>critical thinking and learning
If my experience with essays means anything is that to receive a good grade you need to regurgitate the teacher pet causes using the most flowery language possible. No thinking involved.
If my experience with essays means anything is that to receive a good grade you need to regurgitate the teacher pet causes using the most flowery language possible. No thinking involved.
They also don't mind if you "cheat" (seek extensive help on a piece of work without asking if that's OK first, or "steal" something that already exists). Usually, they prefer you do. Results matter, and maybe not breaking the law. Beyond that, nobody cares.
I've also not once used all that business letter-formatting crap we wasted so very much time on in elementary school. WTF.
Really seems like something that could be left out until undergrad. Just give enough info that a reasonable person could find your source easily, and keep the format consistent and simple in each paper. That's all anyone cares about outside academia, in the rare cases they care about citations at all.