proofreading

Show your essay to a teacher who doesn’t like you – or at least doesn’t know you.

March 26, 2008

Students who actually do go the extra mile and show their essay to a teacher before sending it often go straight to their favorite teacher, or at least one who likes them a lot. That’s natural, but if that person is your favorite teacher, then he/she probably likes you, too, and may be likely to [...]

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Be careful using voice-to-text software.

March 26, 2008

Students rarely do this – for now, it seems to be mostly the domain of the high-level business executive who doesn’t like typing. But the technology is beginning to get more sophisticated, and we know that more of you will be using it in the future. Already, we’ll occasionally get an essay that a student [...]

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