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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-08 10:34:17
August 07 2009 22:29 GMT
#1
I'm so disillusioned with academia. I paid over 35,000 to attend a TOP TOP university in New York for a year. And I couldn't go back, once I realized my financial aid wasn't going to work out.

So fuck it. I dealt drugs. I tried running some chicks; got my ass kicked. Dealt more drugs. Read books. Hundreds of them. For about a year, you couldn't find me on the street handing out white without a book in my back pocket.

Started a women's clothing business. Tanked after a year. I don't regret it. It made me smarter. Took trips to LA. Anyone out in LA? Used to be in the fashion district all the time. Beautiful Korean chicks.

Yeah, I'm Korean. I started watching Starcraft ever since I got rid of my TV. Now, it's like my TV. I just watch whenever I eat. I'm a Bisu fanboi I guess HAH.

Anyway, about two years ago (I still have not gone back), I started another business. I write term papers for people. Essays. Top-quality shit. Like CRAZY good. Surprisingly, it's been doing real well. Started marketing all over the US. Mostly in NY, but now we're all over. I hired a couple writers. Now we have five.

None of my clients ever come to me about that bullshit. "OMG you're writing papers for people? How do you live with yourself? What about the academic code?"

Well, FUCK the academic code.

If I can't go to school b/c I wasn't born with a goddamn trust fund in my name, then fuck it. And fuck you too, if you feel any different.

It's all bullshit. You get ahead by knowing what people want, and knowing how to give it to them.

Most of my clients are older folks. 28. 32. My oldest was a 66, already with one Masters in Abnormal Psych. They never give me that "morality" bullshit. Why? Because these older folk know how this world works. No, I'm not disillusioned with LIFE. I LOVE LIFE. I'm disillusioned with academia.

All my life I was told, once I get into an Ivy League school, I'll have it made. Well, what do you know? Not true. That's what the sheep think. That's what you may think. But trust me, I know first hand, it AINT TRUE. It's about being active. Being smart. The credentials don't MAKE A MAN. The MAN MAKES THE MAN. Credentials are just badges.

I've met actors. I've employed entrepreneurs. I've employed hipster cafe owners, and turned down Ivy Leaguers.

Some of my clients are in the top-tiers of law enforcement. MANY of my clients are in the education system. HAHAHAHA. What does that say to you??? That professors are coming up to ME, little old me, for help with a second masters?

Goodness...

But anyways, I want to know TL. I want to know your opinion. I already have an inkling of what it might be. That comes from experience. Experience with people. Over the years I've met so many people who were on the fence about my services. I've heard everything.

I want to know... would you pay someone to do a paper for you if you had the money, and no means to write it yourself?

Think of it as a mini-philosophy/ethics/psych test.

Thanks for listening:

Oh, and I donno if I'm allowed to do this, but shameless plug for my services (Mod PM me if I should take this down

Ivy League Essays
essay writing service

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Poll: Would you pay for a term paper?
(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): Maybe, depending on price
(Vote): You're an immoral bastard

the cat within
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
August 07 2009 22:34 GMT
#2
Show us a sample essay you wrote :o

I wouldn't pay for a term paper btw.
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Railz
Profile Joined July 2008
United States1449 Posts
August 07 2009 22:35 GMT
#3
I wouldn't do it but I don't mind when people do it for bullshit busy work assignments in the middle of midterm/finals week.

BUT if you're helping dumb people get top level jobs then I can't help but wonder what the hell went wrong with you.
Did the whole world just get a lot smaller and go whooosh?_-` Number 0ne By.Fantasy Fanatic!
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
August 07 2009 22:37 GMT
#4
went with "no" because there was no "not from you" option after struggling through your horribly written post
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
August 07 2009 22:38 GMT
#5
The papers I would trust somebody else could do a decent job on are too easy for me to pay.
#1 Kwanro Fan
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
August 07 2009 22:39 GMT
#6
i wouldn't pay for one, unless i was really rich and could just throw money at my schoolwork so i wouldn't have to do it. but i can't justify spending mony on something i could do myself for free, that's like paying for porn
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:39 GMT
#7
lol clearly I didn't write this blog post as I would an academic paper

STUPID
the cat within
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 22:40:34
August 07 2009 22:39 GMT
#8
Well I hope you don't write your essays the same way you just wrote your post because that doesn't even remotely qualify as "top shit." Your arrogance exudes from you like cheap beer from a hobo.

Yea, I'm sure you don't write like in your post. But you maybe have noticed that the people who are more educated tend to write in a more educated fashion, even when its only casual.

You sound like a jackass.
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:40 GMT
#9
We've written MASTERS THESES. Peer-reviewed. Just finished a 150 paper guidance counselor shit. Cakes and peaches.

You'd be surprised at what can be done.
the cat within
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
August 07 2009 22:40 GMT
#10
What about cupcakes and strawberries?
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:41 GMT
#11
WOW.

You guys really think I type blog posts on TL the same way I write papers? FORREAL? TL has some real smart dudes. But TL has some real stupid dudes too.

Thanks.
the cat within
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
August 07 2009 22:41 GMT
#12
You remind me of Ke422azn.
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 07 2009 22:42 GMT
#13
how much do you charge approximately?
HEY MEYT
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
August 07 2009 22:42 GMT
#14
Would you post some pics of yourself benching 600 lbs too?
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
eatmyshorts5
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1530 Posts
August 07 2009 22:42 GMT
#15
On August 08 2009 07:41 shotz wrote:
WOW.

You guys really think I type blog posts on TL the same way I write papers? FORREAL? TL has some real smart dudes. But TL has some real stupid dudes too.

Thanks.

Give us a sample please. I would like to see what your capable of.
BF:BC2 ID: BisuStork//CJ Entusman #32
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 07 2009 22:43 GMT
#16
On August 08 2009 07:41 NoobsOfWrath wrote:
You remind me of Ke422azn.

LOL

I wouldn't pay someone, I just can't get over the fact that it wasn't my work, but that's me, I know plenty of people who would pay, more than a hand full.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:44 GMT
#17
Link to the website is at the bottom of the OP. Check us out, you can even give me a call. We're based out of NYC. Samples on the website, and through e-mail, by request.

Haters, laters.
the cat within
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:45 GMT
#18
Lol who's ke422azn?
the cat within
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
August 07 2009 22:45 GMT
#19
You're fucking retarded, if you type like shit on a forum what would compel me to give you money to write something good for me. Especially since this is basically an advertisement for your business. It reads like someone's dad trying to act hip. What's up DOGG man isn't school the WORST? Let's go SKATEBOARDING, HANG TEN
eatmyshorts5
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1530 Posts
August 07 2009 22:47 GMT
#20
Gonna be honest the essays are pretty high quality but also to be honest i wouldn't pay for one.
BF:BC2 ID: BisuStork//CJ Entusman #32
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:47 GMT
#21
On August 08 2009 07:45 floor exercise wrote:
You're fucking retarded, if you type like shit on a forum what would compel me to give you money to write something good for me. Especially since this is basically an advertisement for your business. It reads like someone's dad trying to act hip. What's up DOGG man isn't school the WORST? Let's go SKATEBOARDING, HANG TEN


Bro, calm down. What's wrong with you? What did I do to you?
the cat within
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 07 2009 22:48 GMT
#22
HANG TEN IS SURFING DUDE
HEY MEYT
Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 07 2009 22:48 GMT
#23
On August 08 2009 07:45 shotz wrote:
Lol who's ke422azn?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=58905&currentpage=3

Scroll down for hilarity
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 07 2009 22:49 GMT
#24
are you employed full time by this writing job or do you have another?
HEY MEYT
eatmyshorts5
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1530 Posts
August 07 2009 22:49 GMT
#25
On August 08 2009 07:48 hyde wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 07:45 shotz wrote:
Lol who's ke422azn?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=58905&currentpage=3

Scroll down for hilarity

Lol so now i finally understand that post on the automated ban list. This is freaken hilarious.
BF:BC2 ID: BisuStork//CJ Entusman #32
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:50 GMT
#26
LOL wtf. I bench 135. I'm a skinny fucker. Dude's jacked tho. I wouldn't fuck with him. KEKEKEKE
the cat within
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
August 07 2009 22:50 GMT
#27
I wouldn't because they 're not written in Dutch or Chinese, hohoho. ^_^
觀過斯知仁矣.
Jusciax
Profile Joined August 2007
Lithuania588 Posts
August 07 2009 22:51 GMT
#28
Man you sound like a douche full of shit, sorry...
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
August 07 2009 22:52 GMT
#29
lol apparently you weren't smart enough to kno
about need based!
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42693 Posts
August 07 2009 22:53 GMT
#30
Your attitude fucking sucks. I have no problem with what you're doing though I'd rather write my own but the way you post is really up yourself. There are people on this forum with far more to brag about who say far less.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
zazen
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Brazil695 Posts
August 07 2009 22:53 GMT
#31
I wouldn't pay for a paper and actually, I'm about to finish my business university, even so I heartfully agree with your opinion that universities are shit.

My main problem with them is that theory won't make you a better professional, whatever area you want to work in. It's just... bullshit. It's a huge waste of time... something that became default in modern society, but hardly means shit. I've been working hard for the last 3 years in an investment fund and I use maybe 3% of the knowledge I acquired from classes. You become a better professional by being smart and working hard. That's it.
"The quest for nexus has brought many men of genius to insanity... HUEHUEHUE!"
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:54 GMT
#32
On August 08 2009 07:49 JohnColtrane wrote:
are you employed full time by this writing job or do you have another?


Johnny boy (by the way, i'm assuming you are a disciple of the great blower, yes man yes). I don't have any other job. This takes up all of my time. I started it writing the shit myself. Now, I mostly handle marketing, administrative shit, sales. Worse, to be honest. When you write shit for other ppl, you have no IDEA what you can learn.

For example, I did this paper for a pilot in training, when I was starting out. I had to do research into the Sikorsky Helicopter company. I probably know more about helicopters than most pilots....

It's fun. Plus, the ppl I employ are all out-of-work struggling writers, poets, etc. They're disillusioned too! US economy fucked them, and they paid for their education through the noses. Now, there's nothing out there for them, but this.

I pay them well. Always looking for new ppl.
the cat within
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
August 07 2009 22:57 GMT
#33
this thread is really funny lol

i voted no. i like to write my own papers :D
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 22:57 GMT
#34
On August 08 2009 07:53 Kwark wrote:
Your attitude fucking sucks. I have no problem with what you're doing though I'd rather write my own but the way you post is really up yourself. There are people on this forum with far more to brag about who say far less.


Kwark, buddy.

Wasn't really a brag post. I've been doing this for two years. Why brag on an internet forum? Basically, I started off with a blog post here, and I think ppl got the wrong idea about me. This is a part of my life. This is me, this is how I support my mom and bro. I'm proud of it, yes. I'm also angry at the system.

I honestly wanted to get ppl's opinions on the morality of what I do, and at the same time, direct them to my website .

I'm not saying I'm the shit. I'm not saying that there aren't ppl who are "more accomplished" than me. In a way, THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I always wanted to be a fiction writer. Still do. Don't care about money, don't care about class, etc. ACCOLADES?

