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remindmeofthe) wrote2009-12-28 06:42 pm
remindmeofthe) wrote2009-12-28 06:42 pm
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So, Irish Literature and Culture? The class where I handed in a crappy final paper that narrowly made the minimum required length, was padded with quotes, and just barely had a central thesis tying together the individual discussions of works that I pretty much just crapped out as I went along and didn't even proofread, because I was so pissed off about being assigned a seven to ten page paper at the last possible minute during finals period in a class that was a waste of time anyway? Oh, and also the grade for that paper was one of, like, three grades actually contributing to the final grade in the class, and the other two grades were B papers that were definitely way better than that one?
. . . I got a B for that class.
My GPA and I are not complaining, but man, I don't get it. I expected, like, CONSEQUENCES for blowing that paper off the way I did, and I was fine with that. I'm not really a fan of getting grades I don't deserve, good or bad. I'm kinda used to my papers getting better grades than I expect - not to toot my own horn, but that'll happen in classes where you're one of very few people who seem to know how to write a damn paper, or have any talent for it, though I would presume that's less of a factor in higher level English classes - but this one was such a throwaway, I thought for sure it would be different.
Only grade left is the WWI&II class. I give up even trying to guess what I'll get there. The grading for that class is a lot more quantitative, since it's about facts, not analysis, and the professor included multiple choice questions as a major part of testing, but I'm so turned around now I don't know what to think.
. . . I got a B for that class.
My GPA and I are not complaining, but man, I don't get it. I expected, like, CONSEQUENCES for blowing that paper off the way I did, and I was fine with that. I'm not really a fan of getting grades I don't deserve, good or bad. I'm kinda used to my papers getting better grades than I expect - not to toot my own horn, but that'll happen in classes where you're one of very few people who seem to know how to write a damn paper, or have any talent for it, though I would presume that's less of a factor in higher level English classes - but this one was such a throwaway, I thought for sure it would be different.
Only grade left is the WWI&II class. I give up even trying to guess what I'll get there. The grading for that class is a lot more quantitative, since it's about facts, not analysis, and the professor included multiple choice questions as a major part of testing, but I'm so turned around now I don't know what to think.