ZGD: Livin by a thread.

[ToferTheHuman]

I liked it too, but the episodes were a bit weak compared to the others we had so far.
My guess is that they were just too out of the element that the others have had so far.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I liked it too, but the episodes were a bit weak compared to the others we had so far.
My guess is that they were just too out of the element that the others have had so far.

they looked cheap, the acting was mediocre, the style didn't mesh AND Shao Kahn looks ridiculous. (Baraka looks ridiculous for an entirely different reason)

 

[Beluina]

I'm feeling la la lovely todaaay.

Sup Zelda boards?
Is anyone doing anything interesting this summer?

 

[ToferTheHuman]

I have summer classes ._.

 

[Beluina]

Me too.
Eff psychology textbooks.
Yeah, I'm mad. D:<



Buuut, I do get to go to Japan the second half of summer. :D

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I have summer classes ._.

Ditto. maybe I'll bust brawl out this summer on the account of exceptional boredom

 

[ToferTheHuman]

I am going to hate this school year in the summer.

 

[Beluina]

Whatchu takin, Tofey?

 

[ToferTheHuman]

Don't know yet.
But the fact that I have summer classes is annoying.

 

[Fluttershy]

What are you majoring in tofer?

also i'd prefer soren to be in the next game

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

What are you majoring in tofer?

also i'd prefer soren to be in the next game

soren would be cool, even if he probably doesn't have much of a shot (on the account of not being a lord when there are so many popular lords).

Still it'd be awesome to have another mage instead of just Zelda.

 

[ToferTheHuman]

I am a Computer Drafting and Design major.

 

[ぱみゅ]

I'll be in school because it has no vacations.

 

[JigglyZelda003]

I'm feeling la la lovely todaaay.

Sup Zelda boards?
Is anyone doing anything interesting this summer?

catching up on my lost game time and fixing my old art projects while looking for a job

I have summer classes ._.

i would take summer classes...if CSU didnt ask for my soul to take them

I am a Computer Drafting and Design major.

im a graphic design major, its close enough :D

 

[Beluina]

I'll be in school because it has no vacations.

Does this mean you're in a year round school?

I am a Computer Drafting and Design major.

Sounds intense. What's computer drafting?

catching up on my lost game time and fixing my old art projects while looking for a job

Pictuuures!

 

[ぱみゅ]

Does this mean you're in a year round school?

Eeyup.
I'm studying gastronomy (cooking), it's only 1y3m, 3 hours a day 5 days a week, but it's REALLY intensive and requires a lot of hard work.

 

[ToferTheHuman]

im a graphic design major, its close enough :D

Almost, while you're making cool graphics and stuff, I am making houses and mechanical machine parts.

Sounds intense. What's computer drafting?

Drafting models of machine parts, making blue prints, and all that stuff.

Eeyup.
I'm studying gastronomy (cooking), it's only 1y3m, 3 hours a day 5 days a week, but it's REALLY intensive and requires a lot of hard work.

I go to a year round school too!
I have class 3 times a week each one is 5 hours.
I also have NO vacations ._.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I have 6 years schooling minimum . . . here goes year five

 

[ToferTheHuman]

Only 2 more!

Just found out I am going to be taking Saturday classes.
No more friday/saturday smashfests or tourny's for me. :/

 

[Beluina]

All of this year-round schooling thing sounds so strange to me.
Yay for state universities?

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I mean I go to a private university, don't know about tofer

 

[mountain_tiger]

Words cannot describe just how much I want to be at university right now. Alas, I have exams I need to do well on first... The first one's on 26th...

It's only History I'm really worried about to be honest, if only because the essay structure you're meant to use is stupid. Subtlety pretty much guarantees you won't get above a C...

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

It's only History I'm really worried about to be honest, if only because the essay structure you're meant to use is stupid. Subtlety pretty much guarantees you won't get above a C...

I wanted to murder my theatre teacher my first quarter at college. He deducted from my score because my essay wasn't the traditional "5 paragraphs on the page, one intro, 3 body one conclusion, 5-7 sentences per paragraph"

He was a dolt. A 1 sentence paragraph is completely acceptable when the point IN the paragraph is not sufficiently related to any other paragraph in the essay and, yet, is important enough to require being included.

 

[ToferTheHuman]

I go to a Private university too.