Nope. Hope you guys understand.
the cat within
Failsafe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1298 Posts
August 07 2009 22:57 GMT
#35
i'm looking for an essay: "from ivy league student to ivy league dropout, to ivy league dropout drug dealer, to ivy league dropout drug dealer and pimp, to ivy league dropout, failed pimp but successful drug dealer, to starcraft fan and founder of the site 'ivy league papers from an ivy league dropout.'"

i'd like it to be a nonfiction piece so i think you're my man
MrBitter: Phoenixes... They're like flying hellions. Always cost efficient.
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
August 07 2009 22:58 GMT
#36
Failed, unblatant (but not even close to subtle) advertising. {90%}

Arrogant, ignorant, individual with terrible attitude. {10%}
| MLIA | the weather sucks dick here
Failsafe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1298 Posts
August 07 2009 22:59 GMT
#37
i support what you're doing and your internet persona is entertaining so good luck
MrBitter: Phoenixes... They're like flying hellions. Always cost efficient.
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 23:00:29
August 07 2009 22:59 GMT
#38
This thread is amusing with people getting their panties in a twist over nothing. :p Entertaining internet persona indeed. ^_^
觀過斯知仁矣.
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 07 2009 23:01 GMT
#39
i dont have a problem with what you are doing or with what you are posting. if i was american, had money and was in a problematic situation id probably take you up on one of your offers

i like coltrane but i prefer sonny rollins anyway :D
HEY MEYT
Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
August 07 2009 23:02 GMT
#40
Can I hire you to write a novel for me? I'll give you 10% of all profit it brings in.
BW forever || Thall
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 23:07:09
August 07 2009 23:05 GMT
#41
Haha this is so funny

It's almost as bad as the "11 yo college grad denounces video games"

shotz, the only disagreement I have with your service is that I might get owned by the curve if some other student has a TOP NOTCH CRAZY GOOD PROFESSIONAL paper :\

edit: luckily im not majoring in anything english related
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:06 GMT
#42
On August 08 2009 07:47 eatmyshorts5 wrote:
Gonna be honest the essays are pretty high quality but also to be honest i wouldn't pay for one.


eatmyshorts baby. Thank you thank you.

Honestly, not a lot of ppl WOULD pay for an essay. Especially at the rates I charge.

Why is that though? Morals, or do you feel like you'd do a better job? Or do you feel like its wasting your hard earned money?
the cat within
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 07 2009 23:07 GMT
#43
hah
i thoroughly enjoyed this blog post
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 23:09:17
August 07 2009 23:08 GMT
#44
Obviously no. If I hired you to write my exam and you got caught, I would get expelled. I'd rather study myself than risking my future on the likes of you.
:]
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:09 GMT
#45
On August 08 2009 08:05 Fontong wrote:
Haha this is so funny

It's almost as bad as the "11 yo college grad denounces video games"

shotz, the only disagreement I have with your service is that I might get owned by the curve if some other student has a TOP NOTCH CRAZY GOOD PROFESSIONAL paper :\

edit: luckily im not majoring in anything english related


Lol your edit says it all. was just abt to say that. Most of our shit is english/philosophy/education/management/admissions stuff.

Business/math/science we get a little, but not really. But those are the subjects that utilize curves, correct?
the cat within
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:10 GMT
#46
On August 08 2009 08:07 travis wrote:
hah
i thoroughly enjoyed this blog post


travis, big fan. as a lurker, i've loved reading your posts and your hardboiled tude.
the cat within
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 23:15:53
August 07 2009 23:10 GMT
#47
So fuck it. I dealt drugs. I tried running some chicks; got my ass kicked. Dealt more drugs. Read books. Hundreds of them. For about a year, you couldn't find me on the street handing out white without a book in my back pocket.


You're a piece of shit.
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
August 07 2009 23:11 GMT
#48
On August 08 2009 08:09 shotz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 08:05 Fontong wrote:
Haha this is so funny

It's almost as bad as the "11 yo college grad denounces video games"

shotz, the only disagreement I have with your service is that I might get owned by the curve if some other student has a TOP NOTCH CRAZY GOOD PROFESSIONAL paper :\

edit: luckily im not majoring in anything english related


Lol your edit says it all. was just abt to say that. Most of our shit is english/philosophy/education/management/admissions stuff.

Business/math/science we get a little, but not really. But those are the subjects that utilize curves, correct?


Which is why a degree in art is a useless piece of shit. Thanks for pointing that out.
:]
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:13 GMT
#49
On August 08 2009 08:10 Snet wrote:
Show nested quote +
So fuck it. I dealt drugs. I tried running some chicks; got my ass kicked. Dealt more drugs. Read books. Hundreds of them. For about a year, you couldn't find me on the street handing out white without a book in my back pocket.


You're a piece of shit.


Yeah. No you're absolutely right. It's a part of my life, and I think Emerson said somewhere that lying to yourself is the most dangerous thing (paraphrasing obviously). I did lots of shit i'm not really proud of, but it's not like I have a twisted perspective on chicks. I dig em, of course.

I do regret it.
the cat within
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42693 Posts
August 07 2009 23:14 GMT
#50
On August 08 2009 07:57 shotz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 07:53 Kwark wrote:
Your attitude fucking sucks. I have no problem with what you're doing though I'd rather write my own but the way you post is really up yourself. There are people on this forum with far more to brag about who say far less.


Kwark, buddy.

I'm not your buddy, pal.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 07 2009 23:15 GMT
#51
what is running some chicks? prostitution?
HEY MEYT
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 07 2009 23:16 GMT
#52
On August 08 2009 08:14 Kwark wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 07:57 shotz wrote:
On August 08 2009 07:53 Kwark wrote:
Your attitude fucking sucks. I have no problem with what you're doing though I'd rather write my own but the way you post is really up yourself. There are people on this forum with far more to brag about who say far less.


Kwark, buddy.

I'm not your buddy, pal.


im not your guy, buddy
HEY MEYT
benutbutter
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States66 Posts
August 07 2009 23:17 GMT
#53
I think you're kind of arrogant and extremely unscrupulous. Nonetheless, I do like that such a business could provide a really good opportunity to learn since I'm assuming you research the papers.

Personally, I would never pay someone to write my papers.
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
August 07 2009 23:18 GMT
#54
On August 08 2009 08:13 shotz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 08:10 Snet wrote:
So fuck it. I dealt drugs. I tried running some chicks; got my ass kicked. Dealt more drugs. Read books. Hundreds of them. For about a year, you couldn't find me on the street handing out white without a book in my back pocket.


You're a piece of shit.


Yeah. No you're absolutely right. It's a part of my life, and I think Emerson said somewhere that lying to yourself is the most dangerous thing (paraphrasing obviously). I did lots of shit i'm not really proud of, but it's not like I have a twisted perspective on chicks. I dig em, of course.

I do regret it.


We all have some time or another, atleast you don't try and deny it.

As far as your business, I think it's pretty sweet. I would definitely utilize something like this if I had the money. I know a couple people who would wet themselves over this, and you seem legit. Maybe I'll send them the link.

I agree with your academic views. It's just a degree. You don't really prove anything by going to college. Anyone who is not inbred retarded can put the hours in to get passing grades and get a degree. The prices are ridiculous as well.

Now all we need is a business that you can link your math homework to and have them complete it for you, lol.
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:19 GMT
#55
isn't humility one of the seven deadly sins or something?

>
the cat within
enthusiast
Profile Joined May 2008
United States90 Posts
August 07 2009 23:19 GMT
#56
It's really funny to me how many people got on this guy for his posting style. When I read the first half or so, I thought, "Is this an attempted short story or something?" At least he posts with personality and substance, which is more than can be said of most TL posters. Of course, I love TL in spite of that.

Anyways, how is it that you can offer to do theses, especially in the sciences? Don't these generally require at least a year or two of study in a specific field?

I don't see anything wrong with offering or using this kind of service, but I'm pretty sure I will never use it.
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
August 07 2009 23:21 GMT
#57
On August 08 2009 08:15 JohnColtrane wrote:
what is running some chicks? prostitution?


Yeah.
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:21 GMT
#58
You know what the best thing is though?

You get such a variety of attitudes and perspectives on TL. Seriously. It amazes me. I had this other blog post where I first started off kinda emo about how I don't really post online, some shit about internet personality.

It's crazy though. Ppl all over the world get to see your opinion on something. It truly is an honor and a privilege.

Snet, that'd be fantastic. And thanks for the pardon.
the cat within
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:24 GMT
#59
On August 08 2009 08:19 enthusiast wrote:
It's really funny to me how many people got on this guy for his posting style. When I read the first half or so, I thought, "Is this an attempted short story or something?" At least he posts with personality and substance, which is more than can be said of most TL posters. Of course, I love TL in spite of that.

Anyways, how is it that you can offer to do theses, especially in the sciences? Don't these generally require at least a year or two of study in a specific field?

I don't see anything wrong with offering or using this kind of service, but I'm pretty sure I will never use it.


Well we don't take on projects we absolutely cannot handle. If we come across.. say for example, a thesis on perception and Th1 response, which is 50 pages--I ask my writer if he can handle it. If he/she says no, then I refer them to one of my competitors.

I usually know immediately when i see the project, the scope of it, etc, if my writers can handle it or not.
the cat within
ForSC2
Profile Joined June 2009
United States580 Posts
August 07 2009 23:28 GMT
#60
I'd probably worry about the professionalism even if I was pretty sure the quality was good. Because my feeling is the guy probably knows how to write a paper, but his personality is like: YO WHAT'S UP DOGG. If I got a paper from him I'd probably be looking if he wrote some shit like SEXSEXPUSSYHAIR somewhere in the middle or looking if all the first letters going down vertically from the left side said Isuckcocklol.

I'd also think that if I asked for an online class to be done I'd have to give him my personal info, which at my school the login was your SS#. I think it's more about a trust issue then a quality issue.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=2883#comic
Delerium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States324 Posts
August 07 2009 23:29 GMT
#61
On August 08 2009 08:24 shotz wrote:
*a bunch of jaded cynical nonsense*

wtf is this shit?
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 07 2009 23:30 GMT
#62
On August 08 2009 08:28 ForSC2 wrote:
I'd probably worry about the professionalism even if I was pretty sure the quality was good. Because my feeling is the guy probably knows how to write a paper, but his personality is like: YO WHAT'S UP DOGG. If I got a paper from him I'd probably be looking if he wrote some shit like SEXSEXPUSSYHAIR somewhere in the middle or looking if all the first letters going down vertically from the left side said Isuckcocklol.

I'd also think that if I asked for an online class to be done I'd have to give him my personal info, which at my school the login was your SS#. I think it's more about a trust issue then a quality issue.


Completely understandable. Honestly, I have business persona and personal persona. If you think Commandante Obama is that stony faced statue at home, if you don't think he lets one rip in front of Michelle and the kids, and has an ugly pimple on his buttocks he complains about to his buddies, then sorry!

Of course, he would never fart during the State of the Union, would he?
the cat within
Kerotan
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
England2109 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 23:53:55
August 07 2009 23:52 GMT
#63
[Redacted]
Nerdette // External revolution - Internal revolution // Fabulous // I raise my hands to heaven of curiosity // I don't know what to ask for // What has it got for me? // Kerribear
Michaelj
Profile Joined February 2008
United States186 Posts
August 08 2009 00:09 GMT
#64
You know, the very trust fund babies you dislike are the only ones that can afford your services. Plus, I'm glad that you mostly do english papers, since those tend not to be curved. Business (including management), engineering, science, math classes tend to be curved, and you are just fucking over the poor, hard-working students who try to play by the rules that they are given.

