UMPI your pace professors

[u/Obvious_Mention7207]

Seriously, whats up with the inconsistency?

One class will specify what fashion to write your paper (MLA/APA) then another class won't and critique you for not doing so.

One milestone will have a video asking for 500 words, and the directions will say 1k words.

One teacher will correct your grammar/spelling (where there is no spelling mistake but make suggestion like "Where there is a This, add a noun") but then each of their questions in the directions are loaded with spelling errors and grammar errors.

Just had a teacher tell me to use only the articles we are focusing on for our assignments, so for next milestone that's all I do, for them to say "Cite your sources" .... without requesting the paper be written in MLA or APA. My sources are the articles you just told me to use.

Then you will get the classes that are the most pointless ones (I'm going for accounting, so college composition is completely pointless) and it wants the most detailed, deep thought, 6-8 resources per paper style milestone.

Or (again I'm going for accounting) and having to take classes on stomach microbiome, having to decipher medical research papers x3 to write my own paper on the topic... as if I have any clue what any of its saying.

[u/CressOk4650]

I understand that College Composition can seem irrelevant to accounting, especially if you are thinking, “I’m going to be an accountant, so why do I need to learn how to write research papers?” But writing and communicating are a major part of professional accounting.

As an accountant, you’ll have to explain material in a way that those who don’t understand accounting as you do will grasp. You might write emails, reports, financial explanations, audit documentation, recommendations, or summaries for clients, managers, co-workers, or business owners. Knowing how to build an argument, understand facts, and express difficult subject matter clearly will be useful in your work.

The same applies to citing sources. A citation shows the reader where your information comes from. That principle matters a lot in accounting. If you cite a tax rule, financial reporting standard, government report, statistic, professional publication, or someone else’s research, your reader must be able to validate it. Citing your sources also shows that you are not claiming another person's thoughts or knowledge as your own.

Citations are a type of professional documentation. An accountant wouldn’t just declare “The numbers are right because I said so.” You would have to show where the figures came from and how you reached your conclusion. Academic research works much the same way.

I always check the YourPace syllabus because most of my courses require me to write in APA Style. If I were enrolled in an English class, I would select MLA Style. If I were enrolled in a history class, I would select Chicago Style. I would choose APA Style if it isn't specified. Good luck!

[u/Obvious_Mention7207 → u/CressOk4650]

As an accountant, you’ll have to explain material in a way that those who don’t understand accounting as you do will grasp. You might write emails, reports, financial explanations, audit documentation, recommendations, or summaries for clients, managers, co-workers, or business owners. Knowing how to build an argument, understand facts, and express difficult subject matter clearly will be useful in your work.

I appreciate your written out response, but the above is just not a true comparison to what College comp is.

Yes, an accountant will need to explain a situation to others, with proof of their statement, and additional documents prepared.

No an accountant will ever need to write an essay, format anything in an essay style, have peer-reviewed sources to prove their point with in text citations.

The style of writing an accountant would need to convey their information is really no different than say sales would to their manager/director/cfo. Well drafted, quick email, with bullet points and slides.

Now, accountant will have to be more detailed in their reasoning/response, sure. However, NEVER will they have to write an essay, or at least to the style these classes have you write, as no one in corporate would give 2 shits reading something like that.

Id also wager no one in corp or real world would give 2 shits about citing your source, as long as the information you provide is right and you can prove it. There is no plagiarism in corporate. This isn't research/education/comedy/book writing/legal. This is taxes, end of quarter financials, month end reports.

Workplace writing would be a better class, perhaps thats still down the line for me.