bitching about
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: TVC15 on December 01, 2008, 09:22:25 PM
What kind of pussy teacher assigns 5 page research papers?  If you're assigning a research paper, you gotta go full distinguished mentally-challenged fellow and make it long.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 01, 2008, 09:25:36 PM
yeah, 5 pages ain't shit.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 10:46:43 PM
You fucking idiots i'm not complainging about it being 5 pages jesus christ are you all related to malek?
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Post by: OptimoPeach on December 01, 2008, 10:48:55 PM
So...what? You want us to berate you for being a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow and picking a shitty topic? I'm confused here.
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Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 10:49:43 PM
I was looking for people who sympathize with mistakenly picking a shitty topic.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 01, 2008, 10:54:03 PM
If it was a report about fat chicks, you would have finished 10 minutes after you started.
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Post by: Barry Egan on December 01, 2008, 10:59:21 PM
I sympathize with you.  Right now I'm writing 12 pages on J.M Coetzee, nobel prize winning South-African linguist/novelist.   Sounds way more interesting then writing about newscasters.    :tophat.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 11:08:09 PM
That does sound interesting and a fancy paper.  :tophat
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Post by: BlueTsunami on December 01, 2008, 11:10:41 PM
Having dropped out in the 9th grade, all this researchin' and typin' shit makes me sleepy :zzz
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Post by: TVC15 on December 01, 2008, 11:21:35 PM
Dude, just fucking write 5 fucking pages on how awesome George Plimpton was.  That gives you about a half dozen tangents you could go off on, too. 
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 01, 2008, 11:22:00 PM
I don't even know who that is.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 02, 2008, 12:05:52 AM
I also want to do research into homosexuality among slaves (some plantations had far more males than females on the land, like 3:1 and 4:1 ratios in some cases). Dunno how much info I could find though
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: lennedsay on December 02, 2008, 12:22:16 AM
Dude, just fucking write 5 fucking pages on how awesome George Plimpton was.  That gives you about a half dozen tangents you could go off on, too. 

Seriously, this is what you need to do, fill the paper with utter bullshit and examples of famous sportscasters, where they are today, how much they make, what their day-to-day life is, their other job options (commercials, etc), and so forth.

Use the same outline you would have originally, but to support your topics, include examples of the several sportscasters that you picked. God, that would take up so much room!
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 02, 2008, 12:45:36 AM
lol outlines. I just do it on the fly. But thanks for the advice all. I'm on 3/5 and have class at 8 in the morning. :tophat

Don't do weed kids. You do bad with time management. Remember, there is always a drug out there that makes you want to work.  :teehee
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: brawndolicious on December 02, 2008, 01:28:39 AM
pssh, I did a 1,000 word college application essay last night in about an hour.  of course, nobody actually reads those...
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 02, 2008, 01:59:11 AM
I have a 20 page paper about Audition and freudian conceptions of self and others due in 2 weeks. My last biggie before graduation.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: Tieno on December 02, 2008, 03:55:54 AM
5 pages is pretty easy. I wrote my thesis last year and the key is writing 'slow (boring) and elobarate. Take your time to explain in detail, announce stuff you're going to do at every opportunity. Guide your reader through your table of contents in full text, etc.

Have to write a paper (between 15 and 40 pages, I'll probably end up in the low 20s or something) for Multidisciplinary forensic research/investigation. I proposed to do on illegal copying of video and computer games through the internet (I already know a lot about it) and if they accept it's going to write itself (I'll start with "what's a videogame?"). Unlike my thesis last year which was pretty much a completely new scientific area I had to become familiar with.
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Post by: brawndolicious on December 02, 2008, 04:36:08 AM
Don't over explain everything and cram it full of filler.  Try to think of it as a textbook where you have general chapters and then you have much more detailed sections.  Not everything has to be completely about the particular topic that you're talking about and it's all right to treat the reader as though they don't necessarily know a lot about your topic.  In the end, wrap up all of the information into some easy-to-digest facts and the teacher won't know that you basically reworded shit from wikipedia.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 02, 2008, 10:58:16 AM
lol poland

smh
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: drozmight on December 02, 2008, 11:25:06 AM
Just go to the library and be all, "help me find stuff about sports broadcasting"

even if the books you get are shit, use them...  I doubt the professor will care so long as the paper looks like it has some thought and logic behind it.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: drozmight on December 02, 2008, 11:27:25 AM
pssh, I did a 1,000 word college application essay last night in about an hour.  of course, nobody actually reads those...

I think they just check grammar on those.

you could explain how your entire family was killed by a car bomb in iraq and you crawled with no legs 15 miles to make the last transport plane to america and they probably don't care
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 02, 2008, 12:31:43 PM
I see the reading level of the typical evilborian is ridiculously low, since you people are still rambling on about amounts, which this thread isn't about.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: ch1nchilla on December 02, 2008, 12:40:02 PM
I have to do an epic presentation on the Takarazuka Revue next week, and I have no idea how I'm going to do it... FUCK.
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: max_cool on December 02, 2008, 09:03:36 PM
I once got a B+ on a blatantly unfinished paper  :lol
I got an A on a presentation where I completely skipped one required section (out of 4). I just didn't do the work for that section and distracted them with a story about a large black man I met at the local muslim mosque who was recently let out of prison.

These are your people now himumumumumumumumumumu
Title: Re: Research Papers on shitty subjects
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 08, 2008, 01:50:33 PM
On round two of another research paper, just this time the subject is easier to fill with garbage, but not so much on actual content I need (Anyone know how much John McEnroe is worth?)