or so help me
Mar. 18th, 2009 12:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pretty_cynicalI woke up this morning around 7:30 to Dad yelling at me, nearly in tears because no one told me that I was coming into school early. There's nothing I hate more than my parents just assuming I know I have to go in early. Luckily, I put my backpack together last night and had an outfit together, so it only took me a few minutes to get ready, but I hadn't eaten breakfast or gotten a snack to take to school, so I was still rushing around. Dad ended up coming back to get me after taking Monica, which I was incredibly thankful for. But I could have used the extra half-hour of sleep - I've been incredibly tired these past few days.
I was pleased to find out when I turned on the TV this morning that I was not alone in being woken up earlier than I wanted to be - David Gregory had to get up early to fill in for Matt Lauer on The Today Show, and I was excited to see him. Also, it's supposed to rain today, so that makes me feel a little bit better despite my rough start this morning.
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We did another round of peer editing in English for our second papers, and it went about the same as the first one: I furiously edited other people's papers while others made minimal (if any) edits to my paper. Plus, the professor ripped my paper apart because it wasn't totally complete - I didn't have a conclusion, and I didn't site any of my sources in the paper, which furthered his doubts about me acutally having any. I did, and I planned to write a conclusion, but I wasn't going to put any of that in the rough draft if he wasn't going to read the whole thing anyway. I'll have it polished by next Wednesday, when the final copy is due.
I did a really hard time editing one other person's paper. One of the male students in my class wrote about the debate over abortion, a very controversial topic that usually doesn't get written about in schools. I was reading over the paper and making edits - I had a really hard time getting through it not only because his paragraphs were so short and disjointedly connected, but his arguments weren't very strong. One thing that stood out for me in the paper was that he gave the dictionary definition of responsibility, and said that under that definition, an abortion was the most responsible thing a woman could do to get rid of her child. I felt really uncomfortable reading the paper, because I feel that a man doesn't have the same stake in the issue that a woman does, and if he was going to raise the issue, he should at least get his facts straight. I brought up the issue with the professor, asking him if it was even an appropriate topic to write a paper on in the class - I mentioned that my Speech professor last semester forbid us from making speeches on abortion or the death penalty, since they were so controversial they were better left alone - but he said it's an okay topic, as long they had well developed arguments (that angered me a lot), and just to write him a note expressing my opinion; I did, and I wonder if it had any impact. I told Mommy about it afterwards and she suggested having one of the male students read it, because they'd be in the same mindset. I agreed with her, but I did say that I'm probably the most aggressive editor in the class other than the professor, and all of the males in the class are idiots.
Received my first paper back, received an 87%, the lowest grade in the "excellent" range, which surprised me, given how much contempt the professor has for me. He also made a comment on my paper that while I'm sure was meant to be a joke, but I didn't think it was that funny: I wrote in my introduction that the only downside to television was the increasingly explicit content, and he commented "Only one? Have you seen the NBC lineup?" YES SIR, I HAVE. HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FAVORITE NETWORK. THEY DON'T SUCK AS MUCH AS FOX, YO.
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I took my Film midterm today! It was super-super easy, and I'm pretty confident I've got an A in the class so far. Due to this awesomeness, I present you with the Away We Go trailer (HALLO THAR ALLISON JANNEY, I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE IN THIS MOVIE) and as an addendum to my previous post, the bloopers to Monsters Inc. HILARIOUS.
I'll do a TV review post later, as this one is getting long, and I haven't totally gathered my thoughts. In short: SUCKY.
I was pleased to find out when I turned on the TV this morning that I was not alone in being woken up earlier than I wanted to be - David Gregory had to get up early to fill in for Matt Lauer on The Today Show, and I was excited to see him. Also, it's supposed to rain today, so that makes me feel a little bit better despite my rough start this morning.
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We did another round of peer editing in English for our second papers, and it went about the same as the first one: I furiously edited other people's papers while others made minimal (if any) edits to my paper. Plus, the professor ripped my paper apart because it wasn't totally complete - I didn't have a conclusion, and I didn't site any of my sources in the paper, which furthered his doubts about me acutally having any. I did, and I planned to write a conclusion, but I wasn't going to put any of that in the rough draft if he wasn't going to read the whole thing anyway. I'll have it polished by next Wednesday, when the final copy is due.
I did a really hard time editing one other person's paper. One of the male students in my class wrote about the debate over abortion, a very controversial topic that usually doesn't get written about in schools. I was reading over the paper and making edits - I had a really hard time getting through it not only because his paragraphs were so short and disjointedly connected, but his arguments weren't very strong. One thing that stood out for me in the paper was that he gave the dictionary definition of responsibility, and said that under that definition, an abortion was the most responsible thing a woman could do to get rid of her child. I felt really uncomfortable reading the paper, because I feel that a man doesn't have the same stake in the issue that a woman does, and if he was going to raise the issue, he should at least get his facts straight. I brought up the issue with the professor, asking him if it was even an appropriate topic to write a paper on in the class - I mentioned that my Speech professor last semester forbid us from making speeches on abortion or the death penalty, since they were so controversial they were better left alone - but he said it's an okay topic, as long they had well developed arguments (that angered me a lot), and just to write him a note expressing my opinion; I did, and I wonder if it had any impact. I told Mommy about it afterwards and she suggested having one of the male students read it, because they'd be in the same mindset. I agreed with her, but I did say that I'm probably the most aggressive editor in the class other than the professor, and all of the males in the class are idiots.
Received my first paper back, received an 87%, the lowest grade in the "excellent" range, which surprised me, given how much contempt the professor has for me. He also made a comment on my paper that while I'm sure was meant to be a joke, but I didn't think it was that funny: I wrote in my introduction that the only downside to television was the increasingly explicit content, and he commented "Only one? Have you seen the NBC lineup?" YES SIR, I HAVE. HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FAVORITE NETWORK. THEY DON'T SUCK AS MUCH AS FOX, YO.
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I took my Film midterm today! It was super-super easy, and I'm pretty confident I've got an A in the class so far. Due to this awesomeness, I present you with the Away We Go trailer (HALLO THAR ALLISON JANNEY, I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE IN THIS MOVIE) and as an addendum to my previous post, the bloopers to Monsters Inc. HILARIOUS.
I'll do a TV review post later, as this one is getting long, and I haven't totally gathered my thoughts. In short: SUCKY.
