(no subject)
Dear God,
Thank you for the invention of the footnote, and the fact that because it takes up so much room on a page, it can bump a four page paper to the required five.
Love,
Me.
It rather irks me off that 2 out of the 3 papers required for my (senior level) history course have been bullshit crap. I do not see how writing a 5-page review of one of our history texts is of much importance, other than to show the professor who actually bothered to read it. You know what? It's been rather apparent through the semester who has been doing the reading and who has not. In my opinion a research paper is more apt. It allows the student to expand their knowledge of a specific topic covered in the course. Instead I am stuck blathering on for five pages on what I think of the book. I could probably summarize the entire thing in a paragraph. I love history. It's my passion. I feel that in a history class, especially one that is upper-level, a student should be required to explain and interpret facts, rather than give their "feelings" on a textbook or primary source.
Bah.
Thank you for the invention of the footnote, and the fact that because it takes up so much room on a page, it can bump a four page paper to the required five.
Love,
Me.
It rather irks me off that 2 out of the 3 papers required for my (senior level) history course have been bullshit crap. I do not see how writing a 5-page review of one of our history texts is of much importance, other than to show the professor who actually bothered to read it. You know what? It's been rather apparent through the semester who has been doing the reading and who has not. In my opinion a research paper is more apt. It allows the student to expand their knowledge of a specific topic covered in the course. Instead I am stuck blathering on for five pages on what I think of the book. I could probably summarize the entire thing in a paragraph. I love history. It's my passion. I feel that in a history class, especially one that is upper-level, a student should be required to explain and interpret facts, rather than give their "feelings" on a textbook or primary source.
Bah.