8th
January 2012
Dear Cassi,
The first
assignment I turned in to grad school was given a do over. I guess I should be
glad they let me rewrite it, but I rather felt the teacher was less than
tactful about the whole thing. I mean, she wanted a more “professional” paper,
but we are just students.
It was my
first paper for this school, and I had no idea what to expect. Not only that
but I turned it in a full day before any other student. You would think that
would have counted for something. I did turn the second copy in last out of the
class I think, however, I was still within the standard due dates so I should
not be penalized.
I’m so sick
at this point that I can only work for a good forty minutes at a time. Around
that time I need to stop and sleep some. I have no memory of ever coughing this
hard, and that has to have a negative impact on my work.
I feel
rotten and I perform in a rotten manner. The worst of this is that having one
bad week in this grad school can have a much larger impact on your grade than
in most other schools. I think the teachers are a little more understanding,
but as a graduate student a C is no longer considered a passing grade.
To add
insult to injury the two classes I have do not operate on the same standard for
what is and is not acceptable in a paper. One class requires me to post the
work in the forum and the other as an attachment. One class requires two page
papers and the other five. The whole thing is a jumble of loosely fitting parts
made to be a cart but swishing across the road hither and thither with no real
direction.
I hope you
feel better than I,
Richard
Leland Neal
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