Robert Williams
Robert Williams voted up Walt O'Reagun's answer

My problem was usually "dumbing down" the essay ... So that it would meet the requirement for the number of pages.  I found it so easy to summarize the research into a few sentences or paragraphs, that I had to remember I often had to explain in great detail, what I thought were simple … Read more

Robert Williams
Robert Williams voted up Didge Doo's answer

It was my favourite assignment when I was at school.

There's a little trick, Blue. If you know your subject, and allow your mind to free-associate while you're gathering material, the length is no problem. Five full, A4 pages is a pretty good assignment, but five hand-written pages is quite short.

Robert Williams
Robert Williams voted up Walt O'Reagun's answer

My problem was usually "dumbing down" the essay ... So that it would meet the requirement for the number of pages.  I found it so easy to summarize the research into a few sentences or paragraphs, that I had to remember I often had to explain in great detail, what I thought were simple … Read more