are essay writing services legit

are essay writing services legit

The Legitimacy of Essay Writing Services

1. Introduction

The internet and the use of essay writing services have brought about a huge transformation in the way in which we find and deliver information. The internet is a complex tapestry of multimedia, multilingual information and in recent years, essay writing services have cropped up which offer essays or pieces of academic work to students in return for a fee. However, the growth of these services, which are now easily accessible through search engines and a variety of different mediums including social media, has meant that it’s become increasingly difficult for students to make decisions about which service to use. My goal in this essay is to explain and analyze the legitimacy of essay writing services. By ‘legitimacy’, I am referring to the fact of whether such services are ethical or correct.

2. Benefits of Essay Writing Services

Going to touch the deadline and confirm that writing of an essay is one thing every student must go through in school. If the deadline is so close, then there is no need to worry. With the many essay writing services coming up, one can be sure to find what is needed. These services are tailor-made to ensure that the specific needs of the clients are met. Despite the many benefits that come with essay writing services, the service must be done in a manner that gives the client what he or she ordered for. First, writing services offer the convenience of having your essay done in a very short time. There are many occasions that a student may be bogged with loads of school work and he has a close deadline to meet. Such a student will not have the time to go and start doing research for his essay. Going to place an order for an essay is as easy as sending an email. It is also possible to choose a writer of your liking from the many professional writers available on the internet. The other benefit that students get from essay writing services is that the work is only original. There is no way a student can be asked to write an essay of another student and that is already posted on one of the many websites. Students have the assurance that the work that is being done for them is only going to be done for them and not resold to other students or posted on the internet. Every essay is researched from scratch in order to make sure that originality is maintained. One very good thing with professional writing services is that the final output is going to be of high quality. The best writing services have a team of writers with high qualifications. These writers are also very proficient in doing research. All the work is done only by experienced researchers who are able to locate the right sources and they are able to complete thorough research. Although essay writing services are a way out for many students, some dishonest writers and writing services have stormed the internet. Many students, especially those who are using these services for the first time, have fallen victims to such online scammers. Such scammers will give students low-quality work or fail to deliver any work after receiving payments. Ethical issues and measures that must be taken to curb such issues is when we shall turn our attention to in the other section of the essay.

3. Ethical Concerns and Criticisms

To set the scene for critically engaging with ethical concerns and criticisms, the essay started with an introduction of the emergence of essay writing services and the benefits of using these services for students. Without explaining why “money-oriented” of service providers are not mentioned in the first place of ethical concerns while it is discussed at the eighth paragraph in the below text. Then the text continued to focus on the ethical issues and the criticisms of such services. It was not follow the order that has been set in the introduction. But it debated whether students should be accused as morally “corrupted” just because they are “lazy” by using these services. Then the writers suggested a more mature view of the choice of using the essay services should be in the hands of the students themselves and they should be trusted to make their own judgments in making the best choices for them, rather than imposing a view on them. After that, the responsibility of the service providers in guaranteeing the quality and originality of the work delivered to students was discussed. Reasons behind the importance of using “turnitin” and significance of the service providers who transfer the risk of being caught of plagiarism to the students are illustrated in this part. It then moved on to another key ethical concern, the potential impacts of using essay services on the study and even career of the students. Far from simply repeating the idea, the writers used a variety of expressions in the essay to emphasis the importance of the writing requirement and “the great benefits a student could gain from learning how to write a well-organized and comprehensive academic paper”. The use of particular words such as “structured”, “logical” and “critical” aims to let the readers feel that the study experience of a student could be enormously enriched through the training of writing. Last but not least, the ethical concerns from the perspectives of lecturers and the possible future development of legislation for regulating the services were examined. The writers have made a clear identification of the need for a balanced argument in the first paragraph of the essay. However, the attempts to engage critically with different ideas and evidence are not sustained clearly and the linking between different ideas is not well established throughout the essay.

4. Addressing the Legitimacy Issue

As mentioned in the introduction section, many critics argue that essay writing services are not legitimate. This point calls for an in-depth discussion which is addressed in this section. From my point of view, the main concern is whether these services help students’ learning in constructive ways. In this regard, many scholars argue that the existing quality metrics often fail to capture the essence of good teaching, particularly taking into account creativity and critical thinking. One of the main causes of concern over essay writing services is in relation to work being plagiarized or being produced by writers of a poor caliber, work which is not original and personalized. Plagiarism is the failure to acknowledge sources or using other people’s work as one’s own. It can arise from not understanding the original work, or by not giving it the full attention it deserves when taking notes. Often, it is the case that good, high quality work is produced but still not reflective of the teaching that the student has received. This is because the work is not a product of the student’s learning and the student has failed to learn anything, which is not the aim of education. As such, if we adopt the position, as many scholars do, that good teaching is intrinsically linked to the student’s capacity to develop, express and critically apply their knowledge, then work produced which does not encourage such attributes is not legitimate. While quality assurance practices such as peer reviews and evaluation framework try to ensure legitimacy, these do not fully address the issue. For instance, we are assuming that all students have the capacity to undertake peer reviews but we know that this is not the case; many students have learning difficulties or commonly, English is not their first language. Also, the competency of certain peers in critically evaluating work is not uniform. Therefore, such practices may result in work being judged as legitimate when it is not.

5. Conclusion

Finally, custom-made essay writing services enjoy legitimacy, considering they possess sufficient freedom and assume accountability in solving academic problems. However, institutions of higher learning should make it a requirement for such services to operate under the aegis of regulations that guarantee their academic soundness. There is need for control measures in the field of essay writing to assure that the conditions of the writers and the expectations of the clients are taken into account. The study has established that several measures can be implemented to enhance the trustworthiness and accountability of these services. Such measures include providing a platform through which clients can air their expectations of the service providers, enforcing legal responsibility among the stakeholders, providing an inclusive environment for competitive business and eliminating fraudulent custom essay services that do not adhere to the stipulated regulations. However, the most effective measure is putting in place legal and administrative measures that assist in checking the legitimacy and academic soundness of these services. The administrators of the custom essay writing companies may create policies that make it mandatory for the writers to express their qualifications, areas of expertise and their preferences for work. This would go a long way in ensuring that the clients are able to discern the nature of services that the particular writer offers. In light of the foregoing, the study recommends the formulation of distinct policies and regulations that will oversee the operations of custom essay writing services. The policies should be designed to afford greater proficiency and accountability in the services. They should seek to create a platform through which the writers and the clients have an improved cooperation that upholds the clients’ welfare. Since technology has made it quite easy for many nefarious custom essay services to operate on the cyberspace, the policies should also pay attention to eliminating fake companies and fraudsters who are out to swindle clients. If the prescribed measures are effectively implemented, the study opines that custom essay services can be relied upon by the students in generating original work that is of substantial academic benefits. Such measures, coupled with the cooperation of the internet stakeholders, would enhance the trustworthiness and the legitimacy of custom essay writing services in a better way.