[quote]No. It's just bad.[/quote] Kid. College will help highlight this, but there is no such thing as bad. There's educational boundaries for a reason and those who use knowledge to belittle someone rather then clarify is why you say it is bad. It's also something of a habit though. Which means you are conditioned to think that way. I'll say it many times: It's not an issue people don't get it. I've been up and down that road, combined it with a wealth of experience, and there's only thing I've found about the technological age: people today are worse off then the previous generations were and it has nothing to do with technology. It's always been the same problem and solution: people are people. Maturity in some is not the same as it is others. [quote]It's the kind of writing you use to pad a college essay when you don't know what the hell you're writing about.[/quote] Actually, it's not the kind of writing you use to write a college essay at all. I've written numerous research papers all in the 70+ single spaced APA and MLA formats. Research can be taken two ways: those who understand something and can piece it together like I do and those who are on another great and informative path which I don't understand particularly because it has no merit in mathematical or scientific logic. [quote]You try and sound smart and maybe confuse the professor enough that maybe he'll throw you a passing grade. [/quote] "There's no Leader, There's no Guru, There's no Master, There's no Savoir. You yourself are The Teacher, The Master, The Savoir, The Leader..."-Jiddu Krishnamurti I could explain it's origins if you want. Again, a lesson I learned while in college many years ago. The difference is though I don't belittle knowledge or you. You want to get on my level? We'll have a chat. You want to insult me? Grinning and smiling constantly over here. You see kid. I served in the Navy before I went to college. I ran and maintained a network operations center and when I got my degree in Information Technology from the University of San Diego (private college) I went through just as many essays and capabilities as when I served. You want to challenge me? You won't live up to the task. Again. I don't bother belittling your words or you. Relax. Take a chill pill. It's not wrong to say certain things and be proud of them. What is wrong if you say them under conditions where you know they aren't acceptable or ok. Just remember that I will remember the choice of words when your profile is automatically muted after this and so long as you apologize like you probably have never done in your life because you are perfect and mommy told you so (you should be laughing at this. This is a joke where I work. "I'm perfect because my mommy said so! lol) , we'll be cool at the end of the day. The essays I wrote I overachieved. I've written 17 70+ research papers over 9 courses. Some were about the IT side of things. Some in the humanities. Some even the boring "Ferris Buller" mathematics courses. To steal a quick quote from a Navy seal, "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing." It's why the limit was 80 pages, minimum 50. You stop thinking like a normal essay and start putting 2 and 2 together. The more topics, the more understanding. The more understanding, the more topics. Don't worry about the topic anymore. If you want to chat speak your mind.