Research Paper

Sigh...it's finally Friday. Took long enough to get here.

So I'm in school and I got the final piece of my research paper graded before the final turn-in Monday. I was told I need 3 more sources, and one of those must be an interview. I'm trying to figure that one out. The other two I can just get off the internet, so I ain't too worried. Other than that, I just need to double the length of my paper. Sounds like a joyous time I've got ahead of me. A girl in my class told me that her paper is on an 150 line poem...I got friggin' Ivanhoe. It's a 400 page novel! In my school's library (which is all we had access to on "research days"), there was only one author who wrote two or three of the critical essays that I'm using as sources...and my teacher wants more "variety" to my quotes. I also have to double the length of my paper without turning it into a book report (which is what half my class has done). The glories of the internet: I should have this done with two or three hours of work; as opposed to the week I spent reading books filled with critical essays of 19th century European literature that only had snippets of anything Ivanhoe related. My compliments to Paul de Gategno. He's helped me by writing relevant materials about nothing except Ivanhoe...but my teacher won't let me use his book as my only source.

The awful timings of the step-by-step due dates were terrific also. I'm so glad that our school library is open all the time...oh wait, it's bloody not. By the time I get out of band in the afternoon, that library is more closed than a buffet to a fat guy. So I had to make due with the limited notes I had...which weren't enough. Ah well, at least it's over. But wait, it's not! My teacher just handed us a sheet on an "Oral Report" based on our findings of our primary source (that would be Ivanhoe for me), so I get to stand in front of my class and tell them all what Ivanhoe has done for me (queue the lightning and solar eclipse). Luckily, I'm pretty good at the whole -summarizing incredibly long and detailed things into 3-4 minutes of nonsense with no preparation while shaking because of my hatred for public speaking- thing.

So...wish me luck, I'll be having fun I'm sure. Peace Out!
Grade: TBA