Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Paper Chase

This is funny. I found both of these links with Stumble Upon in this order.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2kUHHB/siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/10-things-that-make-grading-your-assignment-harder-than-it-should-be//

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#29eZhQ/nerdparadise.com/litcomp/20pageresearchpaper//

Last minute papers requiring citations are a lot easier with the Internet. I actually had to spend several hours a week in the dark recesses of the Library of Congress for my senior thesis in 1974, but some things never change. While I'd like to say I was more enthusiastic and took my research more seriously than this fellow, it was all just work to be completed for a grade. Youth and education are wasted on the young. What I would give today for a chance to live in DC and do nothing but research in the library and National Archives all day.

3 comments:

Angie Ledbetter said...

Research was one of my favorite things about beng a private investigator.

Kathryn Magendie said...

You had a doll like I have? :) I've never seen another one -- they're at least 50 years old!

CashewElliott/John said...

Wow, have you seen all the comments on the 10 things that make grading your assignment harder than it should be post? people are really upset about her rant, apparently. I thought it was hilarious, mostly because I've committed all her crimes.

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