Most kids aren't going to be able to create a superior thesis without going to outside sources. They're just going to be restating ones that have already been made, and stating them less eloquently. SparkNotes is a useful tool to understand a material, but you will do better and understand more if you just use your original ideas in papers you write.
Some teachers at my highschool even recommended reading sparknotes along with the book of 'course to help you understand the book. There's far more value in coming up with a mediocre thesis yourself than regurgitating some website's superior thesis. And if you come up with it yourself, whether the idea is novel or not is irrelevant to the learning experience.
I would have never thought of that if I hadn't studied on Sparknotes. How to Write a Summary Proficient students understand that summarizing , identifying what is most important and restating the text or other media in your own words, is an important tool for college success.
Summary Writing Format When writing a summary, remember that it should be in the form of a paragraph. A summary is written in your own words.
A summary contains only the ideas of the original text. Do not insert any of your own opinions, interpretations, deductions or comments into a summary. Identify in order the significant sub-claims the author uses to defend the main point. I was the only one who raised my hand, and I told him that he did not assign enough readings, as he was only assigning 20 pages per week.
Even then, students were failing his reading quizzes weekly and you could tell by just looking at him that he was burned out. Everyone in that class looked at me with devilish eyes, but they were surprised to hear him say that he assigns enough reading as-is. In a previous article I tried to dissect why so many high school and college students despise reading, and I pointed out that Shakespeare and Poe probably scare off reluctant readers.
Is it really that difficult to read a few chapters a day? I know a lot of college students have jobs and are taking the maximum amount of credits, but we all knew what we were getting into when we listened to our professors read the syllabus aloud on the first day of classes. Put aside your personal grievances with reading, and think of it as a way to build your character and intellectual abilities.
Most of all, I want students to stop bragging about cheating. Who would have known that the Internet would hurt academia? If used correctly, it could be used as a valuable learning tool, but many students are using it in vain these days.
Currently, I am taking a computer science course, and people browse their social media accounts on the school desktops while the professor is lecturing.
SparkNotes is one of many examples that prove that college was more serious before computers were everywhere.
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