A shift of perspective.

[icarus]

On the table for discussion: One Shakespeare essay.

My (unspoken) opinion of said essay: dry as dussssssst, uninsightful, dull, pedestrian, and ponderous in style.

Teacher's opinion of said essay: solid, well-argued thesis, strong conclusion, in need of only some fine-tuning to clarify my terms but essentially ready for prime time.

Whose opinion counts?

Yeah, thank goodness. I take it these literary bricks are normal in the field.



P.S. She didn't notice that I cited The Onion, and only felt my Robin Williams quote needed to integrated better (heh, since I threw it in in a fit of madness).

Comments

[enname.livejournal.com]

Having just finished marking a half million essays I can truthfully say that they are common. It is at least nice to find one that is well argued, logical and concluded. Versus the dry as dust, pedestrian and ponderous ones which are also badly written, illogical and lacking in argument. :P

I regularily quote Blackadder, Sir Humphrey Appleby (Yes Minister) and Monty Python in my essays and don't get flak unless it is used clumsily. Now I gotta use The Onion as well, because that is just a neat idea!