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<p>I found this string of posts to be hilarious for some reason. :)</p>
<p>That might be ascribed to the fact that I was writing in three-word sentences when the comments were artfully aimed to suggest that my writing style is loquacious. I would greatly suspect that you are laughing at the irony.</p>
<p>I found it funny too. :P</p>
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<p>However that happened- I guess there’s no way to tell people to let it go except to lock it, which seems a bit extreme at this point. Honestly, there’s not much more to say, unless everyone has been gone for eleven days to fetch their SAT Writing scores or whatnot.</p>
<p>Only on CC would four posters in a row have 2400’s.</p>
<p>Haha it was a funny string of posts. Mifune you really handled it well. I guess you’re funnier than people thought!</p>
<p>“Actually, it had appeared that this thread would warrant no further discussion, but it was just revived today after an eleven-day break.”</p>
<p>mifune, I am sorry.</p>
<p>As a member of the College Confidential Congress, I am in favor of The Nonobfuscation Act for Eliminating Redundancy and Promoting Clarity and Also Brevity and Coherence of Clauses Act of 2010. </p>
<p>Fellow members, vote now! :D</p>
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<p>Oh, I wasn’t implicitly attempting to suggest that old threads should not be revisited. In fact, many others, including myself, had additional comments to provide.</p>
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<p>This thread annoys me.</p>
<p>Honestly, now? I just skimmed through this thread and I think that if the CC community wants to set itself up for more mocking, this is the way to do it.
I am all for correct writing, elegant use of words, et al - but you really have to step back and ask yourself just how important an online forum really is.
Answer? Not very.</p>
<p>If you all really believe that a student who scored 2400 on the SAT is going to be a better judge of good writing than someone who has written, in one way or another, for a living for 20 years, well, then, all I can say is, “You see here what the SAT does not measure.” And, yes, I did notice that this was one long sentence. You gotta know 'em to break 'em.</p>
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<p>Stating one’s qualifications as the reason for his or her being correct is generally less cogent than is actually debating an issue. Just as mifune’s and my 2400’s do not render us infallible, so does your experience not make you correct; the expectation is that you will rigorously and specifically support your position. Recognizing that there is some value in experience, I do not want to appear disrespectful toward you. Nonetheless, your responding to mifune’s and my potentially valid arguments with nothing more than a delineation of your experience comes across as condescension.</p>
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<p>I didn’t delineate my experience. I just stated it.</p>
<p>Look, I’m anything but disdainful of kids usually. I’ve just been trying to a) model simple writing b) get you all to realize that when you have a chance to learn from someone with experience, you will get more out of listening than debating. Even when the person with experience may be wrong here or there, odds are, if they have intelligence equal to yours, they have more to teach you than you have to teach them.</p>
<p>It’s statistics. And an attitude that I’ve learned over time. But that’s OK. Best of luck to all of your in your admissions decisions and choices.</p>
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<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>leafblade, I can’t tell if you’re missing the point or being intentional…</p>
<p>I think we should all be friends. That was my profound statement of the day. :)</p>
<p>Nice post, silverturtle.</p>
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<p>I say thank you as well.</p>
<p>I’m so sad that I missed this. And aye.</p>