The story of a ghost writer for college essays

as if any student anywhere in the world sits down and says "oh boy! 75 pages! This...is gonna be GREAT!"

but nonetheless...ridiculous. Good idea by this guy...but do your own damn work.
 
this doesn't have anything to do with the american educational system. cheating and plagiarism occurs everywhere. this guy is extremely good at what he does
 
i'd likely hate my life if i was this guy, but i'd also likely feel like a badass for basically beating the education system. not for helping people cheat, but for proving that you can write a passing graduate paper using google and not being in the program at all.
 
What a complete tool bag. Still, talk about one kick ass job.

I wonder how much research he has to put in to the more technical papers. I mean in highschool you can bullshit around everything but I would assume that writing for graduate level sciences degrees would require actual knowledge.
 
seriously. how much education does this guy have that he's able to pass off papers on complex theories and shit
 
Yeeah he talks about their alleged education but his education must be crazy he does so much research and such.
 
I feel I never told you

The story of the ghost

That I once knew and talked to

Of whom I'd never boast

For this was my big secret

How I'd get ahead

And never have to worry

I'd call him instead
 
Hey I kind of want to try this. If anybody has any papers right now let me know. Max 1000 words, turn around in 3 days, free.
 
He probably does a decent amount of research, but its probably not that hard. Unless you have to do math that shit is EASY. You just have to read a little material, and construct a thesis around what you know. Then you lay out a basic plan and pound it out. I mean, I could learn a lot of sociological material in like a couple hours and easily write a paper on it. I pound out 90s in my english classes with like 2 or 3 hours of typing without editing, and thats like... a 3 or 4 page paper. For a talented writer it wouldn't be hard at all.
 
sure typing 50+ pages once a semester isn't that bad. but could you type 20-40 pages a day on different topics?
 
75 is a walk in the park. You can't start complaining until you are assigned 100+ pages, and 150+ is the point where you are always allowed to complain.*
*Number of pages assigned in an individual class.
 
It was a good read but I didn't understand his purpose for writing it. Teachers already know that some students have ghostwriters, not that they could do anything about it but that's not the point. I feel like he wrote this to get that recognition that he never can/could get.

I also don't understand why he's doing what he's doing for only 66k a year. He's working harder and longer than most workers yet, he's fine with his unpredictable pay?
 
You answered your own question there. He is working long, THANKLESS hours for little money, and has managed to give himself a massive superiority complex. This article was just an online exercise of autofellatio
 
So how many people read the article in its entirety? It seems like 60% did and 40% didn't from some of the questions and comments.
But I was very intrigued throughout the whole article. Obviously this stuff happens, but I didn't realize the price - $2000. And sadly many ESL kids are blowing thousands on nothing.
 
Okay that answers the purpose question, but I'm saying why would he continue to do this. I'm not expecting anyone to answer it since it's rhetorical, but his job choice doesn't make much sense to me.
 
The best part is the comment section, it's littered with university professors doing what they do best (erm worst). From the petulant arguments concerning grammar to the boasting about how some have beaten these ghostwriting schemes (unlikely), and they are almost all writing with undertones of self defense. So typically out of touch.
I'd be curious to know how much this dude actually works for his 66 thousand and if he's getting taxed on it. In practical terms it really might not be as little as it first seems.
 
no one gets stoked on sitting down to write a paper.but if they aren't willing to do the work, then they shouldn't go to school...
 
please, 150 pages in one class isn't even that big of a deal. Now, 150 pages per assignment, that's plenty.

*if you're gonna get fancy, feast.
 
Um, yes it does. Contrary to NS's remedial reading comprehension skills, the article wasn't about some guy brandishing his insidious gains. It was a testament to the basic failure of US academia.

A system that establishes rudimentary credentials by trying to quantify genuine intellectual ability ultimately pushes its students to cynically manipulate the system rather than pursue the intellectual growth it was seemingly designed for.
 
yeah i agree with you completely, i meant that it isn't exactly a testament to simply the American educational system, but rather the global educational system. Almost all countries are encouraging this type of education, because it insures that every kid is educated to where they need to be. although, along this road, imagination and personal growth are discouraged. it's unfortunate, and it is inevitable that kids will take short cuts.
 
True. And I'm not proposing that people stop going to college, I'm just saying people need to realize that college is hardly different from the public educational system that has failed us so. Aside from specialty degrees (medicine, engineering, etc.), a college degree is a certificate of bullshitting the system, not intellectual growth per se. But hey, you gotta play the game if you want to win...
 
where I live, there are some esl kids in pre-med that have their assignments written for them this way. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a doctor or two (or pharmacist, nurse...etc) that got their degree by cheating in some way. apparently engineering students cheat a lot too.
 
Hey fuck you, I got an A- in IB english and a 2270 on my SATs . If nothing else, I'm sure that I can earn some shithole NS HS'er a passing grade on their weekend homework.
 
here's a funny comment on the article:

"The author admits to an aversion to math, and I am not surprised. He claims to have written more than 5000 pages in the last year. At roughly 250 working days per year, that's 20 pages a day, every single working day. In an eight-hour working day, that's close to 1000 words every hour, with no time allowed for client contact, follow-up, research or anything else. This seems unlikely in the extreme. Even with more hours put in each day, that is an improbably high speed of writing, considering that it has to be kept up every hour of every working day to make the total claimed in this article.

On the other side of the coin, he claims that will be paid about $66,000 for his 5000 pages. That is the princely sum of $13.20 per page, or slightly more than 2¢ per word (at 550 words per page). Not only is he lying and making a dishonest living (presuming the story told here is truthful), he is getting paid pathetically."
 
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