well, i became a little discouraged today with my english class at chesapeake college. they just don't seem to want to foster any sort of creativity over there. the teacher specifically said we won't be doing any descriptive or literary papers whatsoever--he said he tried it before, but some students just didn't "get it" or something. (which i don't doubt, but HEY, shouldn't we try to teach the kids, not just cater to their un-willingness to learn and exercise their brains? er, that's my rant for the day, sorry.) so, uuh... well, i dunno.
this is what i wrote for my assignment today (just a paragraph on a pet peeve--not supposed to be describing it, exactly, but rather "what it is, why it bothers you, and give an example"), but i don't think he'll like it much. it's probably too descriptive for his taste. but. i. don't. know. what. to. do. with. myself.
oh well.
he'll just have to deal with it, i suppose.
heh.
or you guys could give me tips on how to make it more fundamental-stick-to-the-formula-paragraph-lover approved, tell me to throw it out and start over, tell me to get a life, if you felt so generous--
Oh, that curious phenomenon known as a pet peeve! There is a particular sight in this world that grates intensely against the well-being of my soul, a sight that I find wholly intolerable, if inexplicably so: the door of a microwave oven left open by some careless, impatient creature who has recently nuked a cardboard platter of some gloriously processed mystery smorgasboard. The microwave gapes, shamelessy ajar, glowing from within like a grotesquely cube-shaped industrial firefly. Flecks of unidentifiable orange grease grace the walls of its belly, and my offended eyes immediately command my hand to slam the door shut. Can people not be considerate enough to simply close it once they've finished their radioactive meal-making, rather than leave it swinging in the air like a half-finished thought? If there is one thing I cannot bear, it is an open, open, open microwave door.
(whoa, check out all that capitalization! yeah, i do know how to capitalize. there's proof. hah.)
well, i think it's a little much. i feel like a try to cram too many things into a paragraph. too many unrelated thoughts. i'd much rather write a three-page essay on a pet peeve, quite honestly.
emma says i write too "abstractlystractional," which she then changed to "abstractlyconcrectical," and i'm gonna have to agree.
geez! that paragraph is dramatic, pretentious crap!
the more i read over it, the less sense it makes even to myself.
the more i dwell on this whole deal, the more flustered i get. i am so ridiculous. i am so ridiculous! good grief! i'm going to go drink a glass of cold water and close my eyes until i can think about nothing.
oh yeah...and now you all know how i feel about open microwave doors.
it's pretty intense.
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i think you have written an incredibly creative little masterpiece. hand it in just like it is. the teacher will recognise your genius at once.
I'm with you kate!
hahaha, this is something my lit. teacher would relish in. i had to write a description of a place, and it was something of a failure. she didn't feel it. i didn't either.
but i would love it for you to be in my class and get a big monstrous "A" on it.
it is definitely intense, but i rather enjoyed it.
it's not intense from where i come from-you'd fit right in with this howard bunch--i think it is just so fitting-every word you wrote-refreshing, give these poor teachers something to stay awake for-can you imagine the horrid pieces they have to wade through from kids who dont care-the plagerism, etc.
it's not intense from where i come from-you'd fit right in with this howard bunch--i think it is just so fitting-every word you wrote-refreshing, give these poor teachers something to stay awake for-can you imagine the horrid pieces they have to wade through from kids who dont care-the plagerism, etc.
that was a big hiccup kate.
hush-it
I'd say it's a very well written paragraph. Maybe one or two adjectives could be left out, but I love how you describe the microwave as 'radioactive' and 'nuked' and such.
Your teacher also expressed that he has wanted to, in the past, delve into description and illustration but it failed at that level of English. So I think spending some time describing and using delicious words will make him feel worth something again. Ha ha.
And take it from someone who has taken English 101, just get past the fundamentals. That's all it really is. Just the basics for those that tried at passing 8th grade three times only to finally succeed at graduating high school at the age of 20. But 'joy', when you get to 151 you begin to do the fun stuff like Shakespeare and poetry and Peter Pan =]
Your paragraph was beautiful and I adore your writing style.
Next time someone asks me who my hero is, I'm going to have to say: Annie Huntington.
Thanks for sharing it!
It is a great description-your readers can see, taste, and feel your very pet peeve! Now whether you have completed the paragraph as assigned...only your teacher can say.
But I give you an "A"-let us know what your prof. thinks.
oy! rachel, don't talk to me about peter pan, because i l-o-v-e peter pan, and you're making me jealous. hahah.
good news! my professor actually liked my paragraph. phew. haha.
good grief. did sarah harr just say i was her hero? something is very wrong about that. because sarah, you are MY hero. for real.
people will say, "annie, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
and i will say, "sarah harr!"
preeetty much.
Just passing on the news that annie got an "A" and it was the only paper her teacher read in class....
None of this surprises me at all...you've always written wonderfully...
Ha ha, whatever, Annie... but thanks.
Anyway, I was being serious.
I even added a link to your blog on my blog.
See, your paragraph on a microwave generated 15-16, comments!
by the way I have a silversun pickup song on my blog! Go check it =]
p.s. I love peter pan MORE!
hey Annie...I'm curious... regarding your pet peeve on microwave doors....think about this. if you listened to half_baked and overcooked ideas all night long...would you shut the door of your mind ? or leave it opened to any new thought that might come along?
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