Obviously I think having someone write your paper for you is wrong, but I tried to be as polite as possible.
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broz0rs
Profile Joined July 2008
United States2294 Posts
August 08 2009 00:23 GMT
#65
which one of these are you?

http://www.ilessays.com/information/staff
FrostedMiniWeet
Profile Joined July 2009
United States636 Posts
August 08 2009 00:24 GMT
#66
I found an error in one of your example papers:

http://www.ilessays.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sample61.jpg

First line in the image: "Lewis Carroll is quite found of"

I'm assuming you meant "fond"
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 00:24 GMT
#67
hahaha.... not telling :D
the cat within
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 00:25 GMT
#68
oh thanks... i gotta take those down they're really old
the cat within
Delerium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States324 Posts
August 08 2009 00:28 GMT
#69
On August 08 2009 09:23 broz0rs wrote:
which one of these are you?

http://www.ilessays.com/information/staff

Name: Eddie H.
School: Senior @ Columbia University
Focus: Philosophy, English, Religion, History
Date Joined: Founder
Quote: One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. – Martin Luther King Jr.
SiZ.FaNtAsY
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)1497 Posts
August 08 2009 00:30 GMT
#70
*waits for Kennigit*
Karma is a bitch
FrostedMiniWeet
Profile Joined July 2009
United States636 Posts
August 08 2009 00:31 GMT
#71
I found another grammar mistake on this sample:

http://www.ilessays.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sample61.jpg

Third paragraph:

"though we see Carroll not unwilling to explore Germanic words when the sounds were appropriate the sense he wished to convey"

You probably wanted "when the sounds were the appropriate sense he wished to convey"
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
August 08 2009 00:32 GMT
#72
Your story intrigues me. I'm not going to judge you based on how you post because that doesn't seem to be a very reliable method. However i would like to know something. You say you "push" "white" (sell cocaine? correct me if I'm wrong.) What do you charge? What do you cut with? (or do you get pure?) if so, How high up in the hierarchy are you? How much have you moved to this day?
U Gotta Skate.
v1rtu0so
Profile Joined September 2008
United States140 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 00:39:48
August 08 2009 00:34 GMT
#73
On August 08 2009 07:29 shotz wrote:
I'm so disillusioned with academia. I paid over 35,000 to attend a TOP TOP university in New York for a year.



Columbia is not "top top," bro. If you went to a real "top top" school, you wouldnt have been forced to pay 35K in your situation.

And there is no way in hell I trust you to write anything half way decent as a first-year columbia dropout (high school school diploma nice!), drug dealer, a pimp, and a bumbling fool as seen from your posts here.

Despicable business to begin with, but you are not even doing that right.
I feel the air from alien planet...
Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
August 08 2009 00:35 GMT
#74
Its posts like this that make me feel so much better about my life decisions.
Commentaries: youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 00:40:16
August 08 2009 00:38 GMT
#75
On August 08 2009 09:34 v1rtu0so wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 07:29 shotz wrote:
I'm so disillusioned with academia. I paid over 35,000 to attend a TOP TOP university in New York for a year.



Columbia is not "top top," bro. If you went to a real "top top" school, you wouldnt have been forced to pay 35K in your situation.


It's a tax issue... don't ask

Yeah Harvard and Yale just implemented some shit. Good good stuff. Hope to see more with Obama at the helm.

(by the way I was the only Hilary supporter at my school [haha no just kidding, but there were very few of em])

Anyway, Harvard and Yale (now Columbia as well) give free rides to anyone who comes from a family taking in less than a certain amount of income (60?). Not sure, as it's before my time, and I don't really care if it's a top school or not.

All I know is Kerouac went there for a year, and I wanted to go too :D
the cat within
FrostedMiniWeet
Profile Joined July 2009
United States636 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 00:41:38
August 08 2009 00:39 GMT
#76
I would rather scrub toilets all day than write papers, needless to say I do not envy you. If you choose the right school, you can get a good education at a reasonable cost. I graduated debt free with a BS in computer science, landed a job at Microsoft before I graduated, and now I'm set.
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
August 08 2009 00:39 GMT
#77
Please close this thread already...
:]
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
August 08 2009 00:40 GMT
#78
Furthermore, seeing how none of the "staffs" have gone on to graduate school made me think that all of you are merely C- graders.
:]
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
August 08 2009 00:40 GMT
#79
If I had the money and NO means to write it, I'd have no choice but to pay someone like you to write my paper.

That has yet to come up for me, though. I love my major, and I love what I'm studying.
Hello
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 00:46 GMT
#80
On August 08 2009 09:39 FrostedMiniWeet wrote:
I would rather scrub toilets all day than write papers, needless to say I do not envy you. If you choose the right school, you can get a good education at a reasonable cost. I graduated debt free with a BS in computer science, landed a job at Microsoft before I graduated, and now I'm set.


Frosted, honey. Absolutely right. There are plenty of other educational opportunities out there for people who are less well-endowed (financially obv). I'm glad for you. I really am. You made a decision, you've made life choices. And they've paid off for you.

I have made some as well. Some of them have not been wise. But who doesn't make some boneheaded choices once in a while? I don't want to go to another school. Columbia, in a way, was my first love. And they won't let me back. That disheartens me.

I don't want to be "set". I dont' want to make money and have a fucking "title." What I want is to be left alone to write. I wanted to go to Columbia to meet other writers like myself. Now I'm doing this bullshit.

I'm not bragging. I'm proud of the fact that, in my situation, I've found something to keep me and my family afloat. But again, it's not what I want you to do. My offer was just my compliments on your proofreading skills. Please don't take it personally.

:-)
the cat within
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
August 08 2009 00:47 GMT
#81
I want to know... would you pay someone to do a paper for you if you had the money, and no means to write it yourself?

Stupid question. If someone had no means to write it and had the money to pay you, and they needed the paper, they would, of course, pay you. By assuming no means, the person has no other option than to not write anything, even if they wanted to and has to resort to outside sources.

The question should have been worded differently: "If you had the option and the ability to pay ME money, would you resort to my services rather than write the paper yourself?"

I'm surprised that after all that education you still can't grasp basic logic and proper wording. So the answer to the [right] question would have been: no, I wouldn't pay you money, because I can write similarly or better myself.
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 00:50 GMT
#82
yea yea everyone take your shotz
the cat within
lilsusie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3861 Posts
August 08 2009 01:01 GMT
#83
This is interesting. I wish you were around when I was in university.

I can see how this would work. I work in the business of sending kids to university - I end up "brainstorming" and "editing" their personal essays (and other things) and helping them come up with "ideas" to make their extracurricular activities sound better than they are.

These kids will go on to top universities and get stuck - because they are not there due to their own merit, they are there because of people like me. Then they will need to write a term paper for some class... and look for people like shotz. *shrug*

It's just the way the world works, as he said. Money can buy anything. Even academia.
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StRyKeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States1739 Posts
August 08 2009 01:08 GMT
#84
Your post was definitely douchey. The fact that you didn't care that it was douchey was probably what offended people.

People (especially on the internet) have very good douche detectors. When they smell one who isn't apologetic, it offends their internal sense of what is right and non-douchey (how dare he say that without feeling ashamed).

Your personality aside (I don't really give a shit if you're a douche in real life), I think it's an interesting issue and clearly very telling about the credentials that everyday people are carrying around them. I would never pay for such an essay, as it goes against my moral code. I believe in value for its own sake, and not as a signal. A signal is merely an indicator of value. Without actual merit, who are you? Just getting by on a lie? I wouldn't be able to live with that.

There are degrees to it of course. "It's just a degree." "I'm doing this to please my parents." "I don't care about the degree."

It does dishearten me to see so many people willing to cheat. But hey, people are willing to pay for anything worth something to them.
Ars longa, vita brevis, principia aeturna.
theron[wdt]
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States395 Posts
August 08 2009 01:15 GMT
#85
sounds like you on cocaine
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 01:17 GMT
#86
On August 08 2009 10:01 lilsusie wrote:
This is interesting. I wish you were around when I was in university.

I can see how this would work. I work in the business of sending kids to university - I end up "brainstorming" and "editing" their personal essays (and other things) and helping them come up with "ideas" to make their extracurricular activities sound better than they are.

These kids will go on to top universities and get stuck - because they are not there due to their own merit, they are there because of people like me. Then they will need to write a term paper for some class... and look for people like shotz. *shrug*

It's just the way the world works, as he said. Money can buy anything. Even academia.


Susie, baby... I know right?? Esp. in Korean culture, going to a top university is blown up to something it's not.

So kids end up going to schools where they can't take the pressure of their workload. This time, no one's out there to help them.

But my clients are surprisingly NOT college kids. College kids (as you and I both know) don't have any doe. LOL.

Most of my clients are people going back to school in the face of a recession. Many of them are working, and looking to get promoted. And in order to get this promotion, often times, they need not be the BEST POLICE OFFICER at the station, but have a bachelor's degree.

One of my clients/friend is a buddy I met while I was living in Hamilton Heights, NYC. Ex-drug dealer like myself, trying to make it straight. You think I charged him up the ass? No. He was struggling at his community college, with an intro to western philosophy class. Is he going to need that to become a mid-level manager? Is he going to need to know Descartes to tell people to get back to work? Maybe. But I doubt it.

I think, therefore I am. Infinitely useful to some, meaningless to many.

PS: Susie, nice commentary on Gom. Work on your Korean KEKEKEKEKEK. JK--you're so much better than I am. I totally dig your style. Are you in Korea? I wish I could go... never been.
the cat within
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
August 08 2009 01:27 GMT
#87
On August 08 2009 07:47 eatmyshorts5 wrote:
Gonna be honest the essays are pretty high quality but also to be honest i wouldn't pay for one.

Some are good (not great), but some are terrible.

And the OP's justification is bullshit. It's not that difficult to obtain financial aid if you're proactive about it, especially in ivy league schools.

The credentials don't MAKE A MAN. The MAN MAKES THE MAN.
Yet you're supplying a service that specifically grants people credentials without them demonstrating their own worth. You certainly seem like a craft entrepreneur, but it's a shame that you've let your morals go to waste. And I don't buy your rationalization of the practice at all. I hope you're doing something good with the money.
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 01:35:33
August 08 2009 01:34 GMT
#88
Jibba,

Which ones did you think were good? Which ones are terrible?

PS: And compared to the other "writing services" out there, mine are like pure rocks
the cat within
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 08 2009 01:47 GMT
#89
I read your Nietzsche sample and I'm curious why the writer uses "me" near the middle of the 2nd page.

There are several other sites which offer the same service, what makes your site stand out? Most professors also run plagiarism tests now, don't know how they work though.

lilsusie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3861 Posts
August 08 2009 01:47 GMT
#90
On August 08 2009 10:17 shotz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 10:01 lilsusie wrote:
This is interesting. I wish you were around when I was in university.

I can see how this would work. I work in the business of sending kids to university - I end up "brainstorming" and "editing" their personal essays (and other things) and helping them come up with "ideas" to make their extracurricular activities sound better than they are.

These kids will go on to top universities and get stuck - because they are not there due to their own merit, they are there because of people like me. Then they will need to write a term paper for some class... and look for people like shotz. *shrug*

It's just the way the world works, as he said. Money can buy anything. Even academia.


Susie, baby... I know right?? Esp. in Korean culture, going to a top university is blown up to something it's not.

So kids end up going to schools where they can't take the pressure of their workload. This time, no one's out there to help them.

But my clients are surprisingly NOT college kids. College kids (as you and I both know) don't have any doe. LOL.

Most of my clients are people going back to school in the face of a recession. Many of them are working, and looking to get promoted. And in order to get this promotion, often times, they need not be the BEST POLICE OFFICER at the station, but have a bachelor's degree.

One of my clients/friend is a buddy I met while I was living in Hamilton Heights, NYC. Ex-drug dealer like myself, trying to make it straight. You think I charged him up the ass? No. He was struggling at his community college, with an intro to western philosophy class. Is he going to need that to become a mid-level manager? Is he going to need to know Descartes to tell people to get back to work? Maybe. But I doubt it.

I think, therefore I am. Infinitely useful to some, meaningless to many.

PS: Susie, nice commentary on Gom. Work on your Korean KEKEKEKEKEK. JK--you're so much better than I am. I totally dig your style. Are you in Korea? I wish I could go... never been.


Thanks. But please don't call me baby.
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 08 2009 01:53 GMT
#91
loool
Husky
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3362 Posts
August 08 2009 01:53 GMT
#92
Do you play Starcraft? Or is this just simply a forum to spread your business?

Though honestly I'm pretty sure you're just a troll. A pretty bad one at that.
Commentaries: youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 01:55 GMT
#93
On August 08 2009 10:47 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I read your Nietzsche sample and I'm curious why the writer uses "me" near the middle of the 2nd page.

