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Many of the freshmen I instruct at CUNY enter the first few sessions of my Expository Writing class wearing metaphorical top hats and monocles, armed with—and comforted by—the five-paragraph essay structure and other basic compositional building blocks. College-level essay writing, in their understanding, requires a stuffy, exacting formality—a ...
In this article, I will provide a philosophical argument of why playing video games helps us learn. I will argue that video games are an enjoyable workout for the mind, and that they are valuable for their ability to improve our general cognitive learning capacities.
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This week we're spotlighting Peter, a member of our LSAT tutor team! Peter graduated from Columbia University as a history major, and attended the Washington and Lee Univesity School of Law. He specializes in LSAT tutoring, teaching legal writing and citation skills, and helping stuents prepare for finals and the bar exam. Interested in working ...
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