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LONE SURVIVOR ESSAY. Earn something cool

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.lencon
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So heres the deal, I got a essay due tomorrow about Lone Survivor and it has to be four pages single spaced so its a doozy. I was wondering if any fellow NSers have done something similar and could let me have it. Ill give you something in return if it helps. Also how accurate is the movie compared to the book. Anything helps NS. Ive already got most of the report done but its not too solid lol.

heres a pic of some requirements.

Feb 12 2015 10:29PM
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BROCO
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the movie was pretty far off from the real events in the book
Feb 12 2015 10:35PM
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.lencon
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BROCOthe movie was pretty far off from the real events in the book


+K any examples of that?
Feb 12 2015 10:43PM
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cobra_commander
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Movie cut out a majority of the work that the Rangers did.

and my mother told me that if you can't find anything nice to say... So that's all I will say on that.
Feb 13 2015 2:29AM
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dingus
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Come on man you know better than plagiarism
Feb 13 2015 4:18AM
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.lencon
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dingusCome on man you know better than plagiarism


lol I just did it by myself. And technically it's not plagiarism if you let me do it or I give you some credit
Feb 13 2015 10:32AM
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dingus
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.lenconlol I just did it by myself. And technically it's not plagiarism if you let me do it or I give you some credit

I know I just wanted to use that word lol
Feb 13 2015 12:13PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i don't have anything to add to your paper, but a nice little trick that I learned in school was that when the instructions say max 12 pt. font, you type your entire paper in 12 pt., but then go back and change all of the periods, commas, and apostrophes to a 16 pt.. It's not noticeable when looking at a printed paper, but it'll add decent amount of space to a paper. You can also make them bold to take up even more space. Once again, not noticeable to the eye, but makes your paper appear longer than it is.

Obviously, how much space you gain depends on how long the paper is to begin with.
Feb 13 2015 1:31PM
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iFlip
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Barefootin_Fiendi don't have anything to add to your paper, but a nice little trick that I learned in school was that when the instructions say max 12 pt. font, you type your entire paper in 12 pt., but then go back and change all of the periods, commas, and apostrophes to a 16 pt.. It's not noticeable when looking at a printed paper, but it'll add decent amount of space to a paper. You can also make them bold to take up even more space. Once again, not noticeable to the eye, but makes your paper appear longer than it is.

Obviously, how much space you gain depends on how long the paper is to begin with.


If you put that much work into your work, rather than in how to not do your work, you might have actually learned something.
Feb 13 2015 1:33PM
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.Hugo.
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Barefootin_Fiendi don't have anything to add to your paper, but a nice little trick that I learned in school was that when the instructions say max 12 pt. font, you type your entire paper in 12 pt., but then go back and change all of the periods, commas, and apostrophes to a 16 pt.. It's not noticeable when looking at a printed paper, but it'll add decent amount of space to a paper. You can also make them bold to take up even more space. Once again, not noticeable to the eye, but makes your paper appear longer than it is.

Obviously, how much space you gain depends on how long the paper is to begin with.


I wouldnt say its not noticable. Any half decent professor or teacher can tell the difference, it pretty much just makes the spacing between lines bigger, which is quite noticable with single spacing. Not to mention when there are 30+ papers correctly formatted right next to it. I knew a couple people that got caught doing this in college
Feb 13 2015 1:38PM
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dispatchQ_main
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iFlipIf you put that much work into your work, rather than in how to not do your work, you might have actually learned something.


Everybody i knew(myself included) who had really high grades in highschool who wasn't an outright genius was a huge cheater.
Feb 13 2015 2:23PM
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iFlip
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BogezEverybody i knew(myself included) who had really high grades in highschool who wasn't an outright genius was a huge cheater.


That is very sad. This generation sucks.
Feb 13 2015 2:43PM
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.lencon
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iFlipThat is very sad. This generation sucks.


You were the one trying to charge me $25 per paper lol.
Feb 13 2015 3:16PM
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Dobber
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Why do the directions say "it's a good idea to compare the movie and Wikipedia to the text"?
My teachers get pissed when we use Wikipedia. It's not very reliable.
Feb 13 2015 6:04PM
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.lencon
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^^^^cause he wants us to compare the book to wikipedia since they can be different. And wiki is that unreliable as everyone says.
Feb 14 2015 12:22AM
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Laurent.
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"Outdoor education class"

I would have imagined the entire class consisted solely of memorising this book:

Feb 14 2015 5:00AM
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Laurent.
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"Outdoor education class"

I would have imagined the entire class consisted solely of memorising this book:

Feb 14 2015 5:01AM
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fujarome
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Pretty much my response too.

Also gotta come to the defense of Wikipedia. Do some research on it, and you'll find that more often than not, wiki is more accurate than most other sources. Teachers and profs tend to get too hung up on the anyone can edit aspect. Yes, some idiot kid can change it. But so can a scientist, doctor, historian, author, editor etc etc. So many different reliable sources, and everything has to be cited. I'm not saying you should rely exclusively on it or cite it, but it's definitely better than people think
Feb 14 2015 12:40PM
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Toaster-Tony
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4 pages on how someone survives in the wild? and you're so stuck that you're asking people on the internet to do it for you? this should be a cakewalk op, college will hit hard someday.
Feb 14 2015 12:45PM
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Toaster-Tony
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DobberWhy do the directions say "it's a good idea to compare the movie and Wikipedia to the text"?
My teachers get pissed when we use Wikipedia. It's not very reliable.


Also, wikipedia is more reliable than you think. Admins comb through most of the well-known topics pretty well so people can't post nonsense. The reason that you can't site it in a paper is because it's a wiki page- there's not one place where the information comes, at least on the big pages, the content is coming from a series of established people on the topic. However, since it is based on peer review only, you'll never be able to use it as an academic source.
Feb 14 2015 12:52PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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iFlipIf you put that much work into your work, rather than in how to not do your work, you might have actually learned something.


ironically, if you had learned anything in school, you'd know that there is a function called find/replace in damn near every word processing program on the market that makes something like this accomplishable in mere seconds.
Feb 14 2015 1:51PM
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GayWolf420
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.Hugo.I wouldnt say its not noticable. Any half decent professor or teacher can tell the difference, it pretty much just makes the spacing between lines bigger, which is quite noticable with single spacing. Not to mention when there are 30+ papers correctly formatted right next to it. I knew a couple people that got caught doing this in college


yeah, I feel like most professors/teachers can tell when kids are trying to play them like an idiot. Plus, if you did some research a little bit, you'd find that you would probably have enough information and sources to type crank out for pages. youd be shocked about how quick that kind of paper can be done when you're focused on making it good.



its up to you, you can half-ass it and bitch like most highschool kids do, or actually put forth some effort in a skill that will be useful come college. Professors actually give a shit about quality writing and your grades will suffer if you don't care.
Feb 14 2015 3:16PM
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