OK, so staying up until 4am was worth it

[winterbadger]

I have graded your thesis critique, and you have received the maximum grade of 100 (A+). Your critical essay was outstanding, both well organized and well written at the graduate level, with no discernible errors in grammar or spelling. You identified all of the major strengths and weaknesses of the Grose thesis, including the ones that many students miss concerning his attempt to prove to competing theses and his alleged use of Clausewitz's Principles of War as his analytical tool. I look forward to seeing your thesis proposal. Well done!

Happy dance! :-)

Comments

[kevinrtaylor.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

wow congrats

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

How much do you charge to take a 300 level writing class? (I'm only half kidding here)

Re: wow congrats

[winterbadger]

Heh, I wouldn't charge that much to edit someone's master's thesis. Part of what made writing this critique so much fun was dissecting the guy's utter incompetence at basic English grammar, punctuation, and spelling. It's got to be permissible to have someone do a onceover on your writing so you don't turn in somethign like this to get published for future readers to point and fleer at :-)

[sharrainchains.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful evaluation to receive - good work (and congratulations)!

[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic!

[redactrice.livejournal.com]

Well done, indeed! I remember when Dad was a prof., what a thrill it was for him when wading through the usual turgid stuff to come upon a well conceived and well written essay. I'm sure you made your instructor's day. :-)

[azbound.livejournal.com]

You, sir, are the shiznit!! Congrats!! When I'm back from Phoenix, I'll bake you something to celebrate.

[sidhne.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[john-arundel.livejournal.com]

Dude!

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

would expect no less ;-)

what exactly does this awkward (to me) phrase mean:

"well written at the graduate level"

[winterbadger]

I think he's trying to be complimentary and indicate it's not just good writing but good writing in light of demanding expectations. This is the intro course in a graudate degree program, so I think he may be used to saying "This is good wriing for undergraduate-level work, but..."

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

ok, so a double compliment-- even better!