>need to write an essay with a friend
>I wrote a first draft, I admit that I had a poor reading of the source (some chapters of Anti-Duhring)
>sent to friend
>he's 10 year older and has a masters degree (I'm 22)
>he simply improves the text in every way
>he adds things that I knew but, for some inane reason, didn't put in my own text
>also, the text flows so much better
I feel so fucking embarrassed. I don't know why I didn't put half the things he put in there even though I knew them. When he sent the text back to me it made so much more sense. He also had a couple of hours to read and make corrections, while I spent much more time.
How do I become a better reader and a better writer, friends? I'm tired of being humiliated in the academy. I don't know if it's because I'm just being lazy and not reading the texts properly, or maybe because I'm not writing all the author's points down. All I know is that when I read what I write after some time I just feel disgusted. All the paragraphs are so simple and bleak, they barely give any good information.
Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language.
kys
>>8068029
thanks
>>8068021
I feel inadequate in academia too.
I guess just write down your ideas and work longer on the text, read slow, and read more than once.
>>8068021
He has 10 years on you. Only way to get to his level is to read more and write more.
>>8068021
>not being a natural talent
wew lad I'd tell you to kill yourself but then you'll just write a shitty suicide note that you won't get right either lmao
