Is it important to avoid writing with partisanship?

swans004
Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:09:42 +0000

I think the key is not to be offensive. A viewpoint is fine, but statements that are derogatory are not going to give the reader a positive view of you, even if they agree with your position. I think the post you quoted is edging into that offensive territory by stating that universities are cesspools, etc. He/she could have said the same thing using much less inflammatory language. Given that this is such an important test, you want to be very cautious of crossing that line. You don’t want to give a reader an excuse to knock you down a point for being offensive, even if they’re not technically supposed to do so. Just my two cents.