<p>I am sure that many of you have heard of Jane Schaffer’s format as it is taught in many high schools and middle schools, but do you actually like that format? Do you strictly adhere to it?
I myself do not like its rigid format and rarely, if ever, conform to it despite the fact that my teacher promotes its use. I understand that Schaffer’s method is aimed at helping students to organize their ideas coherently, but is strict adherence necessary? I don’t think my teacher really care since I have turned in a research paper in non-Schaffer style and gotten a high mark on it. I have heard that some teachers require students to strictly adhere to it, is your teacher like that? Do college students even use or like Schaffer’s format? Is it even used after high school?</p>
<p>We don’t really have strict formats for essays. A paragraph can have any number of sentences and essays can have any number of paragraphs as long as they’re the right number of pages and have an intro and conclusion that are interesting and provide some new information.
We can’t use first person or rhetorical questions.</p>
<p>In my school, we adhere to the Classical Model. I’ve honestly never heard of it that format before.</p>
<p>Does everyone’s school have a format they use? We use MLA and APA in formal papers, but those aren’t really the same. Paragraphs in my school are just…groups of sentences that express a single idea with evidence.</p>
<p>It depends on which classes you’re taking.
An APUSH essay is much different than an APLAC essay (Classical Model).
Essays from traditional classrooms follow a five paragraph format, with a three-part thesis.</p>
<p>Just looked it up. Looks as horrendous as it is.</p>
<p>Thats what the freshman do at my school. It really doesn’t allow for the development of ideas becuase you just end up trying to fill the slots with trite statements, usually plot summaries or obvious facts.</p>