Woo-Hoo! I just got my first official term paper back!

[LaraMN]

It was written for my "Composition 3310" class, and I was scared, having not written a paper in over four years and being uncertain as to what kind of a grader the professor would be.....


98 % !!!!
and an
"Excellent work.":woohoo:

Have I mentioned that I LOVE SCHOOL, today?

I got about two hours of sleep last night, and I feel like death warmed over, but I'm still smiling!

[Dave Reynolds]

1. Good job!

:applause:

[LaraMN]

4. thanks!

We're having cherry cheesecake after dinner to celebrate, but I don't think I'll make I regular practice of that. I want to get A's, but not at the expense of my thighs!:rofl:

[jeff30997]

2. Congratulations LaraMN !

I'm really happy for you.:toast:

[LaraMN]

6. Thanks!

I'd have a frosty mug later as your smileys suggest, but I
am so tired, I'd pass out for sure, and I promised to go run with my friend.

[Richardo]

3. Woo *and* hoo!

WTG! :bounce:

[LaraMN]

8. Fo' shizzle!

I think....
:P

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Good work!

So what was it on?

[LaraMN]

9. It was a diagnostic essay on journalistic criticism.

I manage to pull politics and the media into everything. :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. I'm not normally one to say this, but...

told'ja so.



:hug:

[LaraMN]

11. I know, I know.

I'm self-deprecating about my writing though. I get PARANOID. I read the paper again when I got it back and, of course, decided I don't like it. Ah well, it served its purpose, anyway. :rofl: Thanks for your support, OR. It really helped :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Lara......

Congrats! And may this be only the first of many such triumphs!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[LaraMN]

12. Oh it better be! Handing in my work is like throwing myself naked onto

a table for scrutiny beneath a thousand-watt light. I just turned in another paper today, and it was torturous to write, and painful to turn over. I second-guess every word I type! Thanks, Peggy!:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Second-guessing is a good thing

I used to tell reporters, "Words are powerful. You'd better have a damned good reason for every one you write."

[Whoa_Nelly]

13. WTG, LaraMN!!!

[LaraMN]

21. Thank you, thank you, you're too kind!

[realisticphish]

14. great job

but abandon faith all ye who enter here... they're just luring you in with easy grades.

Sorry for the cynicism, but i'm a third year in college... i long ago realized that term papers are a direct tool of satan :evilgrin:

[LaraMN]

22. It's my third year, as well.

According to my credits earned, anyway. Third year, third school...I *ought* to be a pro by now. I took the last four years off.

[realisticphish]

25. ahhh ok nt

[LaraMN]

26. Your sig always cracks me up.

:rofl:

[huskerlaw]

15. Congrats!

:woohoo:

[LaraMN]

23. Merci!

:thumbsup:

[GalleryGod]

16. Well..I guess she went out running....

Well done, indeed ! Ms. Lara of Minnesota !

[LaraMN]

20. Missed my run. Hubby had plans and went out.

No one to sit with the kids, so rather than run, I'm hangin' out here for a bit!

[ET Awful]

17. You ROCK!

[LaraMN]

24. I try!

[applegrove]

19. Excellent!

[swag]

27. Nice going, sis.

Get some good sleep and bask in the afterglow for a few days.

You kicked ass.

[LaraMN]

28. Now I have to write a speech for Monday.

I'm taking tonight off, though!

[rockymountaindem]

29. You're a punk. A punk!!! And a sissy!!!

Here at my school, the average grade is supposed to be 65%, and if everybody in a class does too well a review board can suppress our grades and reprimand the prof, and there ain't a damn thing we can do about it!

A 98% on a paper!?!?!? Ha! Over here we'd practically sell our dignity for an 80%...

Sorry, I'm just grumbling as I pour my soul into another paper I'm sure won't rate above an A- around here, on a good day.

[LaraMN]

30. It's independent study. From the way the syllabus sounds,

about 2/3 of students don't even pass, because they fail to get their work in. I don't think it's real competitive where I'm at either!

I'm a punk and a sissy!:rofl: I AM an overachiever, then!

[rockymountaindem]

31. Hey, the more people here who suck, the better it is for me.

Since only a limited number of people can get As in any given course, anybody who doesn't want to turn in their work only helps me. One time somebody told me "a lot of people I know in our class didn't even finish the exam". My reaction was a Peter Griffinesque "sweeeeet".

The administration has turned me against my fellow students :cry:

[LaraMN]

32. I always loved classes that were graded on a curve.

There was typically some *element* that insured that I didn't have to attain perfection to get an A.

[rockymountaindem]

34. Except there's no curve

If everybody does poorly, that's more acceptable than if everybody does well. Only some science classes are graded on a curve. In history, they just give out grades to keep the class within the parameters. There's little you can do about it.

[LaraMN]

36. That's just cruel!

Ouch!

[rockymountaindem]

38. Yeah, well, I picked this place because it's big with a small school vibe

and because there were no required classes outside my discipline. The grading thing really blindsided me.

[liberaltrucker]

33. HUGE congrats!!!

:toast:

[Shine]

35. Congrats to you!!

:yourock:

[LaraMN]

37. Thanks, Shine!

It's very empowering being back in school. I am loving it.

[Maddy McCall]

39. Great for you!

:toast: