Things i learned today.

[wolven7]

Wolfsheim - [Künstliche Welten]--- My sociology teacher gave me a ninety on my paper. Then she basically told me "I expected better, from you." She told me that she "wouldn't have been as harsh on you, in grading, if I didn't know you were an extemely intelligent individual, and were capable of better. AND that you're going to GradSchool." She gave me an A. And counts this as... Bad. Which on says to me: "From You, It Could Have Been Perfect." And I find that... flattering.

She's given me the opportunity to revise, and turn it in, again. Which means that i can get it perfect. (C-Tec - [Foetal]). And i Will. She gave me a list of things to correct, or revisit, within the paper, itself. Places i could expound, runon sentences i could correct, course content on which i could more fully elaborate. Stuff like that. I just find it really... good, when people think me capable of perfection, and call me on turning in a rushed paper. Because it was. I did it the night before it was due. So, now, i get to fix it, and get full credit.

In other school-related news, my Math Professor told me the things i need to do to get an A, in the class, and that he wants to see me do them. I have a C in that class, right now. He says i can have a B, at the final, and, if i do the rest of my back up work, there's the possibility of an A. It's comforting to know that your professors have an idea of your level of intelligence, and plan to hold you to it. (Ragnarok - [Beloved of the Raven God]). Now, if they had shown this, more toward the beginning of the semester-- a caring about Anyone in the classes, not only me-- then things would have gone a lot more smoothly, and i'd have a higher average. Because i'd have felt it more worth it, like they were in it With me, not just in front of me.

I'm out.

{11.12pmTom Waits - [Hoist That Rag]--- I can't believe my father just did that, to me...

Dad: You are as usual astute and dead-on with your post-future-histories-reconstruction. A question though: how does and educator stay focused on quality education ('self/student motivation', maximizing value of the 'classroom-experience' ,, etc) while working through one's total life? Must be hard. Something motivated these two to 'speak' to you today. There communication resulted in a profound SEE (Significant Emotional Event) maybe just what you needed by way of feedback. Their feedback seems genuine and intentional. Can an educator produce 'genuine' feedback such as this by will or did they experience a causal SEE? Too many questions and I'm obviously drifting into your area of expertise.
Dad signed off at 11:11:18 PM.

Captain Tractor - [The Last Saskatchewan Pirate (Arrogant Worms Cover)]--- Just left. This is where i get my penchant for Bastardry, i tell you. >_<

{11.37pm: Front Line Assembly - [Plasticity]--- He came back, we finished the conversation, he creeped me out, with astute observations, and we talked about learning from Nightmares...

Every fucking day, i tell you, my parents give me reason to think they know what i'm doing, and that they've known how it would be, for a while.

Creepy.}}

Comments

[unknownbinaries.livejournal.com]

I Really think teachers begin the year expecting a bunch of do-nothings, and are surprised when people actually give a shit. My one professor started out an arrogant, unbending fuck, but actually became a very good, if still annoyingly arrogant, instructor nearer to senior year.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's one professor who still isn't giving the class the credit due to it (CompSci), and one who knew what he was doing, all along (Professor Jacobson, Philosophy), But the other two just took a little while to see that the classed knew where they were trying to go (most of us), and how to help us get there... A little while to find their niches.

[satans-muse.livejournal.com]

My 3 unit English and 3 Unit Art teachers both called me on that in my final year of high school, in somewhat similar circumstances.

My art teacher asked me why I thought I'd done so well on previous papers. I said 'because I can write well, and I know how to bullshit'.
She smiled and said 'thatta girl' and sent me into my finals with that.. haha.

It's a wonderful feeling when a teacher seeks you out.

Your dad picking up on it all and so in depth is a little freaky.

You appear to be content in this post. Don't know, just the overall feeling I get.

Work's over for me now, time to try and drag the boy to The Grudge even though I detest Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Have a nice night.. err.. day?

[wolven.livejournal.com]

My dad is a very observant person. Creepily intuitive, really. It's one of the traits i picked up, from him. That and being able to dissect anything, in thought, to really small components, and put them back together, in new ways.

I was content. Those made for a really good day, yesterday. Some little bad things happened, but, overall, the day was Good. :)

Hope you enjoyed it. ^_^

I think it was like... really early morning, for me, when you posted this. Heheh. Later.