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I'm about to throw a fit

This morning my brother asks me to look over something he’s written for his English class (he just started college). So I read it, make a few adjustments, then inquire as to if it should be in MLA format. He says yes, so I put the paper into MLA format, which required rewriting his source citation and adjusting the heading and title.

A few minutes later, my brother returns to the computer and changes it all back. I ask him what he’s doing and he says he’s following the format his teacher used.

I WANT TO SHOOT HIS TEACHER IN THE FACE!

And all other English teachers that choose to have their students format their papers any which way they choose. I’m sorry, but it’s MLA or APA and that’s it. I don’t care what you want.

  1. bigdbassist reblogged this from booksbooksbooks and added:
    There is a new version of MLA? I did not even know that there were multiple versions and that it was being updated.
  2. booksbooksbooks reblogged this from girloffscript and added:
    Must have been a really outdated version if that’s the case. Speaking of which, I absolutely love the changes made for...
  3. girloffscript reblogged this from booksbooksbooks and added:
    Mmmmmm….the new MLA 7 came out in the Spring, though most of those changes had to do with citations. What the prof could...
  4. roberto reblogged this from lemdi and added:
    Well, by the end of college I had MLA and APA memorized. I don’t think I needed Chicago, but either way… if that teacher...
  5. booksbooksbooks reblogged this from lemdi and added:
    Fair enough. There are several options for acceptable formatting, but this teacher’s version was not one of them. My...
  6. lemdi reblogged this from booksbooksbooks and added:
    There’s also Chicago Manual, actually,...social sciences especially. Don’t forget Chicago!...
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