Effectiveness or readings

"What is an Academic Paper?" gives a much more constructive, though boring, actually makes a good point. Breaking down each element of any college-level paper and giving you a solid structure is the strongest part of this paper. However, the sheer length of the paper would be enough to daunt a student from trying to go the extra mile on a paper they think is fine. In this, the paper could probably be written in a shorter, more compact format.

On that note, "How to write a Consistently Boring Statement" does a good job of staying interesting while keeping the length short enough to keep the reader engaged. However, the overall content is definitely lacking in real application. Though some points are helpful, most of the paper is just fluff. Of course the biggest problem with this paper is the title. Who in their right mind would want to, or get excited about, knowing how to write boring? The title can be viewed as something of a satire, but it isn't; the paper does do a good job informing the reader how to write boring, if that's any consolation.