Wednesday, November 27, 2002
For my X-Phile or Ex-Phile readers (all two of you), I absolutely must include links to this video and that video, both courtesy of Rebecca. They're priceless. I'm particularly fond of the first one, "Close to You". Hee hee.
I had a humbling experience today. You might recall that a few weeks ago, I was revising my "Gone to Texas" story for class. I should note that this was not merely an excuse to get out of writing a paper; that story is one of my favorite things I've ever written, and I really did want to revise it and get another, less biased opinion on it. Which I did. And the opinion was that it is a "B" paper.
This is disappointing, not only because it means I must receive an A on the next paper to get an A in the course, but because the various comments scrawled on each page are quite valid. There is no place where I can indignantly rationalize my mistakes or choices, or put the blame on a fault with my professor's grading. Everything he points out -- missed opportunities for description, poor word choice -- is absolutely true, and it frustrates me that I neglected all that. And the note across the front page should be encouraging, but if anything it's more disappointing: to be told that I've "got the talent" is certainly wonderful, but to also be told that I didn't seize opportunities well enough to realize the talent makes me mentally kick myself.
But you know, out of every class that I've taken this semester, I think this writing course has been the only thing I would consider invaluable. I don't think I've learned nearly as much in any of my other courses over the past few months. The past year, really. It's always somewhat disheartening to confront and correct your faults -- especially in a subject in which you consider yourself to be exceptional -- but even now, I think it's helped me a great deal. Overall it's been a good experience -- an enlightening one.
I'm counting down to the holidays now. I have a week of school left, and then I'm free, hurrah! Hopefully I'll have time to sit around and scribble over the holidays; I'm getting that craving to write something that isn't for class. :)
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