There are several other sites which offer the same service, what makes your site stand out? Most professors also run plagiarism tests now, don't know how they work though.



Zulu, darling. Try one of em out. See what you get back. Then feed it to your dog.

We stand out b/c we meet our clients regularly, face-to-face. Obviously, we can only meet the ones in NYC right now, since that's where we're based. But we're looking into that...

Zulunation, what a groovy ID.

Anyways, we stand out also b/c you can reach us. We're accessible. Though I may come off like an irresponsible "douche" (why do ppl use this as an insult? it's disgusting and unpleasant rolling off the tongue), this is my livelihood and I treat it as such.

As to why my writer used "me" in the Nietzsche paper, I'd have to check. The samples up there are by no means, error-free. Many of our papers are needed ASAP, and many of them get As, at LEAST Bs, only b/c the professors know very little about the subject in the first place.

Zulu fan of Nietzsche? I had a professor once who claimed that Nietzsche saved his life.
the cat within
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 01:58:42
August 08 2009 01:57 GMT
#94
Yeah, I play some starcraft. Nahh.. more accurately, I used to. A couple of my RL buddies play BGH. I'm the only one I know into professional SC.

Mostly, I watch when I eat. I'm a huge fan of Bisu. Though I respect JD, Fantasy, Flash, etc. as great players.

I like Sea, too. I hate Stork.

And I think Leta is the most overrated garbage.

edit: i'm still not sure what a troll is.
the cat within
ydg
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States690 Posts
August 08 2009 02:01 GMT
#95
I know a (Korean) Eddie H at Columbia ...
*whistles*
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 02:03 GMT
#96
lol oh shit its yang dong geun
the cat within
broz0rs
Profile Joined July 2008
United States2294 Posts
August 08 2009 02:17 GMT
#97
On August 08 2009 10:47 lilsusie wrote:
Thanks. But please don't call me baby.


nice song too.

[image loading]
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
August 08 2009 02:25 GMT
#98
On August 08 2009 10:57 shotz wrote:
I hate Stork.


I don't think we can get along.
Hello
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 02:30 GMT
#99
Sorry for the personal question, but about how much do you make a year from this? You said it was full time, but do you have any side sources of income? I'm just curious.
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SiZ.FaNtAsY
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)1497 Posts
August 08 2009 02:45 GMT
#100
How are you a senior @ Columbia if you dropped out of college after your first year?
Karma is a bitch
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 02:49 GMT
#101
On August 08 2009 11:45 SiZ.FaNtAsY wrote:
How are you a senior @ Columbia if you dropped out of college after your first year?


I transferred
the cat within
Delerium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States324 Posts
August 08 2009 02:54 GMT
#102
Fri-19:30:24 <SKT_zo> i don't know any dealer or exdealer who goes around "yeah. i dealt drugs. it was pretty bad but what i can say im such a badass... heh"
Fri-19:30:27 <Jathin> waste of time
Fri-19:30:48 <Jathin> you're writing essays for people so they can succeed in their careers
Fri-19:30:52 <Jathin> here's a novel idea
Fri-19:30:58 <Jathin> use those papers for yourself and succeed
Fri-19:31:05 <Jathin> instead of being a college dropout working for $50 per essay
Fri-19:31:07 <Jathin> you dumbfuck
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 02:56 GMT
#103
On August 08 2009 11:54 Delerium wrote:
Fri-19:30:24 <SKT_zo> i don't know any dealer or exdealer who goes around "yeah. i dealt drugs. it was pretty bad but what i can say im such a badass... heh"
Fri-19:30:27 <Jathin> waste of time
Fri-19:30:48 <Jathin> you're writing essays for people so they can succeed in their careers
Fri-19:30:52 <Jathin> here's a novel idea
Fri-19:30:58 <Jathin> use those papers for yourself and succeed
Fri-19:31:05 <Jathin> instead of being a college dropout working for $50 per essay
Fri-19:31:07 <Jathin> you dumbfuck


Later haters Send me a postcard from the rat race.

HMMM reminds me of a quote:

"The problem with winning the rat race, is you're still a rat."
the cat within
psion0011
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada720 Posts
August 08 2009 02:58 GMT
#104
On August 08 2009 11:56 shotz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 11:54 Delerium wrote:
Fri-19:30:24 <SKT_zo> i don't know any dealer or exdealer who goes around "yeah. i dealt drugs. it was pretty bad but what i can say im such a badass... heh"
Fri-19:30:27 <Jathin> waste of time
Fri-19:30:48 <Jathin> you're writing essays for people so they can succeed in their careers
Fri-19:30:52 <Jathin> here's a novel idea
Fri-19:30:58 <Jathin> use those papers for yourself and succeed
Fri-19:31:05 <Jathin> instead of being a college dropout working for $50 per essay
Fri-19:31:07 <Jathin> you dumbfuck


Later haters Send me a postcard from the rat race.

HMMM reminds me of a quote:

"The problem with winning the rat race, is you're still a rat."

Some A+ burns right here folks, get your money in now.
Delerium
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States324 Posts
August 08 2009 03:04 GMT
#105
lol....

"i write college essays for money" guy making fun of his fellow rat-race participants, as if he's not having to pay the bills with his cushy gig

death and taxes, sirrah
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 03:06 GMT
#106
Guys, guys, you're taking this in the ENTIRELY wrong direction.

Instead of SHITTING on me for doing this--you should be TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME, and asking me for a TeamLiquid discount.

Sigh....
the cat within
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 03:19 GMT
#107
Well, I don't think many people are interested in your services, considering a large proportion of TL users don't use English as their primary language for writing.
Moderator
Zidane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1686 Posts
August 08 2009 03:23 GMT
#108
On August 08 2009 10:47 lilsusie wrote:

Thanks. But please don't call me baby.


Owned, LMFAO,

also no offense, but you don't look like a small skinny guy from that pic on your site >_<;
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 03:28 GMT
#109
Zidane,

LOL that's cuz I am a small skinny guy.
the cat within
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
August 08 2009 03:36 GMT
#110
So by TL discount, do you mean free?
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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
August 08 2009 03:55 GMT
#111
On August 08 2009 12:06 shotz wrote:
Guys, guys, you're taking this in the ENTIRELY wrong direction.

Instead of SHITTING on me for doing this--you should be TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME, and asking me for a TeamLiquid discount.

Sigh....


I doubt anyone here is lazy enough/dumb enough/ would actually want to use a service like this.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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Underwhelmed
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States207 Posts
August 08 2009 04:03 GMT
#112
Not even relevant to hard science/engineering/math majors
Pengu1n
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States552 Posts
August 08 2009 04:06 GMT
#113
yeah and i've done it quite a few times. Gave a buddy 35$ on pokerstars to write a report for me. Also helped another friend fix his broken windshield wipers in exchange for a final essay ;p

I'm actually really good at term papers but yeah I'd rather take the easy way out even if it means a slightly lower grade.
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
August 08 2009 04:26 GMT
#114
You say you wrote master theses? Seems kinds BS to me as most of those require actual research usually done at a level that some guy who only went to uni 1 year wouldn't be able to do. Most people in my department either do work off arch sites they have excavated or go to the major skeletal collections to collect data.
Never Knows Best.
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
August 08 2009 04:30 GMT
#115
And by the way, academia is like every other human thing. There are people who do the work and do it themselves and those who are idiots who skate their way easy through it by cheating. I don't know why your so "disillusioned" with academia.... You say profs have come to you for shit? Either BS or they are low level shit ones that probably did the same thing while they were in school and can't do the actual work now. Your post sounds like a subtle but not so subtle brag post that is just a fake way to gain internet awe from stupid people.
Never Knows Best.
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 04:30 GMT
#116
Well Slaughter ol' bud, we write theses. That's a factoid. Obviously, in terms of more intensive projects, we are given ample amounts of research to begin with.

As has been mentioned, in the case of a very complex science thesis, we'd probably say no, we can't handle your fucking complexity.

Then I have a slice of humble pie and eat little papers for breakfast.

Then I respond to stupid remarks like yours. HAHA jk, don't get offended.
the cat within
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
August 08 2009 04:35 GMT
#117
Im not condemning your work, really just your overall attitude towards academia (prolly because im currently in a masters program for bio anthro). Its not surprising at all that some people have papers written for them. Especially in graduate school were school work per say isn't what makes you I can see some people trying to ease that workload in favor of doing research/lab work. I myself had to write a 30 page paper last semester and it was a pain doing that while building a museum exhibit and doing lab work and doing presentations on some of my old work on conferences with the like 6-8 hours of reading and note taking a night. While it is tempting im not like one of your clients If you have such gifts with writing and such you should try to get into college and stay there unless its something you don't think is for you. How come your aid was canceled after your 1st year?
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Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
August 08 2009 04:39 GMT
#118
please stop calling people baby, buddy, ol'bud, and such
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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 04:41 GMT
#119
My aid wasn't canceled. When I said it wasn't working out, I meant I didn't GET my aid for that year in the first place. Sorry if that was confusing.

I completely understand your point of view. To be honest, you shouldn't worry. Nobody at your level of work, your level of education, is having papers written for them.

We're looking at people who are just trying to get their bachelor's, finish their online course, are having trouble adjusting after years of real life work.

We're talking about good people with kids. With jobs. With an eye on the future. People who work hard, but simply do NOT have the time or skill.

Not to say there isn't a lazy fuck thrown in there once in a while. Usually I can finger him out and I charge him up his trust-fund ass.



I'm not the first person to do this. I won't be the last. But I'm the best.

Slaughter, ol bud, work hard. I'm rooting for you in your quest of attaining your academic missions. Truly I do. I don't disrespect those who don't share my views.

But from where I'm standing, the stink of academia is like the furnace of Sodom.

the cat within
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 04:56:02
August 08 2009 04:48 GMT
#120
Haha im not defending academia, its like the business world. On the outside its all nice people trying to do their best and get a head. but in reality its cut throat over funding and prestige, who can build the best programs and draw the best students etc. Its kinda funny to me that the site exists just because your not hiding it but there isn't any way to track it and they can't legally shut down your site. I wonder if any schools have sent you hate mail haha? Only reason why I wouldn't do it is because writing papers in my field is key so you have to know how to do it by writing a lot so it would be a waste for me to get the degree then to fail at writing for myself. That and the degree would feel fake to me. Plus I enjoy writing papers on subjects I like (like the one I had to do last semester).
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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 05:01:03
August 08 2009 04:54 GMT
#121
On August 08 2009 13:39 Xenocide_Knight wrote:
please stop calling people baby, buddy, ol'bud, and such


k, stupid

Anyways, this is what I see.

I see credentials. We are a meritocracy. You went to Law School? OK. You went to Law School and got a degree? Wow.

You served as *enter confusing title* for *what does this organization really do?* Wow.

Everyone is looking to get merits. The more merits you have, the more money you're going to make. The more money you're going to make, the hotter your wife/husband is going to be. Then you can buy a nice car, a nice house, blah blah. All these are merits--symbols of your success.

That's all fine and dandy, if you choose to live that way.

I don't NEED a bachelor's to know I can write. I don't NEED a class in business to know how to run a business. And honestly, neither do you.

You don't NEED the law degree to succeed in life. Look at Lincoln. Successful politician and lawyer, and he was largely self-educated. Billy G dropped out of the Ivys to found what is ESSENTIAL to us today.

Just remember what your striving for. Are you striving for the badge? Or are you striving to learn something?

If you're simply striving for the badge, why outsource your BS projects? For example, you need a BA in Macro, but you're required to take an Art History class. Do you WANT to learn about Art History? I DO. But maybe you don't. Too bad for you, I'll take it off your hands. You win, I win. Win-win.

The world is getting more and more specialized each day. We have lefty relievers coming out of the bullpen for one goddamn hitter. We have lawyers who focus on JUST bankruptcy, or JUST criminal defense. But at the same time, we're required in academia to learn all this extra stuff (which is not BAD necessarily) like Art History, when we need to learn Business. Is Art going to help you? No, well maybe. But most likely not. Most likely, the college REQUIRES you to take this class so they can make a couple extra thou off you.

