Why I write for an essay mill

Many people are critical of Essay Mills but as the author says: "I operate on the assumption that the student I’m working for will have little or no personal interaction with academic staff", despite paying higher tuition fees than ever, students are still not getting the support that they need from the UK university system.

"students are still not getting the support that they need from the UK university system." This is typical of the self-justification of such essay mills. They have no idea and do not care how much support/contact time a particular student actually has access to, they just want to take the money- they should be upfront about that and stop trying to fool anyone that they have an honest business.

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I write for an essay mill. The pay can be really good, $50 for an hours work? Ok! Got my PhD in history, but the schools chose to cut jobs and create online courses. Want your students to make more forum posts? I guess you can pretend that they are writing them... What can I say, I'd teach history for minimum wage, but academia has failed to create the jobs, preferring instead to hire celebrity profs with bloated salaries. It's not my fault you can't tell if your student actually understands the material. Maybe you should hire more staff and reduce class sizes? It's always disconcerting to get the orders from nursing students and aerospace engineer seniors, but its not my problem. I've got bills to pay .

Sophie 1. It is all about self justification. That is what they are doing when they claim a university is not delivering so it is OK to cheat. They have no idea if the university is failing or not- it is irrelevant to them. I do work in a university and I make time to help the students because it is my job to do so. Your blanket assertion that most staff do not have the time is not grounded in evidence. 2. Of course there is a burden on the university to provide a proper service, no one is denying that. 3. What is this? A sixth form argument at best.

"The agencies are surprisingly thorough in hiring writers, which surprised me." Another 2:1?

I've hit rock bottom and can't see a way through unemployment. I am trying very hard to get a job (I'm not limiting myself to academia) but although I've many skills and good experience funding across many areas has been cut. It's been tactfully suggested that I leave out some of the qualifications on my CV (by someone who works for the same department that funded my PhD) but my qualifications have been published and the idea of doing this doesn't rest well with me. I am under extreme pressure to get a job, my back is against the wall and if it is the students who can put work my way, help me pay the bills and relieve pressure then I may need to travel this path but it will be with a heavy heart and great reluctance. At one time I'd have been horrified at the idea but I now understand why people need to do it and needs must.

There are situations - and there are circumstances; some are relevant - some are not. The bottom line is that " ghost writers" and " Essay Mills" are nothing but a product supplied on demand; a demand generated by a superficial, flawed and basically dishonest teaching system. A System bordering on the one side by the Academic Dons & Sons Inc., and by the Penitentiary Community Ltd., on the other. Hence the question: why should the E-Mills output be regarded as "morally questionable", while the lack of interest, almost non - existent interaction with the students and robotized lectures of academic dons is regarded as "standard grade" higher education ? Have you seen any of the Harry Potter movies? Did you enjoy the marvelous lectures on witchcraft? The author herself was a teacher - and a good one, apparently. The first of Harry Potter's books was on students' education and formation - while keeping in mind all along the final goal; nor was "continuing education" forgotten - in some of the subsequent Rowling books... Do the Academic Dons from Oxbridge really rise up to the teaching standards featured in the Harry Potter series? Essay Mills were born out of necessity; because students are sometimes bored, sometimes exceeded by the mind-darkening volume of bibliography - or simply because their choice of higher education was inadequate. So...

Very sadly, a year on things haven't really changed for me and, in some ways, are worse (if that's possible). I am spending my life looking for work and I have tried. My impression is I'll really struggle to get work in H.E. and struggle to get work outside of it (viewed as overqualified). So now I must do what is best for me.

There is absolutely nothing ethical about Colleges and Universities accepting unimaginable amounts of money every year for degrees like Community Development or Gender Ethics while knowing full well that the consumers who buy these courses will end up dealing coffee at Starbucks.

Gosh, I hope that aeronautics engineering student won't be working on the plane for my next flight.