 

[mountain_tiger]

I wanted to murder my theatre teacher my first quarter at college. He deducted from my score because my essay wasn't the traditional "5 paragraphs on the page, one intro, 3 body one conclusion, 5-7 sentences per paragraph"

He was a dolt. A 1 sentence paragraph is completely acceptable when the point IN the paragraph is not sufficiently related to any other paragraph in the essay and, yet, is important enough to require being included.

Yeah... passing exams is about 50% actually knowing your stuff, and 50% molding to the exam technique. For instance, in History you have to put the answer to whatever question you're answering in the introduction.

I still don't understand why the exams are handwritten. Seriously, who still handwrites things in the real world? What are word processors for?

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

Yeah... passing exams is about 50% actually knowing your stuff, and 50% molding to the exam technique. For instance, in History you have to put the answer to whatever question you're answering in the introduction.

I still don't understand why the exams are handwritten. Seriously, who still handwrites things in the real world? What are word processors for?

sometimes you don't have a computer handy?


Anyway it only pissed me off because I am an excellent essay writer and I either co-wrote or edited MOST essays any of my friends submited for their classes while I was at college and this instructor docked me because I wasn't writing an essay styled the way he thought they should be . . . which was a really dumbed down and formulaic way.


I hate receiving a lower grade because the TEACHER is an idiot, rather than me.

 

[Half-Split Soul]

It's only History I'm really worried about to be honest, if only because the essay structure you're meant to use is stupid. Subtlety pretty much guarantees you won't get above a C...

To be fair, how can you expect for someone who doesn't know anything about you to differentiate subtlety from ignorance? The methods of subtly passing on knowledge are the same than those of hiding your lack of knowledge while still giving the impression of being educated on the subject.

A 1 sentence paragraph is completely acceptable when the point IN the paragraph is not sufficiently related to any other paragraph in the essay and, yet, is important enough to require being included.

I'll have to disagree with you on that. In any text or essay that tests your knowledge you really can't have one sentence paragraphs, because you won't be able to show that you truly know what you're talking about in just one sentence. Even if the point you're trying to raise doesn't directly relate to other parts of the essay you'll have to provide background information for it, as well as the reason of its importance. Cramming all that into just one sentence really detracts from the readability of your essay.

Then again, it's also debatable whether that situation is even possible in the first place. After all, if you're correctly answering a question, every single part of your answer is directly related to that question. This in turn makes them strongly related to each other.

However, I do agree with your main point. If the teacher lowered your score because the essay didn't follow some strict pattern of "5 paragraphs on the page, one intro, 3 body one conclusion, 5-7 sentences per paragraph", he was in the wrong. Even more so because that pattern makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[mountain_tiger]

To be fair, how can you expect for someone who doesn't know anything about you to differentiate subtlety from ignorance? The methods of subtly passing on knowledge are the same than those of hiding your lack of knowledge while still giving the impression of being educated on the subject.

Not... really. There's quite a big difference. Subtlety is where, as you make an argument, you gradually build it up so that your point becomes clearer as the essay continues, and by the end, they should be left thinking, "Wow, this guy is absolutely amazing". With ignorance you wouldn't be able to build things up at all and you'd end up detracting from the question...

 

[Half-Split Soul]

Subtlety is where, as you make an argument, you gradually build it up so that your point becomes clearer as the essay continues, and by the end, they should be left thinking, "Wow, this guy is absolutely amazing".

In that case you're writing a literary essay, which is a different thing entirely. In literary essay your main focus is in fancy, lively language and your aim is to raise thoughts. In scientific/informative essay both your main focus and aim should be in effectively passing on information in easy-to-read form so that the reader can then use that information however (s)he needs.

If you ask me, this makes all the sense in the world. If I'm looking for information I want to get as much of it as easy and as fast as possible. However, if an essay keeps hiding that information from me until the very last sentence I won't be able to do that and just end up wasting my time.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I'll have to disagree with you on that. In any text or essay that tests your knowledge you really can't have one sentence paragraphs, because you won't be able to show that you truly know what you're talking about in just one sentence.

Then you don't understand the point of a paragraph.


The One Sentence Paragraph

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Unlike paragraphs with multiple sentences, a one-sentence paragraph places heavy emphasis on the idea. It is a high-impact tool for telling the reader, “This is very important.” Very few ideas require this level of emphasis. Used sparingly, one-sentence paragraphs can be very effective for pointing out critical ideas or keeping the reader mentally focused on the content.

