Kopax wrote:Since standard schools actually have a research paper per semester instead of per year, and actually have to take standardized forms of testing, gives me grounds to say so. Plus, from what I can see, Hippo's views are just fine.

Ke? Research paper per semester? Either whatever schools you're talking about get off incredibly light (And by research paper you just mean standard assignments/Essays that I'd get once every few weeks for every topic) or incredibly harsh (and by Research Paper you actually mean Research paper, That I'd get about twice in my entire education).

Sparhawk isn't a standard school. It's a private college prep school. We have something called synthesis each semester. Each genre of the project involves a paper atleast 7 pages. The one I did last semester was 16 pages. So we do have papers. As for the standardized tests, we're a private school and don't have to conform to the state tests and curriculum.

*hugs the nice, simple, English education system*

OOH!!! Better smilies!!!

Black Wolf wrote:Ke? Research paper per semester? Either whatever schools you're talking about get off incredibly light (And by research paper you just mean standard assignments/Essays that I'd get once every few weeks for every topic) or incredibly harsh (and by Research Paper you actually mean Research paper, That I'd get about twice in my entire education).

I'm referring to the incredibly harsh kind. Most schools in my area have to do 2 per semester, including mine. The first semester one is basically a 8 page paper on a certain topic, just about it. The second semester one actually has to persuade the reader to a certain viewpoint(which almost every student ends up failing, go figure. This year I got a 96 though, pwnt)

Either my region is a bugass horrible, or you guys just are lucky shits

Where do you live again?