Discovery!

[highlyeccentric]

I have hit upon a method of ensuring a more balanced response to returned Anglo-Saxon essays. Normally, I read them through from the begining, become dismayed by all the very obvious errors therein, and grow so cranky at myself that by the time i get to the nice comments at the end I don't believe "well done, excellently researched essay with some great ideas". Then I stomp around the house for interminable lengths of time, cranky with myself for obvious errors, wishing i could be angry at my awesome teacher for being right, and wondering why i didn't stick with nice granddad lecturers who return essays with "well done Amy, you got 84 things right, but you discount Adela of Blois" and little more. And I write entries like this.

Melanie returned my essay on Þyncan yesterday. My new Balanced Approach entails me not looking at the essay immediately. In fact, it entails me not looking at it at all until both Kate and I are home. Then I get Kate to get the essay, flip it open to the back, tell me what the mark is and read me the comments at the end. Only when I have properly internalised this positive overall feedback am I allowed to read the detailed constructive comments. (And if the overall feedback turned out to be negative, then, well... I was going to be really really cranky anyway, wasn't I?)

As a result, today I am alternately stomping and smiling my way around my room.

Comments

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

It's nice having friends that can appreciate my Douglas Adams-inspired insanity.

:)

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

i just appreciate you :) because you are cooooool

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

your cool is of a far superior coolness than mine. Mine is milky tea to your shot of espresso, Italian style.

*hugs*

oh, hey, did you notice that I wasn't a complete spaz the last two times we hugged?! My pendant was kinda digging in to my chest both times, and I'm sorry if it was for you too, but I think overall they were good, solid hugs, no?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

yes, they were good solid hugs :)
sorry about pendant-stabbage, though.

damn, can't i be tea? i don't like coffee!

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

That was my fault if anyone's. No need for you to apologise, though I would forgive you in a heartbeat.

But then the metaphor doesn't work, does it? I guess I could change it to:
Mine is the hot chocolate to your Italian Hot Chocolate/Melted Chocoloate Masterpiece They Refused To Serve Me Because It Was That Awesome.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

haha, i can deal with that metaphor!