December 14, 2015
The worst possible way to start your day is with a glistening history test with a full DBQ. Don't believe me? Try doing a full analysis of documents you've never seen before and base an entire essay around it at 8:30 am. I know, I know... this is just the start of it. Thank you, Ellis!!!!!
I don't hate essays necessarily. I am a critical thinker naturally. Analyzing documents and developing an argument isn't the challenge here. I am always ready to stand my ground, point out when people are ignoring evidence, and qualify arguments that fully understand all positions on. The challenge is doing this effectively; with a solid thesis, background knowledge, and using information from the documents to only support your thesis (NOT DESCRIBING THE INFORMATION IN THE DOCUMENTS TO PROVE A POINT!) in a limited amount of time, directly after 25-30 multiple choice questions and sometimes term descriptions. I hate being under stress, I hate feeling like I don't have enough time, I hate hastily reading documents I've never seen before. Guess what? The DBQ beautifully encompasses all three of these things, and more so! You can practically see all the happiness that is flowing out of me right now! :))))))))))))
Don't see this as saltiness towards Ellis, because I love that guy. Truly, I do. I may give him some "'tude" in class at times, but it's all good!!!!!!!! I promise. I am definitely annoyed for him giving me a DBQ so early in the morning ( aka next period ), but he's only doing what he's supposed to do, preparing me for the AP test... blah blah blah et cetera. I just love to complain :))))))))))))
WHOO! It felt so good to rant.
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