Timmy

December 4, 2006

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WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT?

Who remembers that nutrition paper I did a couple weeks ago? I fretted over the fact that I didn’t know how to do research. I ended up abusing scholar.google.com. The end result was a paper barely on the third page. I felt horrible. I tried, and I failed. But I decided it’s better to die on my feet, than live on my knees. (No, we’re not talking oral sex.) So I took my shitty paper and handed it in. It didn’t even have page numbers, so I made sure to write them in ink. I didn’t even have it stapled.

We got them back today. He went on a mini-tirade about how you should NEVER use the personal I and Me in your papers. Except I know this rule and purposely break it because I’m the man. GRAWRRR!!! I’M A MAN!! :: slams his balls down on the table ::

GGGAHHHHH!

:: curls into fetal position ::

(I gotta stop doing that!)

I almost didn’t want to look. I’d fail and it would just eat at me. I thought I’d just tuck it away and read the comments after the semester was over. But I decided to look anyway. At the end of my paper, I wrote a little apology for it being so bad. I figured maybe he’d at least take pity with my final grade, for trying.

I saw this:

On the contary, your paper is informative and well written. It has the flair of a prolific writer. Grade A-

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*blinks*

What?

Huh?

WHAT?!!!

I stared at the paper for a little bit. This can’t be true. The paper was barely over three pages!

I went up and asked him. He reiterated: “It has flair.” I told him that he said “No fluff”, so I didn’t have any fluff, thus why the paragraphs were so short. He said it was fine.

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I don’t get it. This does not compute! Is he getting old? He bitches and complains about The Man so often, there must be some sort of trick here! He complained about how hard it is to grade research papers because they’re so boring. Did he give me an A because it was easy to read, sited to all hell, and short? “Ah, I’m done! And he wrote clearly! A!”

I do not know. I do not understand. All I know is that I got an A- when I thought I was going to fail. KICK ASS. :: slams his cock in the table authoritatively :: BAAAH!!! I’M A WRITER, BITCH! I INVENTED ENGLISH!

'Rella

December 5, 2006

You rock. Be well,

eucatastrophe.

If you invented english, bitch, why did I write more words than you last year? Huh? Huh?Actually, around here the correct response for me would’ve been, “Your MOM invented english!” to which you should say, “Your mom’s FACE invented english! Oooh, buuuurn!”Anyway. Way to be, Timmy. =DLaura Margaret

I want your teacher. ~

abbygirlforeverold

Having never stumbled across your diary before, my first assement is mostly positive. Your prof was right – you do have flair.

why can’t all profs be like this? it would make my days less stressful… 🙂

Mom To Three Angels

well, congrats! 🙂 i’m glad you did better than you thought you would! 🙂

Congrats On A Half Assed Attempt Turned Successful! You Go Boy!

and that is why I hate subjective grading. You can NEVER tell if you are going to get an A or an F. I hope your balls AND cock don’t hurt too much after all that table slamming.

That last part gave me a fabulous mental image

I just now realized that I totally butchered the word “assessment” in my last note. I’m sure you got the point. You’re welcome.

Pixel

Nice job. But you did not invent english. 😉

Cassie

You went up to a teacher to question an “A” I would have quietly sneaked away and hoped no one noticed what may have been a mistake 😛

LOL you crack me up! Congrats! 🙂 Rose

Mother Dragon

I have to agree with on a wire; I would’ve taken the A and ran! But kudos to you for asking about it! And for the A!

heh! So if you invented English…why is opposum spelled with an O?

runningwithscissors

Did it bounce?

stars of blue

awesome. congrats!

One Angry Dwarf

December 6, 2006

I love it when that happens. To think you’ve truly failed at something, and to have someone who (presumably) knows what they’re doing tell you otherwise, is like. BAM. Ego boost of the century. Of course, when the A you expected turns out to be a D-, it’s soul-crushing and often drives people to the brink of insanity. Or maybe that’s just me.

Jane Says

The best grade I ever got on a paper was in 6th grade. I had forgotten to write it beforehand and dashed it out quickly that morning on the school bus. Not only was it messy as hell, but I based it on the video game Gauntlet because I had no ideas of what to write about. I also wrote an AP Bio paper like that my senior year – didn’t do the requisite note cards, extensive research, etc. -wrote it in a dead heat at 5am the day it was due and pulled an A-. Go figure. I like to think it’s because I’m brilliant under pressure, but I tend to agree with you that it’s probably just shorter and easier to read so the instructor likes that about it.

Woosah

Good job!

Window

LOL you invented english. Don’t think about it all to much an A is an A! Good job man.

rock on big man! You know..if I was a Prof I would be happy with shorter to the point papers. Its like listening to your spouse ramble about absolute crap when in reality they just wanted you to pick up a gallon of milk. What you end up hearing though is how the neighbor dropped her bag of groceries and they helped and then all kinds of gossip ensues and after 30 minutes of crap you hear..”oh andshe had milk and it reminded me that we need some so can you pick it up on your way home?”

Ah Timmy c’mon. We all know you’re an excellent writer; I have no idea why you’re so surprised.

Can *you* imagine having to read and grade the drivel that kids pass in as work? Something that’s easy to read is a joy. And communicating complex topics well is a skill worth cultivating.

Lessoff

i have been doing this college thing for almost 7 years now….i have teachers that love the I and you thing but i have others that refuse it. its crazy. i did submit a crapy theology paper that i probably got an A on (i havent gotten it back yet). but i knew that teacher was an easy grader.

Jennifer*Shane

*giggles* if i had a nickel for every person this semester who told me they kicked ass on a shit paper, i… well okay, i woudn’t be rich… but i might have enough money to buy a triple shot latte? (*snickers*… ass… shit… yea i’m mature)

FireBug02

It’s a proven fact that papers you hate, your profs will love. At least that’s what always seems to happen. Now I bank on it. 😉 Go ice down your poor abused cock’n’balls.

Brain_Tomahawk

ahh you just said it at the end. Cited to hell. People cite terribly, so if you pulled that off well, you were going to pass outright. Take a couple more history classes and you’ll see what I mean!