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		perilunar 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I miss using em dashes Essays are still useful — they just need to be written by hand in exam conditions. No more take-homes.

TremendousJudge 4 months ago [–]

yeah but writing an essay over the course of a week and over the course of two hours are entirely different experiences -- and the first one is the one that's usually useful in post-graduate life

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