Frustrated.

[eisoj5]

Today I got a couple of assignments back from 501. One was a revised assignment from when the professor had given us a B- because we weren't detailed enough; we got a B+ this time because she still didn't think we'd been specific in the right places (if you want a summary of a section in the beginning of the paper and then want an explanation of the content of that section in a latter portion of the paper, do you expect a fully detailed description of that section in the SUMMARY?). The second was a write-up of observing this professional development session the class went to a while back. I got an incomplete, because I hadn't made explicit ties to what we'd learned in class. Well, the professional development session was on writing, and at the time we'd gone, we hadn't covered writing at all yet. So how the hell was I supposed to make ties to something we hadn't read anything for? I can probably revise that, too, but with all the OTHER assignments she's piled on us (big fucking research paper and this "development of a role" paper due next week that I don't have any clue how detailed she wants THAT to be), not to mention the THREE OTHER CLASSES I HAVE, I don't have a whole lot of time to fix this one. And yes, I know I should be working on the paper that's due tomorrow, but I'm just so frustrated right now. I don't have anything against the prof personally; she's been having a rough year, and I understand that. But it would be so much more helpful if she was more careful about what she said she wanted for things now; my previous assignments have all gone fine. It's just these last few that haven't been very clear (and the one that we presented on today WASN'T ON THE ORIGINAL SYLLABUS) and it's so goddamn annoying and I really, really, really don't want a B in this class.

Yes, I know. It's a B.

It's grad school. Getting a B is not a good thing.

(If I get a B in Carla's class, I'll be happy, though, hellosarah.)

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[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know. It's a B.

GAAH. I totally get that though - it's the *principle* of the thing.

:hugs and empathizes:

Linzee