Weird Paper Writing

[debka_notion]

I just wrote and 8+ page paper (it was supposed to be 8 pages tops- I had to fiddle the margins out a tad, and it's still a little over 8 pages, darn it. Maybe I'll try and edit it down a bit, but I doubt I'll be terribly successful. Darn, this is the Opposite of most people's problem: my papers are generally at the upper limit of my page-count options.) in about 3 1/2 hours. This is more than a bit fast for me, especially considering that one of those pages was written in a bit under 20 minutes. It makes me worry about the quality of what I wrote. I have No idea if it's any good at all. But oh well, it's due tomorrow, and I don't particularly have time to edit it much, or let it sit and reread it after I've gotten some perspective.

Met with a my Maimonides professor today to talk about my presentation and final paper topics. The meeting was supposed to go from 10 until 10:30 when he had another student coming in. The other student never arrived, and didn't seem to be terribly expected, which isn't so unusual, said professor is notoriously absent-minded. In my usual fasion/luck I arrived at his office before he did. It was a pleasant and useful meeting: I now have topics for both assignments, although neither is terribly well defined at all. But well, I must to the library tomorrow to copy the illustrations about which I wrote for the above-mentioned paper anyways, so I should be able to get some of the books I need for these projects at the same time, if I time things well. Hopefully the books will be there. Otherwise- I think I saw one of them in the Beit Midrash (which utterly surprised my professor when I mentioned it). I'm not entirely sure that the final paper topic is entirely relevant to the class, but this doesn't seem to bother my professor who suggested it. It may be relevant to my Studying Sacred Texts class. Maybe I can show it to Professor Levisohn for kicks, or as an (longer than the actual assignment) addendum to my final reflection, or for some sort of consideration in my grade, I don't know.

Gave my Hebrew presentation today, it went reasonably well. Had a spontaneous class conversation/monologue from our professor about the difficulties of expressing your love and pride etc to family members, and how unfortunate that is, but how hard it is. It was odd, since I've never felt (or nearly never, barring teenage moments of extremism) that way about my parents. It's amazing how much I've learned about how much I appreciate them over the time I've been in college. I remember how much I have at some points complained, partially sometimes just because everyone else complained about their parents, and I thought it was sort of a requirement- and it seems sort of ridiculous. It was sort of strange to hear Sara (the teacher) talk so personally about her own mother- for the second time in the course, which she never did in the other two classes I've taken with her. She also just realized, after a conversation with Beth, that zodiacmg and I are dating, which is really rather remarkable considering the fact that we're generally rather obvious about it. Go figure. She was also rather shocked to learn that he dances. Odd, that.

Comments

[spazerrific.livejournal.com]

Suggestion for the paper if you haven't handed it in already: 11pt font and less-than-double spacing. (literally... there was one paper I wrote once, it was supposed to be 4 pgs 1.5 spaced... too long by like 4 lines. 1.49 spaced, perfect.)

~Spaz

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I handed it in- Professor Levisohn isn't going to mind the extra 5 lines of text. (The margins are a touch smaller than standard, that's all.)