It’s also no secret that reviewing and grading such highly artistic student masterpieces has become a real headache for teachers and TAs who have to spend their valuable time processing the hundreds of thousands of words that come up in the end. of each semester. by his students, instead of concentrating on teaching first-hand and carrying out his research work.

It’s sad to admit, but the general modern trend is one of increasing class size and the depersonalization of education. Teaching is no longer a one-on-one communication in many schools and colleges, and the entire educational process is often lost in a great human assembly of many faces and voices. Essays appear to be aimed at eliminating such repercussions, however they only complicate matters as teachers often do not have the time or resources to properly assess and grade the vast amount of student work.

That is why some universities already test the practice of outsourcing. Thus, a University of Houston business professor outsourced essay scoring to a company whose employees are mostly Asian residents. The case has already triggered a wave of heated debate, with main arguments centered on the degradation of American education and the condemnation of such a practice. On the one hand, the critics are absolutely right, as it is absolutely inadmissible for a stranger to grade a paper (teachers should do their best to avoid this kind of thing or just walk away if they fail), but on the other hand, there is no nothing can be done with the inevitable increase in classes and the consequent shortage of time for grading each essay. Additionally, if outsourced graders have ongoing communication with instructors, given rubrics and assessment criteria, they could provide valuable feedback to instructors. Also, the last word will be reserved after the last one. However, this is only possible when the actions of teachers and external graders are fully coordinated, which necessarily implies the elimination of all intermediaries between them, which is once again totally inadmissible for those online grading services, as they will not want to lose their profits from exploitation. of cheap Asian labour. The invisible hand of the market is fixing everything, but this time it’s really grabbing educators’ throats.

We mentioned teachers using online grading services earlier, but there is also the well-known fact that students often turn to online writing services to complete their assignments. Is this a silently agreed upon form of mutual deception? So why don’t we provide the student with the open list of essay writing services and essay grading services? The first will send the papers directly to the second, and the second will send them directly to a teacher who will eventually deliver them to the students. Students will save on their tuition fees, the university will save on faculty salaries, and everyone will be happy. Anyway, essay writing services are springing up like mushrooms after the rain. “As a general rule, more writers are needed for the departments of Law and History, Marketing and Administration, since students have more problems in precisely these disciplines. This month ProfEssays.com has hired 15 new specialists to help the main staff on the job. with student assignments,” says Kelly McNight, Director of the Human Resources Department at ProfEssays.com.

Today’s academic essays totally compromise essay writing as a narrative genre. The first etymological meaning of essay is effort. Initially, by writing an essay, one began his arduous search for the revelation of mysteries in everyday things. His style and wit were of a remarkable nature. That is why a well-versed person still associates essays primarily with names like Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, or, further back, with Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, and Michel de Montaigne, but not with those disguised scientific fabrications, often carried out by anonymous contractors on the web. Academic essays must be replaced with alternative academic tools to save essay writing as a genre. This is bitter for many, but true for all. College essays have not only outlived themselves but also continue to compromise and corrupt essay writing as a writing style. Aside from the small group of talented writers who truly love their work and prefer lesser recognition to world fame and think of essay writing as a creative process, hardly anyone likes essays.

I wonder why the essay genre in particular should suffer. Maybe we should implement poetry writing as a punishment as well to develop students’ abstract intelligence, or to kill their love of poetry once and for all? And while few would dispute the indisputable merit of scholarly essays as indicators of general scholarship, creativity, information-seeking and processing skills, etc. of students, it is doubtful that essays as educational work will remain viable in the 21st century.