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reject reject reject reject rejecting

lhude sing cuccu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:59:56 -0800

I am trying to write a philosophy paper, and I am discovering that everyone is "rejecting" each other's principles this way and that! What are some scholarly ways to say "reject", "criticise", "affirm" (as in "affirmation of life"), "similarly", and other rudimentary philosophical words? Oh, how I've used the thesaurus already. Does this happen to anyone else...after realising you've written "And similarly, ..." and all its synonyms for the 200th time, you just don't know what to do?

About Which Group Should I Write My Research Paper?

howgenerica — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:19:36 -0800

I have to write this big research paper for my cultural anthro class, and I'm looking for recommendations for cool/ interesting groups to study. I've got to write ten pages on them, so I don't want to get bored! It's got to be a fairly specific group, but one that is not too obscure - I need to be able to find material. Thanks!

Renaissance thesis?

jckll — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:29:20 -0800

HistoryFilter: Help me think of an interesting and researchable thesis for a Renaissance History course. I am taking a History grad course at the moment that deals exclusively with the Renaissance, and in particular with historiographical conflicts and disagreements surrounding the period. I have a 25+ page research paper to write, and am having the darndest time coming up with a topic that seems both interesting, not too daunting (i.e. not overly broad) and not too specific (i.e. I need to be able to find books and scholarly articles to draw from). The thesis needn't deal specifically with historiographical debate, although I may be wise to pick one that did. Can any history nerds out there help me?

How do I write quickly and intelligently?

schroedinger — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:07:57 -0800

How do you learn to write quickly? I have a good number of 5-15 page papers due in the next couple of days and they're killing me. I have no lack of ideas, I have no lack of outlines and notes I can create. But somewhere between holding the notes and writing the sentences down my brain sticks and I spend an hour writing and re-writing the first paragraph. What to do? Part of it is my too-high standards. Given the immediacy of my deadlines and the amount of work to be done I know I need to just put something down, but the perfectionist in me makes this hard. When I'm turning in less than my best, I don't know whether "less than" means B or F and I feel so disappointed in my work I'd rather turn in nothing.

The other aspect is blanking. I blank on introductions, I blank on transitions, I blank on how to elegantly construct my argument. I can verbalize the topic with ease but when it comes to writing down more than a couple sentences on it and providing full elaboration I freeze. It's not an inability to construct an argument or talk about topics--I have had more than my fair share of long Internet arguments to attest to that. Something about the combination of writing for a class and not writing on a whim messes me up.

What tips do you have for writing quickly and getting papers done? I'm pretty good on the organizing front--I just need help getting it on paper.

I need help getting a paper on estuaries!

inigo2 — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:04:53 -0800

I need help getting access to a published paper on estuaries. My girlfriend needs it to work on a paper of hers. We've found everything else on various free sites, but this one we're having no luck. Since it's just one paper, I was hoping someone here was a subscriber to one of the sites it's at. (Specific details inside) The paper is:
"Submerged aquatic vegetation in the mesohaline region of the Patuxent Estuary: past, present, and future status." R.M. Stankelis, M.D. Naylor, and W.R. Boynton. Estuaries. 2003. 26 (2A):186-195.

It looks like the official site it's at is: Estuariesandcoasts.org, but you need a login to access the full text.

Anyone a subscriber that could help out for this one report?

EEBO Database Access

Grod — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:24:16 -0800

I'm doing research for a paper, and am running low on time. It turns out that my college (Goucher college), does not subscribe to a database I need access to. The database is: EEBO : Early English Books Online. If any of my fellow students on metafilter can help me out please send an e-mail to the address in my profile. Specifically, I'm looking for a facsimile of Thomas Bretnor's 1611 Almanac. If such a thing is available at all, that's the place it would be. Sadly, I don't have time left to do this the proper way, an inter-library loan request.