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0 pointsjrflowers1y ago0 comments

It is a tad strange to see something poorly-reasoned and jump to “maybe that’s just something that everybody in an entire country does”.

People from countries other than America can start with a thesis and then mention that thesis in the body of an essay.

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wslh1y ago

It is from someone who knows many other cultures and have worked with companies on over 30 different countries. You are overestimating your cross-cultural skills, and the perspective from people different than you.

A real thesis requires much more skills and time that the ones you mention.

jrflowersOP1y ago

You have worked helping people edit essays in over 30 different countries? And only Americans address their theses in their writing? If you saw an essay titled “Why dogs are better than cats” you would only expect an American to mention cats? That sounds insane, downright reductive and infantilizing.

I apologize but I am getting a little bit of secondhand embarrassment from seeing someone look at objectively bad writing and saying “This is actually an example of the famously uniform culture of France and Spain” ???

As an aside, where did you develop the “cross-cultural skill” of haughty dismissiveness out-of-hand in response to gentle disagreement?

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