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Another day....
Feb. 23rd, 2005 09:38 amThe good news is that I've managed to write about a page and a half to two pages since last I typed at y'all. This is very good news. In fact, I may be going back and adding a few paragraphs earlier in this section which will up my page count even more. The distressing thing is I might be giving too much background without getting into the actual meat of the discussion itself. I see the background as informing the discussion--it certainly broadened my understanding--but it might be taking up too much of the paper. I dunno. Also, I've pretty much refrained from much narrative, which pleases me, but is sure to confuse my seminar prof. Which, I must admit, pleases me. heh. I'm so petty.
I've also realized that this isn't a thesis. It's a very long essay. As undergraduate work, I'm not expected to break tremendous new ground in my writing; my work is a synthesis of other studies, along with a healthy dose of my "spin" on everything, which is as it should be. I'm not sure that's how my seminar prof sees things, though...he's having everyone do "presentations" of their work on 3 subsequent Mondays (I'm going on 3/14, thank goodness) and he finally just sent out his little guidelines. (He'd told us we'd have them by mid-quarter. He's late, what a shock!) These guidelines simply frustrate me and stress me out. Which seems to be what he's good at. What a crappy teacher. Anyway, he seems to think this should be a thesis. He's an idiot. Thank god for my real advisor...
On the other hand, I'm nearly 1/3 of the way done, minimum page-count-wise, which is a very good thing.
Amythyst's mother arrives today for a visit, which is...I don't know how it is. She very much does not want to disrupt my work, but...well, it's gonna happen. No matter what any of us do, it's gonna disrupt my work. sigh I'm probably going to have to do something I really didn't want to do and drop out of Strahd's game for a week or two. Or three, possibly. After that, though, I'll be free. Very free. Which is something that just kind of hit me emotionally yesterday. I was walking to the bus after my second class and I realized that soon I'd be doing that for the last time. (The final for said class will be the last thing I have to do.) I could not believe how happy that made me. I need to get the hell out of school.
But for now, I have to finish the fershluginer essay. sigh I promise more entertaining posts to come...I keep thinking of fun things to talk about...when I'm nowhere near a computer.....
I've also realized that this isn't a thesis. It's a very long essay. As undergraduate work, I'm not expected to break tremendous new ground in my writing; my work is a synthesis of other studies, along with a healthy dose of my "spin" on everything, which is as it should be. I'm not sure that's how my seminar prof sees things, though...he's having everyone do "presentations" of their work on 3 subsequent Mondays (I'm going on 3/14, thank goodness) and he finally just sent out his little guidelines. (He'd told us we'd have them by mid-quarter. He's late, what a shock!) These guidelines simply frustrate me and stress me out. Which seems to be what he's good at. What a crappy teacher. Anyway, he seems to think this should be a thesis. He's an idiot. Thank god for my real advisor...
On the other hand, I'm nearly 1/3 of the way done, minimum page-count-wise, which is a very good thing.
Amythyst's mother arrives today for a visit, which is...I don't know how it is. She very much does not want to disrupt my work, but...well, it's gonna happen. No matter what any of us do, it's gonna disrupt my work. sigh I'm probably going to have to do something I really didn't want to do and drop out of Strahd's game for a week or two. Or three, possibly. After that, though, I'll be free. Very free. Which is something that just kind of hit me emotionally yesterday. I was walking to the bus after my second class and I realized that soon I'd be doing that for the last time. (The final for said class will be the last thing I have to do.) I could not believe how happy that made me. I need to get the hell out of school.
But for now, I have to finish the fershluginer essay. sigh I promise more entertaining posts to come...I keep thinking of fun things to talk about...when I'm nowhere near a computer.....
