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Jeffrey Arnett, a developmental psychologist??at??the???? University of Maryland, favors "emerging adulthood" to describe this new demographic group, and the term is the title of his new book on the subject. His theme is that the twixters are misunderstood. It's too easy to write them off as overgrown children, he argues. Rather, he suggests, they're doing important work to get themselves ready for adulthood. "This is the one time of their lives when they're not responsible for anyone else or to anyone else," Arnett says. "So they have this wonderful freedom to really focus on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grow Up? Not So Fast | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

That’s the secret, really. Don’t write out “TIME!!!” in inch-high scrawl—it only brings out the sadist in us. Don’t (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks—we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page—single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/14/2005 | See Source »

...actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2005 | See Source »

...generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything at all. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without contradiction...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/14/2005 | See Source »

...it’s difficult to know how much time to dedicate to each thing,” he said. “I feel the only way to be certain is to go overboard. I feel like I have to do every practice problem, and I have to write three drafts...

Author: By Katherine G. Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Hunker Down in Cabot | 1/12/2005 | See Source »

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