{"id":80410,"date":"2023-06-05T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=80410"},"modified":"2023-06-04T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T12:50:37","slug":"qotd-the-four-types-of-college-papers-for-english-majors-4-the-old-switcheroo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/06\/05\/qotd-the-four-types-of-college-papers-for-english-majors-4-the-old-switcheroo\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: The four types of college papers for English Majors &#8211; 4. The Old Switcheroo"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; padding: 0px 0px 10px 25px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Only superstars write the Old Switcheroo. But if you pull this off, the sky is the limit. You might end up as a Senator or in the Cabinet, or have a prominent byline in a newspaper of record.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the Old Switcheroo turns everything into its opposite. If you master this technique, you can prove anything, no matter how implausible. Water isn&#8217;t wet. War is Peace. We have always been at war with Eastasia. You name it.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody thinks that Shakespeare&#8217;s <em>King Lear<\/em> is a tragedy, but for the Old Switcheroo, you prove that it&#8217;s actually a comedy. Everybody thinks that Mozart is a great composer, but you prove that he stole everything he wrote from Salieri&#8217;s butler. <em>Frankenstein<\/em> wasn&#8217;t a monster, but a respected scientist. Etc. etc.<\/p>\n<p>Up is down. Black is white. Fire is ice.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, the Old Switcheroo is A+ work, and no fooling. Even more, it&#8217;s a surefire path to career success. There&#8217;s just one tiny problem: The people who master the Old Switcheroo are batshit crazy and have a psychological profile dangerously close to that of a serial killer. They might end up in the White House, but you wouldn&#8217;t trust them to house-sit your chia pet.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Gioia, <a href=\"https:\/\/tedgioia.substack.com\/p\/the-4-types-of-colleges-papers-for\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The 4 Types of College papers for English Majors&#8221;, <em>The Honest Broker<\/em><\/a>, 2023-02-27.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only superstars write the Old Switcheroo. But if you pull this off, the sky is the limit. You might end up as a Senator or in the Cabinet, or have a prominent byline in a newspaper of record. That&#8217;s because the Old Switcheroo turns everything into its opposite. 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