If you think the purpose of a paragraph is always going to be "introductory paragraph = point which must be proven or explained with supportive paragraphs," then you'd be wrong. A paragraph is designed to present a point, an idea, etc. to the reader and can take as few or as many sentences as it takes to do so. The fewer sentences you use in a paragraph, the more powerful a paragraph's message is, but more complex messages must be illucidated with supporting paragraphs.

I don't have the original paper with me, but it had a single, one-sentence paragraph and that sentence contained the single purest and most important message that I wanted my paper to convey. It needed no explanation, it needed no introduction, and the correct use of transitions in its bordering paragraphs meant it fit perfectly well with no problems.

I'm a kick-*** essay writer. I know it is acceptable in an essay to use a one-sentence paragraph if it is used correctly and I am positive that I was using it correctly in the essay in question. The fact that my professor docked me for not fitting into his jejune and formulaic idea of what an essay is incensed, and continues to incense me.

The general "rules" about how to structure an essay, what a paragraph is, etc. exist for those who don't understand how to write essays--simple rules to allow the construction of an essay which is not incorrect, but not too terribly stimulating either. If you assume that the writers who know how to write well will know when it is acceptable to break these "rules" then, I suppose, it makes sense to give rules to those who do not, so that they do not mangle the language. However, they are never going to accomplish great feats with language either. It's rather like giving those unskilled with art a painter's pallate and asking them to color within the lines: there are no-rules against coloring within the lines, and, if you don't know what you're doing, trying to color outside of the lines could be a disaster. But if you do know what you are doing, you'll never produce your best masterpiece unless you break out of the bland box in which others must remain.

In summary, using a one sentence paragraph is a lot like using a double negative or beginning a sentence with a preposition: you're never going to need to do it in your career, and misusing it can make you seem uneducated, but when used correctly they can enhance the power of your work. (By the way, I used both a double negative and a sentence beginning with a common preposition in the previous paragraph. And I used both correctly.)

 

[Half-Split Soul]

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That's all absolutely true and I couldn't agree more... if we're talking about literary essays, that is. However, since mountain_tiger was talking about a history essay and you replied to him I assumed the essay you were talking about was informative essay as well, in which case I stand by my words.

If my assumption was wrong and you were really talking about a literary essay instead let me wholeheartedly apologise for correcting you, as I fully agree with everything you've said.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

That's all absolutely true and I couldn't agree more... if we're talking about literary essays, that is. However, since mountain_tiger was talking about a history essay and you replied to him I assumed the essay you were talking about was informative essay as well, in which case I stand by my words.

If my assumption was wrong and you were really talking about a literary essay instead let me wholeheartedly apologise for correcting you, as I fully agree with everything you've said.

I wanted to murder my theatre teacher my first quarter at college. He deducted from my score because my essay wasn't the traditional "5 paragraphs on the page, one intro, 3 body one conclusion, 5-7 sentences per paragraph"

He was a dolt. A 1 sentence paragraph is completely acceptable when the point IN the paragraph is not sufficiently related to any other paragraph in the essay and, yet, is important enough to require being included.

It was a critical analysis

 

[GreyFox86]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi99oDALtRU&feature=player_embedded

Just made love to this song.

Oh yeah, HELLO!!!

 

[#HBC | Scary]

******* nice! Also, HAI THERE!

 

[JigglyZelda003]

learning something new on the zelda boards while finding good music as well?

my night is complete lol

 

[GreyFox86]

Neo_Batou posted that on FB and I asked if you guys saw it. I guess not cause of your reactions.

Oh well, my night was made from that vid alone.

Also, I'd like to be more active here. I missed the Zelda boards. =/

 

[ToferTheHuman]

I wanted to murder my theatre teacher my first quarter at college.

I know what I must do now.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I know what I must do now.

what? Murder that silly estonian dramaphile?

 

[Half-Split Soul]

It was a critical analysis

I have no idea what college-level theatrical studies consist of in America. For all I know your essay could have been about the history of Play-Doh.

Anyways, sorry, my mistake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi99oDALtRU&feature=player_embedded

There's nothing a little classical music wouldn't make better.

 

[ToferTheHuman]

what? Murder that silly estonian dramaphile?

Legally, I do not think I am able to say that.