I started re-working my final sociology paper today...choosing basically to focus on that because it will be two-thirds of my grade. If I feel I absolutely must have some kind of notes for Tuesday, I might use a chapter summary or two, although I have to say that said summaries feel incomplete for the depth of the material covered.
I say started because it didn't take long for the editor in me to show up. It's not a bad thing, really...isn't doing stuff like this supposed to be a process anyway? But when I edited one of the two essays I answered, I think I more than edited it...I tore it apart. It was a case of "this doesn't work, period...this fits somewhere else...", that kind of stuff. At times it was difficult to keep my thoughts straight. But reviewing material from the text helped me get to halfway done with my personal editing before my brain said it had enough. (this took the better part of three hours, I am not known for fast thinking).
In the process I saw an extra page tacked on to my total for the thing. The minimum was 7-8, and I know have nine and a half. Oops. But I'm probably going to leave it that way; my midterm was two pages over the minimum and that wasn't penalized, there is no indication that going over will hurt here either.
I also couldn't help but notice that my sister's wedding in two weeks was aggravating some of my stress from yesterday...that's a different entry for a different day (probably tomorrow).
I say started because it didn't take long for the editor in me to show up. It's not a bad thing, really...isn't doing stuff like this supposed to be a process anyway? But when I edited one of the two essays I answered, I think I more than edited it...I tore it apart. It was a case of "this doesn't work, period...this fits somewhere else...", that kind of stuff. At times it was difficult to keep my thoughts straight. But reviewing material from the text helped me get to halfway done with my personal editing before my brain said it had enough. (this took the better part of three hours, I am not known for fast thinking).
In the process I saw an extra page tacked on to my total for the thing. The minimum was 7-8, and I know have nine and a half. Oops. But I'm probably going to leave it that way; my midterm was two pages over the minimum and that wasn't penalized, there is no indication that going over will hurt here either.
I also couldn't help but notice that my sister's wedding in two weeks was aggravating some of my stress from yesterday...that's a different entry for a different day (probably tomorrow).
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