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I'll answer as a professor at a university: Stick to the script. I have 30 papers to grade! Going off script is, IMO, just proof you couldn't get your point across in the standard format so you d...
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I'll answer as a professor at a university: Stick to the script. I have 30 papers to grade! Going off script is, IMO, just proof you couldn't get your point across in the standard format so you ditched it. To me it isn't a demonstration of strength, it is a demonstration of weakness. If you want to be original, be original within the constraints of the system. Once you demonstrate you can get a series of A's **_using_** the script, **_then_** I would put in the effort to read an off-script essay. Before then: Expect B's or C's. Prove your competence at walking before you try to convince me you can dance.