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...course in argument," says preceptor Anne Fernald, who teaches "The Essay and the Modern World" in Expos 20. "It introduces students to college-level analytic writing...
...mission that I interpreted was to provide me with writing skills that I could use and build on during my time here," says Lamelle D. Rawlins '99, the president of the Undergraduate Council, who took "The Essay" with preceptor Stephen Donatelli...
Harvey's guide also outlines universal course policies and practices, such as the common procedure of giving students artificially low grades on their first essay so that they will feel accomplished when they score higher toward the end of the course...
...Students will expect to have their improved writing reflected in a grade, so you should be tough on the first essay," the guide reads. "Don't be afraid to give C's and even D's. If you start giving all B's and A's, your grades will have nowhere to rise...
...guide also tells preceptors how to approach assignments and how to phrase essay questions so that students know what is expected of them, defining a clear administrative and academic structure for Expos which every preceptor is expected to follow...