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]

Oh, I'm glad. I hate people who use logic. Even as I wrote that I felt dirty all over.

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

Hey! I use logic! Just not for, y'know, this.

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

oh...

oh dear...

*shakes head*

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

*hides*

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

ok, I have to know what that icon is of.

please, oh Collector. you're my only hope.

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

It's a Quadron, a subspecies of a race of creatures called 'modrons.' They exist in a setting called Planescape- a setting for D&D. You should be able to look this stuff up on Wikipedia. The icon was made by active_apathy, who is very good value and highly entertaining.

Hope that helps.

[I am such a nerd.]

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah. I would go Wiki, but I am too lazy.

It certainly does help, thanks :)

[me too. shhhh don't tell anyone]

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

RANDOM DAVID IS A NEH-ERD!

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

WITCH! None could know, bar through witchcraft!

*brandishes torch*

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

Planescape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planescape).

Modrons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modron_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29).

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

Haha! Thanks :D