Now if you don't like the idea of the college possibly holding you back b/c they want to make an extra couple thou off you, then outsource (to WHOEVER, not necessarily me). If you got better things to do than write about Andy Warhol and Campbell soup cans, then outsource. If you want to get it done the old-fashioned way, and pick up some great information and lessons in the process, then do it yourself. Just realize that there are people out there who CHOOSE not to.

KKKKK PEACE

edit: Slaughter, you are the rare and delicate flower. You clearly enjoy spending time in the lab and doing research in your field. I humbly bow my head to you 98 degrees in respect. Doing what you want to do is the key to happiness, wouldn't you agree?
the cat within
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 05:17:20
August 08 2009 05:15 GMT
#122
You're spending a lot of time trying to convince us it's ok, but I think you're still trying to convince yourself. ^^

You don't need a college degree to be successful, but you'll probably have to be brilliant in some capacity to succeed without one. Most of us aren't brilliant, and some people who are find that they can achieve even further by pursuing their education. The old paradigm has people getting specialized, the new one is diversity and requires people who can think on multiple levels; hence the rising success of liberal arts education.

Either way, the basis of your business is immoral; you're enabling people to take credit for work that isn't theirs. You can say that the rest of the world is immoral too blah blah blah, but that's only an indictment (and often an incorrect one) of other people's behavior, not a justification of your own. I don't think your parents or teachers ever let you get away with "but soandso did it also."

EDIT: I'm delighted that you've been polite so far. At least you can take criticism.
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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 05:48 GMT
#123
KK, i'm gonna stop refreshing this shit LOL. Obsessive personality....

Jibba, you're right. In a way. Good shit about the new paradigm, def. did not know that's where the trend was going. Guess I'm behind the curve.

Immorality is a complex issue. But maybe deep down, I know you're right. Maybe not. I can't tell at the moment.

Drinking whiskey, Jameson, on the rizzicks. Who else is drinking tonight?
the cat within
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
August 08 2009 06:09 GMT
#124
you sound like a douchebag who just finished watching good will hunting
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 06:17:57
August 08 2009 06:15 GMT
#125
kkkkkkk LOVA YA FRITS

Good will hunting? WTF does that have to do with this? I fucking hate math. God........... I'm more like Neal fucking Cassady.

Hey what's it like in the Netherlands. I want to visit. Buy me a beer won'tya?
the cat within
Michaelj
Profile Joined February 2008
United States186 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 06:25:00
August 08 2009 06:23 GMT
#126
I had a lot of smarmy things to say, but I think you should just know that this thread is on page 1 of google. Now all your customers know that you are an ex-coke/whore pushing jackass. Congratulations

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=http://www.ilessays.com&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
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goldenkrnboi
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3104 Posts
August 08 2009 06:30 GMT
#127
moral fag reporting for duty, sir.


not really. but i'd rather write my own term papers. if anything, to show my parents that i'm just not cut out to be a doctor or something like that.
shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 06:33 GMT
#128
Michaelj,

Thanks for pointing that out. Thanks to google analytics though (google is your friend not your enemy) I can see that NOBODY googles the fucking URL to my website.

So say your smarmy bullshit. STUPID.
the cat within
Michaelj
Profile Joined February 2008
United States186 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 06:41:26
August 08 2009 06:36 GMT
#129
edit: I'd rather not participate anymore
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
August 08 2009 06:56 GMT
#130
I agree with shotz's overall message -- school is bullshit, and just because you have a degree doesn't actually mean your a smart person.

I think term papers are easy enough to write myself, but if the price was right and it was a guaranteed A or even B -- I see no shame in paying.

"Oh you didn't do the work, that's wrong"

What work? You mean wasting my time writing something that has nothing to do with how successful I'll be in my field? Writing something all day and night that's not even coming from me, but from a bunch of quoted materials and an opinion that I'm only forming because I know my instructor wants to hear it?


Now of course, I still believe you need an education in the field you are choosing in order to actually preform it (although there are exceptions...) -- but the education system loves to throw as much tedious shit at you as possible -- hoping they can make you fail.

Essays, pop quizes, and graded homework are just a few of those obstacles that are completely unnecessary IMO.

I still do them because I have to -- but it shouldn't feel like that.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 07:20:46
August 08 2009 07:17 GMT
#131
I'm very disillusioned with academia. Not because I don't think it'll help me get a job, but because I think that it has nothing to do with learning/becoming better. My answer is you don't need to pay someone to write your essays. A monkey could do it, as long as they don't go out partying every night, and when it comes down to it you need to be able to do it in an exam room anyway to get your degree, so why not get some practice?

What I hate about your post though, is that you claim yourself to be successful. You sell drugs to hopeless addicts and perpetuate some of humanity's biggest threats. Selling cocaine doesn't make you a baller, it makes you a worm who sold out his own race for a little personal monetary gain/freedom. You're selfish and a dickhead.

+ Show Spoiler +
Maybe I'm being overly moralistic here. Believe me, I don't really think there's any such thing as right and wrong. I just know that the world I live in is made less enjoyable by people like you, which naturally means I will disapprove.
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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 07:47:11
August 08 2009 07:23 GMT
#132
LOLLLL

Chef my man... the ONE thing I O NOT* claim to be is successful. THAT is one thing I can promise you on.

NO. Seriously. I'm not successful. Never wanted to be. Just wanted a goddamn break... Just want to be left alone. No fucking debt collectors (god) no fucking tow trucks, no one harrassing my family, just to be left alone, maybe buy a piece of land somewhere, get a job, grow some shit in a garden.... too much to ask?

the cat within
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 07:25 GMT
#133
Successful by what metric?
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
August 08 2009 07:28 GMT
#134
On August 08 2009 16:17 Chef wrote:
I'm very disillusioned with academia. Not because I don't think it'll help me get a job, but because I think that it has nothing to do with learning/becoming better. My answer is you don't need to pay someone to write your essays. A monkey could do it, as long as they don't go out partying every night, and when it comes down to it you need to be able to do it in an exam room anyway to get your degree, so why not get some practice?

What I hate about your post though, is that you claim yourself to be successful. You sell drugs to hopeless addicts and perpetuate some of humanity's biggest threats. Selling cocaine doesn't make you a baller, it makes you a worm who sold out his own race for a little personal monetary gain/freedom. You're selfish and a dickhead.

+ Show Spoiler +
Maybe I'm being overly moralistic here. Believe me, I don't really think there's any such thing as right and wrong. I just know that the world I live in is made less enjoyable by people like you, which naturally means I will disapprove.


While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

I doubt he is trying persuade little children who don't know what drugs are to buy them.

It's basically like the tobacco industry -- is it really their fault that people choose to buy their products?
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 07:31 GMT
#135
On August 08 2009 16:28 eMbrace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 16:17 Chef wrote:
I'm very disillusioned with academia. Not because I don't think it'll help me get a job, but because I think that it has nothing to do with learning/becoming better. My answer is you don't need to pay someone to write your essays. A monkey could do it, as long as they don't go out partying every night, and when it comes down to it you need to be able to do it in an exam room anyway to get your degree, so why not get some practice?

What I hate about your post though, is that you claim yourself to be successful. You sell drugs to hopeless addicts and perpetuate some of humanity's biggest threats. Selling cocaine doesn't make you a baller, it makes you a worm who sold out his own race for a little personal monetary gain/freedom. You're selfish and a dickhead.

+ Show Spoiler +
Maybe I'm being overly moralistic here. Believe me, I don't really think there's any such thing as right and wrong. I just know that the world I live in is made less enjoyable by people like you, which naturally means I will disapprove.


While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

I doubt he is trying persuade little children who don't know what drugs are to buy them.

It's basically like the tobacco industry -- is it really their fault that people choose to buy their products?


Bad analogy here, for a long time, it was their fault - they had advertising budgets and campaigns to get people hooked on cigarettes, then commissioned studies "proving" that there weren't any health risks, or that cigarettes were even good for people. Hell, they didn't stop doing this until around the 1960's, and even then, they still aggressively marketed tobacco products to all sorts of people (including children).

~~~

Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
August 08 2009 07:39 GMT
#136
On August 08 2009 16:31 Empyrean wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 16:28 eMbrace wrote:
On August 08 2009 16:17 Chef wrote:
I'm very disillusioned with academia. Not because I don't think it'll help me get a job, but because I think that it has nothing to do with learning/becoming better. My answer is you don't need to pay someone to write your essays. A monkey could do it, as long as they don't go out partying every night, and when it comes down to it you need to be able to do it in an exam room anyway to get your degree, so why not get some practice?

What I hate about your post though, is that you claim yourself to be successful. You sell drugs to hopeless addicts and perpetuate some of humanity's biggest threats. Selling cocaine doesn't make you a baller, it makes you a worm who sold out his own race for a little personal monetary gain/freedom. You're selfish and a dickhead.

+ Show Spoiler +
Maybe I'm being overly moralistic here. Believe me, I don't really think there's any such thing as right and wrong. I just know that the world I live in is made less enjoyable by people like you, which naturally means I will disapprove.


While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

I doubt he is trying persuade little children who don't know what drugs are to buy them.

It's basically like the tobacco industry -- is it really their fault that people choose to buy their products?


Bad analogy here, for a long time, it was their fault - they had advertising budgets and campaigns to get people hooked on cigarettes, then commissioned studies "proving" that there weren't any health risks, or that cigarettes were even good for people. Hell, they didn't stop doing this until around the 1960's, and even then, they still aggressively marketed tobacco products to all sorts of people (including children).

~~~

Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?


The health risk of cigarettes is common knowledge though. Although the tobacco companies were wrong to sell a poisonous product to a unknowing populace before, I agree.

Persuading someone to start smoking isn't very easy anymore, and those who fall for it know very well of the consequences (that's written on the packs themselves).


Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 07:42:42
August 08 2009 07:41 GMT
#137
While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

If I were to be sympathetic, I would not think of it that way at all. I would believe that his choices are 'live like shit and die miserable' or 'sell drugs and steal a little comfort for myself in an unjust and cruel world.' That I could understand, but it doesn't look to me like he lacked options. Financial aid may have screwed him over for a ridiculous top tier university, but someone who even has access to that is by no means screwed.

All I mean is... It's built in our genetics to want to perpetuate the human race; that's essentially what we've evolved to do. To me it's like going against your very being to commit atrocity except in the extreme case of life or death. I don't see how anyone can attain lasting happiness knowing they've betrayed themselves. I understand even less how someone can seem to brag about it.

On August 08 2009 16:31 Empyrean wrote:
Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?

He said he doesn't think he is. But his attitude seems to say otherwise.
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 07:44 GMT
#138
On August 08 2009 16:39 eMbrace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 16:31 Empyrean wrote:
On August 08 2009 16:28 eMbrace wrote:
On August 08 2009 16:17 Chef wrote:
I'm very disillusioned with academia. Not because I don't think it'll help me get a job, but because I think that it has nothing to do with learning/becoming better. My answer is you don't need to pay someone to write your essays. A monkey could do it, as long as they don't go out partying every night, and when it comes down to it you need to be able to do it in an exam room anyway to get your degree, so why not get some practice?

What I hate about your post though, is that you claim yourself to be successful. You sell drugs to hopeless addicts and perpetuate some of humanity's biggest threats. Selling cocaine doesn't make you a baller, it makes you a worm who sold out his own race for a little personal monetary gain/freedom. You're selfish and a dickhead.

+ Show Spoiler +
Maybe I'm being overly moralistic here. Believe me, I don't really think there's any such thing as right and wrong. I just know that the world I live in is made less enjoyable by people like you, which naturally means I will disapprove.


While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

I doubt he is trying persuade little children who don't know what drugs are to buy them.

