Had a class where the cutoff was 17 years IIRC so it’s entirely possible that sources from the 90s aren’t accepted in their class.
Yeah, I looked at this and wondered what was so surprising about the text; I’m the same age as this incredible paper and I’ve regularly had professors that wouldn’t accept something that old. To be honest, what I landed on is OOP is also a ‘94 baby who’s teaching their first class.
Calling 90’s “late 1900s” is mega weird for anyone who isn’t really young
Being born in 2000 would make you 23 years old today… which means you could feasibly have graduated college by then. So maybe less weird than you think.
Zoomer genocide when
Age is not genetic pal
Can’t make an omelet without cracking some zoomers
It’s not genocide if they aren’t culling based on genetics.
It depends on the field.
In an intro to physics course, I’ve cited the Principia before without issues.
I’ve also cited the Cyropaedia in a philosophy course.
I got a significant penalty for citing a 2013 article for a software design paper.
Reminds me of someone asking how to cite the Bible. Whether or not you can just go “John 3:16” or “His Majesty King James VI of Scotland and I of England, Ireland and France - 1611 ‘Authorised Version’ Translation of The Bible - John Chapter Three Section 16”
Although if you were directly quoting it, I think stating the translation would be more important than if you were referencing it.
Translations are important, and with the Cyropaedia I did need to use the translation. For the Principia, because I wanted to flex, I provided my own translation. I could have cited the text book, but that would be less fun.
The Bible, The Lord; 0 AD
Be bold, dare your teacher to dock you points for it.
What do you do to write for physics, philosophy and software design papers?
I’m working on my third bachelor’s degree.
A degree in the classics pays absolute shit, and math teachers are still paid shit, albeit slightly more than Starbucks. It turns out I hate children more than anticipated.
Okay, that is painful.
However, I think I’m going to start telling people that I was born in the mid-1900s.
They’ll think you’re a time traveller!
As the Beastie Boys so famously put it:
“Ooh, GODDAMN!”
