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[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating black and grey. Foreground — a picture of an armadillo. Top text: “ [“Write an essay of approximately 500 words.” ] ” Bottom text: “ [That’s not an essay, that’s a passing thought.] ”]

I am currently trying to rein in my thoughts for an essay for a non-English class.  But seriously, 500 words?!  That’s so short!

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My first semester, I had a history prof who routinely required us to write 3 paragraph essays in under 150 words. I frequently wound up with 4-5 sentences on the page, broken into bullshit paragraphs…

-Olive