It's basically like the tobacco industry -- is it really their fault that people choose to buy their products?


Bad analogy here, for a long time, it was their fault - they had advertising budgets and campaigns to get people hooked on cigarettes, then commissioned studies "proving" that there weren't any health risks, or that cigarettes were even good for people. Hell, they didn't stop doing this until around the 1960's, and even then, they still aggressively marketed tobacco products to all sorts of people (including children).

~~~

Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?


The health risk of cigarettes is common knowledge though. Although the tobacco companies were wrong to sell a poisonous product to a unknowing populace before, I agree.

Persuading someone to start smoking isn't very easy anymore, and those who fall for it know very well of the consequences (that's written on the packs themselves).




Not back in the first half of the twentieth century it wasn't. Tobacco products weren't seen as harmful in any way, and often times tobacco companies would get doctor endorsements for their products. The tobacco companies themselves actually probably didn't really suspect how dangerous they were.

Obviously it's not true today.
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
August 08 2009 07:45 GMT
#139
On August 08 2009 16:41 Chef wrote:
Show nested quote +
While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

If I were to be sympathetic, I would not think of it that way at all. I would believe that his choices are 'live like shit and die miserable' or 'sell drugs and steal a little comfort for myself in an unjust and cruel world.' That I could understand, but it doesn't look to me like he lacked options. Financial aid may have screwed him over for a ridiculous top tier university, but someone who even has access to that is by no means screwed.

All I mean is... It's built in our genetics to want to perpetuate the human race; that's essentially what we've evolved to do. To me it's like going against your very being to commit atrocity except in the extreme case of life or death. I don't see how anyone can attain lasting happiness knowing they've betrayed themselves. I understand even less how someone can seem to brag about it.

Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 16:31 Empyrean wrote:
Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?

He said he doesn't think he is. But his attitude seems to say otherwise.


IMO I think the world is still far away from being able to come together under the one label of "humanity."

Although your thinking is noble.
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 07:45 GMT
#140
Oh, in his post he wrote "Chef my man... the ONE thing I claim to be is successful. THAT is one thing I can promise you on." but I see now that he edited the post later.
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
August 08 2009 07:45 GMT
#141
On August 08 2009 16:44 Empyrean wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 16:39 eMbrace wrote:
On August 08 2009 16:31 Empyrean wrote:
On August 08 2009 16:28 eMbrace wrote:
On August 08 2009 16:17 Chef wrote:
I'm very disillusioned with academia. Not because I don't think it'll help me get a job, but because I think that it has nothing to do with learning/becoming better. My answer is you don't need to pay someone to write your essays. A monkey could do it, as long as they don't go out partying every night, and when it comes down to it you need to be able to do it in an exam room anyway to get your degree, so why not get some practice?

What I hate about your post though, is that you claim yourself to be successful. You sell drugs to hopeless addicts and perpetuate some of humanity's biggest threats. Selling cocaine doesn't make you a baller, it makes you a worm who sold out his own race for a little personal monetary gain/freedom. You're selfish and a dickhead.

+ Show Spoiler +
Maybe I'm being overly moralistic here. Believe me, I don't really think there's any such thing as right and wrong. I just know that the world I live in is made less enjoyable by people like you, which naturally means I will disapprove.


While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

I doubt he is trying persuade little children who don't know what drugs are to buy them.

It's basically like the tobacco industry -- is it really their fault that people choose to buy their products?


Bad analogy here, for a long time, it was their fault - they had advertising budgets and campaigns to get people hooked on cigarettes, then commissioned studies "proving" that there weren't any health risks, or that cigarettes were even good for people. Hell, they didn't stop doing this until around the 1960's, and even then, they still aggressively marketed tobacco products to all sorts of people (including children).

~~~

Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?


The health risk of cigarettes is common knowledge though. Although the tobacco companies were wrong to sell a poisonous product to a unknowing populace before, I agree.

Persuading someone to start smoking isn't very easy anymore, and those who fall for it know very well of the consequences (that's written on the packs themselves).




Not back in the first half of the twentieth century it wasn't. Tobacco products weren't seen as harmful in any way, and often times tobacco companies would get doctor endorsements for their products. The tobacco companies themselves actually probably didn't really suspect how dangerous they were.

Obviously it's not true today.


Yeah lol I already agreed with you on that part in my post =p
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16987 Posts
August 08 2009 07:48 GMT
#142
Oh. Didn't realize.

Well obviously no tobacco company's going to target children or aggressively push the public to smoke their cancer sticks. They'd be hit with so many suits it wouldn't be funny.

T_T yeah it's almost 4 am here and I need sleep.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
August 08 2009 07:54 GMT
#143
On August 08 2009 16:45 eMbrace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 16:41 Chef wrote:
While he is part of a system that overall is a big cause of street violence -- he's technically just a guy taking advantage of stupid people.

If I were to be sympathetic, I would not think of it that way at all. I would believe that his choices are 'live like shit and die miserable' or 'sell drugs and steal a little comfort for myself in an unjust and cruel world.' That I could understand, but it doesn't look to me like he lacked options. Financial aid may have screwed him over for a ridiculous top tier university, but someone who even has access to that is by no means screwed.

All I mean is... It's built in our genetics to want to perpetuate the human race; that's essentially what we've evolved to do. To me it's like going against your very being to commit atrocity except in the extreme case of life or death. I don't see how anyone can attain lasting happiness knowing they've betrayed themselves. I understand even less how someone can seem to brag about it.

On August 08 2009 16:31 Empyrean wrote:
Still, I'm interested in knowing the answer to my question. OP, by what metric would you define yourself as "successful" by? Enjoying life? Monetarily? Learning?

He said he doesn't think he is. But his attitude seems to say otherwise.


IMO I think the world is still far away from being able to come together under the one label of "humanity."

Although your thinking is noble.

Well I think eventually most people have a child, and that's when they realise that after they're dead, there's still something important to worry about. While you may not think of every human being has a part of what you want to preserve, you know that your child is going to have to deal with the long term consequences of what you do to these people. Of what other people like you might do to your child. Not because it's noble or self-sacrificing, but because it's what you're designed to do. It's why we're here today. I think anyone would be lying if they said they didn't want a good future for whomever they consider their kin, even if they weren't around. It's just how we're made, not any divine law. If there ever exists a generation of people who don't feel that way, I would call it the last generation
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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
August 08 2009 07:56 GMT
#144
Chef,

You maybe right... you may be right.... Maybe i'm just trying to steal a little comfort away from these hard-working ppl.

Again, I sincerely do not think I'm successful by ANY means. What I make now off this BULLSHit is not big doe. It's get by money.

Think of this way: my family has always been merchants. Now, what we sell is no longer wanted. I do NOT come from a middle class family, with a mortgage and a car loan.

I've been put into a situation where I need to do SOMETHING.

And that's what I'm trying to do. Sure, there are better stories out there. I don't really give a fuck.

Do I care whether I'm bringing down the total morality of the world? Am I really? I don't think so. I don't CHEAT anyone. I give them exactly what they pay for, which is GRADES. I don't fuck anyone over. I don't scam ppl for their money. Like Montana says, I'm no puta or a thief.

Maybe I'm wrong for what I do. Maybe you're right, and I'm wrong. But I SERIOUSLY do not have the capacity at the moment to think about that shit.

Like I've said, I've always wanted to be a fiction writer. It'd be nice if I had some nice inheritance to sit on and I can just sit around all day and write. But that's not where I'm at. I'm not mad at the world. I'm mad at academia for not letting me play it straight.

Maybe it's immaturity. Fuck it. The biggest sin for a young adult is to act more mature than his age (another Emerson concept).

Everyone can sit on their fucking pedastals and say "omg look at him, he's such a bad guy." Fine. Go ahead. In the end, it doesn't matter of which background I am and what socioeconomic step of the ladder I'm from. What matters is I try to be good, what I do is legal (definitely more so than what I did before) and I give ppl what they pay for.

Chef, I know you're a smart, stand up dude who speaks his mind and knows what he's talking about. But I think you're taking too much from the tone of my OP and not seeing it for what it really is.

You and I share disillusionment about academia. I chose one path to make it, you may have chosen another. Cest la vie.

Thanks for all your input guys, and embrace, I'm glad you concur on some of my points. But everyone is entitled to their own opinions--I expected nothing less when I posted.

Gnite ladies and ladies.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
August 08 2009 08:04 GMT
#145
What matters is I try to be good, what I do is legal (definitely more so than what I did before) and I give ppl what they pay for.

I'm sorry, I missed this. My only gripe really, is the drug selling. I can definitely appreciate if you're trying to be good, and live your life. Really, I don't care if you sell essays to people. It's things that literally alter the mind and can screw up people's lives forever that frighten me. I'm glad you have taken these comments with good will, it's definitely a virtue.
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swat
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Australia142 Posts
August 08 2009 08:41 GMT
#146
The ad on your page (shown below) seems tacky :s

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lilsusie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3861 Posts
August 08 2009 08:43 GMT
#147
After all this, I'm just wondering, did you post this to get more customers? I'm not sure what the point of this blog is...
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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
August 08 2009 08:47 GMT
#148
in regards to academia, and many other things actually, i find myself agreeing with you.
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Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 09:31:25
August 08 2009 09:25 GMT
#149
Would like to point out the fact that like the third sentence on your website is grammatically unsound, "Whether our client is a wide-eyed freshman surprised by the workload, or a four-year veteran simply with better things to do, we provide TOP-NOTCH writing by students and graduates of some of the world’s best educational institutions."

Oh this is wrong too, adjective needs to come before "paper writers,"

"However, our effort is not only in the quality of our writing, but the service in which we present it. Our service—e-mail progress reports, blog updates, accessibility—is unparalleled among other paper writers online."

I really don't give a shit if you write papers for other people, if they pay, if it's immoral, ethical, etc. I just care that you advertise yourself as some sort of extremely professional writer and it's clear you are not.

I really don't get it. Look at this shit that I found on some random link on your page: "Have you ever had your dad tell you, “yeah, college were the best years of my life,” then slyly wink at your blushing mom? There’s this notion that college is supposed to be this magical time of socializing, bonding and making a fodder for embarrassing family get-together stories years down the road."

Your first fucking sentence has a blatant dangling modifier. Any fucking professor or anyone is going to spot that shit instantly.
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
August 08 2009 10:14 GMT
#150
this kinda reminds me of how pple with jobs buy wow gold / items instead of grinding them b/c it's not worth their time.

"Can't be bothered to grind out an essay, might as well shell out a few hundo for it so I can go play golf instead"

Standard.
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
August 08 2009 12:11 GMT
#151
hmm, i guess you do have the abilities, not to mention the time and effort... and probably a good deal of experience...

pretty impressive!

i'm thinking you could even/should expand your services by providing/editing other things like speeches and debate responses
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Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
August 08 2009 14:22 GMT
#152
On August 08 2009 17:43 lilsusie wrote:
After all this, I'm just wondering, did you post this to get more customers? I'm not sure what the point of this blog is...


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GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
August 08 2009 14:35 GMT
#153
On August 08 2009 07:47 eatmyshorts5 wrote:
Gonna be honest the essays are pretty high quality but also to be honest i wouldn't pay for one.

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SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
China685 Posts
August 08 2009 15:27 GMT
#154
One problem with his post, there is no " TOP TOP" university n New York...
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whatusername
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1181 Posts
August 08 2009 15:43 GMT
#155
columbia???
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brian
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States9619 Posts
August 08 2009 16:07 GMT
#156
columbia and cornell are both in NY
brian
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States9619 Posts
August 08 2009 16:08 GMT
#157
and half the SUNY schools are top public schools in the east
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-08 18:07:11
August 08 2009 18:03 GMT
#158
On August 08 2009 15:56 eMbrace wrote:
I agree with shotz's overall message -- school is bullshit, and just because you have a degree doesn't actually mean your a smart person.

