($) “I thought I was supposed to talk about the buzzwords.”

September 21, 2022 by EssaySnark

The thing with buzzwords is that when you’re using them in your own essay, you may lose sight of the fact that they’re buzzwords. And, it seems like you’re SUPPOSED to be using them! Why else would the schools be talking about all these things so much? Here’s a question we got on this from…

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