Well this week was a very fast week because of our day off on Monday due to holidays so I thought that, that would make it a very good week because we missed a day of class but I was wrong. I felt like this caused this week to be extra difficult because we had to still do all the work like if we were in class just that we had to be a bit more independent about it.
So I finished writing my first draft of my WP1 over the weekend before Dr. Martin Luther King day and I thought it was fine, but then I came back to Santa Barbara on Monday and could not help but to go over it. I actually do a lot of editing and switching around but I thought it was a pretty good paper. Then when we went to class on Wednesday I was ready to get a lot of feedback on my paper but I did not get much. I think that peer editing each other's paper is waste of time because we are not hard enough on each other. If my paper is shitty I want someone to tell me that, not sugar coat everything and then when the day comes to turn it in to the teacher it is crap and I get a bad grade so I was kind of upset during class on Wednesday. On top of that I kind of fill picked on in that class because I like to volunteer a lot but whatever. SO then after class I emailed the professor to see if he could give me feedback on my paper because I really want to get a good grade on it and I want to see how I can have a PERFECT paper, but he said no because it was not fair to others. Hmmm well this upset me even more because I was going out of my way for help from him since he is always preaching about how helpful he is and I really really really wanted YOUR help Mr. but you said no. I really wanted to be like "well it is not my fault my classmates bullshit there way around class and do not ask for help unlike me. I am sorry that I am a slower learner but I would really appreciate your help". Anyways this week has just been a horrible week and this class did not make it any better so yee. I just thlogged my life away.
Hi Cassy,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you're having a rough week.
I'd like to address some of the thoughts/feelings you laid out in your thlog, namely, that I'm not here to support you. I am here to support you, and I will be reading your paper and giving you the best feedback I can give you -- that, literally, starts happening tomorrow. In my email response to you, I didn't say it'd be unfair to others (although that claim holds some weight). What I wrote was "if you have a specific question or two about a specific part of your paper, feel free to pass it along and I'll give you my thoughts." I think that's fair. You may not realize it on your (the student's) end, but on my (the instructor's) end, it's just not possible to read 25 5-page papers every single week. Again, that's my job this upcoming week.
The kind of 1-on-1, "whole paper" feedback that you're looking for is what office hours are for -- and even then, your whole paper might be an unrealistic goal. Usually, we pick out a few important aspects that you're concerned with and try to focus on that.
While I appreciate your honest thoughts in this thlog, I think you might want to try to strike a more positive, less assumptive tone. I'm here for you, I'm on your side, and I'm doing the best job that I can.
Zack