I think term papers are easy enough to write myself, but if the price was right and it was a guaranteed A or even B -- I see no shame in paying.

"Oh you didn't do the work, that's wrong"

What work? You mean wasting my time writing something that has nothing to do with how successful I'll be in my field? Writing something all day and night that's not even coming from me, but from a bunch of quoted materials and an opinion that I'm only forming because I know my instructor wants to hear it?


Now of course, I still believe you need an education in the field you are choosing in order to actually preform it (although there are exceptions...) -- but the education system loves to throw as much tedious shit at you as possible -- hoping they can make you fail.

Essays, pop quizes, and graded homework are just a few of those obstacles that are completely unnecessary IMO.

I still do them because I have to -- but it shouldn't feel like that.
This post makes me think one of two things. Either 1) you've got bad professors. Regardless of how "prestigious" or high ranked your school is, professors who offer you nothing of relevance or expect regurgitated readings aren't doing their job. 2) you're a freshman or sophomore, and haven't taken upper level classes.

There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong. It's also the professor's job to make sure you understand how it's important and continue connecting it as you move through material) and to weed out students who aren't serious. Some of the best economics programs in the country require their freshman/sophomores to take physics, because it's the best weedout class there is and you need a certain amount of brainpower to get by. That doesn't necessarily mean all 4 years will have have "useless" courses like that, and if they do then you picked the wrong major/school.

Just as an example, almost all of my classes now are graded on participation and 2-4 essays. No pop quizzes, no graded homework, and in a class with 13 other smart people, "participating" by repeating bullshit will get you torn apart, since part of our job is to find holes in the things we read.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
August 08 2009 18:23 GMT
#159
There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong.

Whoa really? I was too scared to take a math course in university because I thought it'd be too advanced since I didn't take any math in my last year of high school. If I knew it started with the basics, I might have given it a try.
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
August 08 2009 19:51 GMT
#160
On August 09 2009 03:23 Chef wrote:
Show nested quote +
There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong.

Whoa really? I was too scared to take a math course in university because I thought it'd be too advanced since I didn't take any math in my last year of high school. If I knew it started with the basics, I might have given it a try.
I was talking about the high school level. o.o I always remember kids saying "I'll never need to know _______" but it turns out they're important to know, not just for later levels of math/science but in real life as well. At the college level, calc 101/2 is basically taught as Calc AB/BC is in highschool.
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KlaCkoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1661 Posts
August 08 2009 23:03 GMT
#161
OP makes me happy that all graded work at my uni is written under exam conditions =p.
Then again as a chem student I never write essays anyway.
In general I would never cheat because a, I would never trust anyone else to do an equally good job, b I'm in school to learn/because I enjoy it, cheating kinda takes away the point. (maphacking on iccup? )
Stupid people cheating their way through uni is a (admitidly small) reason why a degree in and of itself doesnt mean anything anymore. If you can't handle the workload then you werent meant to be there =p.

Apart from that I must say that my more primitive side becomes very happy when someone with weak enough morals that he is prepared to sell women/drugs ends up getting kicked out of a good uni due to unfortunate circumstances.
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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
August 08 2009 23:58 GMT
#162
On August 09 2009 04:51 Jibba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2009 03:23 Chef wrote:
There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong.

Whoa really? I was too scared to take a math course in university because I thought it'd be too advanced since I didn't take any math in my last year of high school. If I knew it started with the basics, I might have given it a try.
I was talking about the high school level. o.o I always remember kids saying "I'll never need to know _______" but it turns out they're important to know, not just for later levels of math/science but in real life as well. At the college level, calc 101/2 is basically taught as Calc AB/BC is in highschool.

Hahah I was a bit like that: Calc 2 is all I'll ever need to know...OH SHIT, Maybe I need Linear algebra for my econ class, but that's definitely all I'll ever need to know...OH SHIT Now I need calc 3. and stat 400 for my new econ class, but that's definitely all.....NOOOOOOOOO!

Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-09 01:05:31
August 09 2009 01:04 GMT
#163
On August 09 2009 08:58 Sadistx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2009 04:51 Jibba wrote:
On August 09 2009 03:23 Chef wrote:
There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong.

Whoa really? I was too scared to take a math course in university because I thought it'd be too advanced since I didn't take any math in my last year of high school. If I knew it started with the basics, I might have given it a try.
I was talking about the high school level. o.o I always remember kids saying "I'll never need to know _______" but it turns out they're important to know, not just for later levels of math/science but in real life as well. At the college level, calc 101/2 is basically taught as Calc AB/BC is in highschool.

Hahah I was a bit like that: Calc 2 is all I'll ever need to know...OH SHIT, Maybe I need Linear algebra for my econ class, but that's definitely all I'll ever need to know...OH SHIT Now I need calc 3. and stat 400 for my new econ class, but that's definitely all.....NOOOOOOOOO!


Haha, I made it through calc 2 in college, but I HATED geometry in highschool. Now I find myself doing a lot of building/construction type stuff and it actually comes in handy irl. o.o I even end up thinking about physics a lot in every day stuff, which I never expected would happen when I was taking the class.
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-09 01:38:08
August 09 2009 01:37 GMT
#164
On August 09 2009 03:03 Jibba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2009 15:56 eMbrace wrote:
I agree with shotz's overall message -- school is bullshit, and just because you have a degree doesn't actually mean your a smart person.

I think term papers are easy enough to write myself, but if the price was right and it was a guaranteed A or even B -- I see no shame in paying.

"Oh you didn't do the work, that's wrong"

What work? You mean wasting my time writing something that has nothing to do with how successful I'll be in my field? Writing something all day and night that's not even coming from me, but from a bunch of quoted materials and an opinion that I'm only forming because I know my instructor wants to hear it?


Now of course, I still believe you need an education in the field you are choosing in order to actually preform it (although there are exceptions...) -- but the education system loves to throw as much tedious shit at you as possible -- hoping they can make you fail.

Essays, pop quizes, and graded homework are just a few of those obstacles that are completely unnecessary IMO.

I still do them because I have to -- but it shouldn't feel like that.
This post makes me think one of two things. Either 1) you've got bad professors. Regardless of how "prestigious" or high ranked your school is, professors who offer you nothing of relevance or expect regurgitated readings aren't doing their job. 2) you're a freshman or sophomore, and haven't taken upper level classes.

There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong. It's also the professor's job to make sure you understand how it's important and continue connecting it as you move through material) and to weed out students who aren't serious. Some of the best economics programs in the country require their freshman/sophomores to take physics, because it's the best weedout class there is and you need a certain amount of brainpower to get by. That doesn't necessarily mean all 4 years will have have "useless" courses like that, and if they do then you picked the wrong major/school.

Just as an example, almost all of my classes now are graded on participation and 2-4 essays. No pop quizzes, no graded homework, and in a class with 13 other smart people, "participating" by repeating bullshit will get you torn apart, since part of our job is to find holes in the things we read.


I think you misunderstood me.

I know kids love to complain about homework, essays, tests etc... -- that's not who I want to be grouped with.

1.) I think introducing students to multiple subjects of study is mandatory -- whether they plan on pursuing them or not because it gives them more opportunities to explore fields when they find out they actually don't want to become a fireman or a doctor -- it also may help them become more open-minded individuals and more knowledgeable of the world around them.

2.) My gripes are the portions of the American education system that are unnecessary -- and only make the whole process that much more tedious.




It's true I am only a sophomore at my university -- and I am by no means declaring that big term papers for high level classes aren't valuable experiences. In some cases, like you said, the papers are the whole point of the class.

So in that sense, sure --writing essays for low level classes is good practice and could be seen as necessary, although I honestly don't feel very smart when I write my big papers and receive A's on them.

Why? Because I'm writing for the teacher. What do teachers love? Cheesy anecdotes, metaphorical introductions, and lots of citing of other people's work. I get nauseous writing some of the garbage I do just to get an A. If you have a sound opinion backed by evidence that you can argue very well with others -- an essay is a great way to ruin the message of your views.


But perhaps these papers will help those in other fields such as history or english. And if you can't figure out how to look up sources and cite them (like all teachers assume) -- it's a good learning experience. So I guess I was a little pessimistic about the essay thing, they do in fact benefit students. I just don't think I personally need them, but the big points are always a nice bonus. That's why if they were cheap -- I'd buy an essay or two (of course, not at the OP's prices or even half that).


As for graded homework -- it's always been dumb. It's useful in elementary school because it teaches the importance of doing your studies before the tests come, but I'm an adult now -- do you really have to grade the way I choose to ace your tests?

Give me lots of homework, and let me schedule it into my study plan accordingly. Giving me deadlines so you can grade my study work is absolutely pointless and tedious. Homework helps poor students and annoys good students IMO.

Problem is -- the poor students don't do the homework anyways.


Lecture me, give my studying materials, and test me so I can show you that I understood your class.


Don't grade my homework, don't screw me over with pop quizzes, and if your going to be give me an essay -- it better be a topic that I can form a non-artificial opinion around.





errol1001
Profile Joined April 2008
454 Posts
August 09 2009 02:21 GMT
#165
I'm just sorry that you think testing alone should be all there is to academia.

I hope you realize that many people don't test well either.
starfries
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada3508 Posts
August 09 2009 04:43 GMT
#166
For people who just need to get the degree for the promotion they want, then I would say if you can live with your conscience, then go for it. It's just comes down to whether the time you're saving is worth the 50 or 100 dollars you're spending. For those people a B- is good enough as well. Essays are usually BS anyways, and all you're really doing is practicing your writing. But essays aren't all there is to the education system. You're making contacts, and the concentration of people in your field gives you opportunities you aren't going to find anywhere else. As an engineering undergrad I've worked on race cars and satellites with other students. Lockheed Martin isn't going to let someone with a high school diploma anywhere near their satellites, but being in the education system means they will consider it.

And shotz, I have to question your obvious confidence in your success. You're probably very good at what you do; you may even be the best. But if you're too successful, people will start to take notice. And you WILL be shut down. It sounds like you're in a managerial position; do you really want to manage a business doomed to die? Even if you avoid that, you'll be stuck writing essays or managing a stunted business until you retire. I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like a job I want. You're probably making a hell of a lot more than I am right now (I make negative amounts because of tuition) but come on, it's just money. What you're doing is glorified drug dealing - a little more legal, a little less profitable. I don't mean to be condescending. I just think you could utilize your skills in better ways.
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-09 05:15:40
August 09 2009 05:04 GMT
#167
On August 09 2009 10:37 eMbrace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2009 03:03 Jibba wrote:
On August 08 2009 15:56 eMbrace wrote:
I agree with shotz's overall message -- school is bullshit, and just because you have a degree doesn't actually mean your a smart person.

I think term papers are easy enough to write myself, but if the price was right and it was a guaranteed A or even B -- I see no shame in paying.

"Oh you didn't do the work, that's wrong"

What work? You mean wasting my time writing something that has nothing to do with how successful I'll be in my field? Writing something all day and night that's not even coming from me, but from a bunch of quoted materials and an opinion that I'm only forming because I know my instructor wants to hear it?


Now of course, I still believe you need an education in the field you are choosing in order to actually preform it (although there are exceptions...) -- but the education system loves to throw as much tedious shit at you as possible -- hoping they can make you fail.

Essays, pop quizes, and graded homework are just a few of those obstacles that are completely unnecessary IMO.

I still do them because I have to -- but it shouldn't feel like that.
This post makes me think one of two things. Either 1) you've got bad professors. Regardless of how "prestigious" or high ranked your school is, professors who offer you nothing of relevance or expect regurgitated readings aren't doing their job. 2) you're a freshman or sophomore, and haven't taken upper level classes.

There's tedious shit at the lower levels to give you a baseline of information that you might not know you need (kids make this complaint about lower level math all the time, and they're wrong. It's also the professor's job to make sure you understand how it's important and continue connecting it as you move through material) and to weed out students who aren't serious. Some of the best economics programs in the country require their freshman/sophomores to take physics, because it's the best weedout class there is and you need a certain amount of brainpower to get by. That doesn't necessarily mean all 4 years will have have "useless" courses like that, and if they do then you picked the wrong major/school.

Just as an example, almost all of my classes now are graded on participation and 2-4 essays. No pop quizzes, no graded homework, and in a class with 13 other smart people, "participating" by repeating bullshit will get you torn apart, since part of our job is to find holes in the things we read.


I think you misunderstood me.

I know kids love to complain about homework, essays, tests etc... -- that's not who I want to be grouped with.

1.) I think introducing students to multiple subjects of study is mandatory -- whether they plan on pursuing them or not because it gives them more opportunities to explore fields when they find out they actually don't want to become a fireman or a doctor -- it also may help them become more open-minded individuals and more knowledgeable of the world around them.

2.) My gripes are the portions of the American education system that are unnecessary -- and only make the whole process that much more tedious.




It's true I am only a sophomore at my university -- and I am by no means declaring that big term papers for high level classes aren't valuable experiences. In some cases, like you said, the papers are the whole point of the class.

So in that sense, sure --writing essays for low level classes is good practice and could be seen as necessary, although I honestly don't feel very smart when I write my big papers and receive A's on them.

Why? Because I'm writing for the teacher. What do teachers love? Cheesy anecdotes, metaphorical introductions, and lots of citing of other people's work. I get nauseous writing some of the garbage I do just to get an A. If you have a sound opinion backed by evidence that you can argue very well with others -- an essay is a great way to ruin the message of your views.


But perhaps these papers will help those in other fields such as history or english. And if you can't figure out how to look up sources and cite them (like all teachers assume) -- it's a good learning experience. So I guess I was a little pessimistic about the essay thing, they do in fact benefit students. I just don't think I personally need them, but the big points are always a nice bonus. That's why if they were cheap -- I'd buy an essay or two (of course, not at the OP's prices or even half that).


As for graded homework -- it's always been dumb. It's useful in elementary school because it teaches the importance of doing your studies before the tests come, but I'm an adult now -- do you really have to grade the way I choose to ace your tests?

Give me lots of homework, and let me schedule it into my study plan accordingly. Giving me deadlines so you can grade my study work is absolutely pointless and tedious. Homework helps poor students and annoys good students IMO.

Problem is -- the poor students don't do the homework anyways.


Lecture me, give my studying materials, and test me so I can show you that I understood your class.


Don't grade my homework, don't screw me over with pop quizzes, and if your going to be give me an essay -- it better be a topic that I can form a non-artificial opinion around.





What's your major? I understand your complaint better now, but I think a lot of it has to do with the logistics of trying to teach an entire class. A lot of the early paper work you're doing is simply learning how to write papers- how to do research, how to make logical deductions, how to hypothesize without assuming (huge issue), etc. Unfortunately, I bet the rest of your classmates are a lot dumber than you, but the professor has to grade appropriately for the entire class. I'm not sure what your major is or what classes you've got gripes with, but I bet things will improve your next two years. Either the material will get more specific, or you'll start to get grilled a lot harder on the material and hopefully will be forced to make statements that were never mentioned in the reading or by the professor.

I had a Modern Chinese History class last semester (semi-unrelated to my major) that was only a 200 level, but the teacher tore me apart on papers, even as a junior that's used to straight 4s on 300 and 400 poli sci/philosophy papers. I still finished with a 3.7 in the class and I learned a lot, but I'm mostly grateful for all the red ink she put on my papers. Hopefully you'll get someone like that, where you really do have to reach to get a good grade.

I'm kind of curious just what kind of cheesy stuff you were getting As for.

EDIT: I guess this all kind of relates to shotz' business. There are people who do work to learn and improve, and there are people who are simply grade whores. It's an alluring trap, but ultimately I have faith that being a grade whore doesn't get you jack shit. Some people get away with it, but that doesn't mean they're actually good at what they do. I've had a few classmates like that and I don't respect their work (coincidentally they're all going to law school and all got wait listed from their main choices.) Shit like the LSAT/GRE encourage it, but luckily most of the grad schools I'm applying to emphasize my personal essay over grades/scores. And there's no fucking way shotz can write a better personal essay for me than I can.
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eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-09 23:55:53
August 09 2009 06:47 GMT
#168
i'd pay depending on price
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32058 Posts
August 09 2009 14:02 GMT
#169
fuck the system bra

i shoulda not been lazy and i could have made a lot more money doing this shit in college
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Etherone
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1898 Posts
August 11 2009 05:14 GMT
#170
you're asking the wrong audience, most people here can write it themselves, and are too proud to receive any credential based on another's work.

as for the morality of this, you are in no way immoral, you provide a helpful service. The immoral ones are your clients.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
August 11 2009 05:28 GMT
#171
# B- MINUS Money BACK Guarantee. The ILEssay Promise!

Is that like a C+?
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
SatouxKisei
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
233 Posts
August 11 2009 14:08 GMT
#172
so you led your life astray due to a bitter rejection from a university and thus formed a loathing for "grade whores" and the academia system.

now, you live a life catering(mostly, i'm assuming) to the very people that you despised... possibly promoting the corrupted system itself.

Even more so ironic is your drive for academics even after being rejected from university. You want anything you can get your hands on evidently.

and to top it off you post of all places, here on TL.

5/5
SatouxKisei
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
233 Posts
August 11 2009 14:15 GMT
#173
Heh i read this randomly , I think it applies to a few posters mentality-

You agree with me = GOOD ATTITUDE
You disagree with me = BAD ATTITUDE
SatouxKisei
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
233 Posts
August 11 2009 14:18 GMT
#174

That professors are coming up to ME, little old me, for help with a second masters?

Is this quoted from a book or something? -just wondering-
WeSt
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Portugal918 Posts
August 11 2009 14:29 GMT
#175
Why are some people calling him arrogant? If he puts that much effort in his work and believes in it why shouldn't he say he is writting top quality shit. He probably is. Unlike most of the people posting here that are frustrated with their lives and don't do anything to change it you found something you really like to do. Good luck, cool story, nice read.
zvz is imba
Zortch
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada635 Posts
August 11 2009 14:46 GMT
#176
This really boils down to a problem with our education system in my opinion. Too many people are going to university. You need atleast four years to get most jobs and its just being used as a test to make sure you're half-way competent and willing to put in some work. Its a huge waste of time and resources I think.
I love school myself, I'm going into my fourth year pure math and don't think I'll see the end of academia for many years. I wouldn't get something written for me because I like learning stuff and I think thats how many of us here feel. However, lots of people are only going to university to get a job and it really is a stupid system. Grades are a very poor measurment of learning and its easy to cheat the system.
I hope your services become unnecessary as we stop forcing people through an undergraduate degree for little reason, or a bit more useless(to the student) education to get some promotion.
Respect is everything. ~ARchon
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-11 14:55:22
August 11 2009 14:51 GMT
#177
The quality of writing and thought in the samples sucks balls honestly. I want to see papers on Moltke's level--then I can decline the service on the basis of integrity and training rather than contempt for such half-assed garbage.

edit: Now that I think about it, you used to employ women to suck balls. Now you employ writers to do the same.
SatouxKisei
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
233 Posts
August 11 2009 14:54 GMT
#178
ouch
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
August 11 2009 15:50 GMT
#179
On August 11 2009 14:14 Etherone wrote:
as for the morality of this, you are in no way immoral, you provide a helpful service. The immoral ones are your clients.

Logic fail.
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Aznleeman
Profile Joined November 2007
United States208 Posts
August 11 2009 16:06 GMT
#180
I'd never pay for an essay because I just don't feel like it's necessary. I'd rather fail and learn from my mistakes than pay for an easy way out. But nothing against your business. I just dislike how this post was some what of a huge advertisement for it.
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rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-11 17:59:07
August 11 2009 17:57 GMT
#181
What are the goal of people's life? Some people live for money, some for stability, others want power and fame, and the rest of us want knowledge.

People are self-fish ( the whole concept of forming a society is so that individuals can benefit from it), morality is just distorted images society see people through the thick glasses of their social standard. People will do whatever they can to achieve their goal. At the end, morality doesn't matter for the ones who took action, no moral justification is needed while they are committing the act in question.

for those of us who pursuits knowledge, the "truly wanna know it alls" we don't have the luxury to have someone write our papers for us, because that contradicts with our goals of life. It has nothing to do with morality. it has everything to do with the reason why we want to learn something, it is all about motivation. We get our PhDs because we find that subject interesting, not because we needed the PhDs to feed ourselves.

oh and Jibba when you point out someone failed in logic, please do enlighten them by explain how they failed in logic.

GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
PanoRaMa
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States5069 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-11 22:55:28
August 11 2009 22:55 GMT
#182
Well i couldnt read all of the thread especially because your posting style

but i prob share a lot of your sentiments about academia. i also give you a lot of props for figuring your shit out and running what i hope to is a successful business. to an extent, there is no morality in business. you provide a service that is in demand, that's all. you are sort of a douche in some posts, but whatever that's been addressed enough, and I'm writing this as someone who's trying to win this game as well, without the need of badges.

gl.
duckett
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States589 Posts
August 11 2009 23:13 GMT
#183
On August 09 2009 10:37 eMbrace wrote:
Don't grade my homework, don't screw me over with pop quizzes, and if your going to be give me an essay -- it better be a topic that I can form a non-artificial opinion around.


Different people learn in different ways. Everyone has a different definition of artificial. You can't expect a learning system totally tailored to your standards, and you can't defy it because of this failure.

to shotz:
What I don't get is the inconsistency in the moral standards of people on TL. When you hear about some guy pushing (hard) drugs and women, actively degrading life around him, you don't really give a shit for the most part. On the other hand, on this same forum, I see people calling out cheaters and telling each other things like cheating is so fundamentally contradictory to the fabric of the starcraft community that it should be punished by totally expunging the offending member from the community.

Life is like starcraft. People enter with different background and different levels of prior training, but what you do is your beef and if you lose, deal with it...don't try to cheat. Just because you lose a game that you should have won, that you really really thought you had, does not give you any excuse to maphack next time so you know what's up. "Cheating" so is so fundamentally contradictory to the fabric of society (referring to your drug dealing and pimping past) that it warrants serious reevaluation of life (if you're not caught and forced to reevaluate) and by continuing your defiance of the systems you callously insert yourself into, you have shown that you have not reevaluated. Moreover, it seems you feel confident in your life choices (except the pimping...but that does not make that ok), and even refer to other people on this forum with names that trivialize the legitimacy of their thought (they can be thought of as fond or degrading but i don't care what you were thinking, they came off as degrading and as a semi literate human being you should have caught that and rectified the situation). And finally, you come here pitching your service to us. Disgusting.

To those who say moral standards are of course not objective or definable or fair in any way, I say that society is dependent on the maintenance of certain standards of living defined generally by the overwhelming cultural consensus in a nation occasionally manipulated by the government through law; violation of this consensus to fulfill foolish notions of "individuality" is extremely counterproductive. If you hold different morals or wish to be an individual, go live on a collective or some hippie organic love farm or something.
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shotz
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-12 04:27:11
August 12 2009 04:26 GMT
#184
On August 12 2009 08:13 duckett wrote:

To those who say moral standards are of course not objective or definable or fair in any way, I say that society is dependent on the maintenance of certain standards of living defined generally by the overwhelming cultural consensus in a nation occasionally manipulated by the government through law; violation of this consensus to fulfill foolish notions of "individuality" is extremely counterproductive. If you hold different morals or wish to be an individual, go live on a collective or some hippie organic love farm or something.


Majority wins. Individuality loses By far perhaps the most misguided reply to my post I've seen--so I had to respond.

And if a hippie organic love farm existed, you def. wouldn't be invited. We'd probably smoke pot and make fun of the way you talk.
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