/lit/ - Literature

>>4171685
people who understand things generally don't get Fs perhaps you should resign yourself to ignorance.

Lol

Maybe if your homework didn't display major autism you'd have received a better grade.

can you inform us what the assignment actually was?

You're a college student, no?

I've seen better writing from 7th grade english students.

You don't write like someone who reads much. It really does look like you turned in an essay composed of pure bullshit.

How do you not feel bad passing this kind of shit in? I wouldn't be able to look my teacher in the eye.

You're in college, this is really not acceptable.

>>4171685

This is b8.

>>4171696
A comparison contrast essay.
>>4171701
I read alot actually, but i never claimed to be good at writing. And yes it was bullshit, i did it the day before it was due. But i did it nonetheless and i think that counts for something more than an F.

Tips fedora at the conclusion

>>4171712
What is your major?

>>4171712

>i didnt put any effort in
>i know im not good at what I tried to do
>i dont understand why i was given a shit mark

Fuck this world. Fuck this fucking world man I'm fucking done. You entitled cunts make me so mad. Fuck I'm mad.

>>4171712
>I read alot

>>4171708
I do feel bad, I made A's on all other assignments. I was dealing with a lot of shit and didn't make enough time to put in more effort.
>>4171720
Chemistry

I've written some shitty, half-assed essays, but this shit is unbelievable. You should be utterly ashamed. This is something that an elementary school student could produce. I'm quite shocked.

>>4171685

>dat colon in the last paragraph

Fucking lost it. Excellent keks.

Thanks OP, I feel better about myself now.

>>4171732
>make enough time
>make time

H-how? A-are you God?

i can explain op, you're fucking retarded

>>4171712

>comparison contrast

It's 'compare and contrast', fuckhead.

>>4171685
>spaces between paragraphs
>huge margins
>looks 1.5 spaced instead of double spaced
>title doesn't reflect the subject of the essay
>strange anecdotal glimpses into Anon's private life
>makes statements without backing them up with evidence
>no sources
>less than a page

Don't worry, Calle. Community college isn't for everyone.

>>4171732
>Chemistry

Forgive me, this is the only instance I'll ever be able to laugh at you.

>>4171685
What's the sticky note say?

>>4171757
>implying chem majors make any money

>>4171739
Oh fuck me now I'm in tears

>>4171767
Drowning in pussy would be enough validation for me.

>actually writing "pure bull shit"

crossing the line

>>4171764
It's there to cover the signature block.

What class is this for? Your teacher was probably a grad student or adjunct who saw too many terrible papers and just snapped.

>>4171777

The professor didn't even mark the paper, offered no critique. He should have refused to accept it rather than accept it and give it an f with no academic justification other than "pure bullshit"

>>4171783
English Comp 1
All the other papers i have written have received A's and he was extremely pleased with my process paper, so I'm not sure why he didn't at least give me a D or have me do it again.

>>4171685
Because it was shit

>comparison contrast
what

>>4171777
This.

It seems the teacher was commenting on your paragraph about autobiographies and memoirs?

If that's the case, its completely unjustified from him to have just wrote "Hurr durr bullshit" without providing so much as an explanation of WHY its bullshit.

Also
>majoring in Chemistry
>have to take other classes and do retarded assignments like this

College and Universities are geared to jew as much money out of you as possible. Instead of learning what you want, you are required to learn that, and several supplemental courses for "your own good".

That said, its a shitty essay OP. But your teacher is even more shitty.

1. What class? English Comp 101?
2. What was the actual assignment? Don't just say "comparison contrast" again. Give us the details.
3. That isn't a good paper, but is it an F? I wouldn't think so. There must have been some misunderstanding about what you were supposed to write about. "Totally inappropriate topic" and all.

>>4171777
>crossing the line
Nope....

>>4171777
Am a teacher. Can confirm the remarkable (though heroic) audacity of this motherfucker, assuming this is real.

If it is, OP, I would refer it to whoever is his superior. That would be the chair of the department. If it is the chair, give it to the dean of your college.

Your essay sucks but it's totally unhelpful to have it graded like that and whoever did so needs to get that ass in line.

You used a plebeian font, and you didn't even fill up the whole page. You didn't balance the paragraphs, holy shit I am mad.

Pic unrelated.

he clearly "graded" this himself, retards. this thread is pure bollshit

>>4171808
Wtf. Are you serious? If I were to mark this I would gibe it an F.

Let's say I asked the class to write a paper that discusses the use of literature in ftelevision and film and contrast the two. Even better, discuss how literature influences culture and how it appears through various forms such as art, film and television.

Had you not mentioned you didn't try I would have said you didn't try. That in and of itself is worthy of an F.

(assuming this isn't a master trole)

>>4171685
>>4171712
Look, the fact is, once you're in college people give you shit grades for bullshitting assignments. It's not that you were too tricky for your high school teachers and they didn't notice (although some probably didn't) – it's just at that point, all they're really concerned about is the formal composition of the essay; content only really becomes important in college.

>But i did it nonetheless and i think that counts for something more than an F.
I disagree. If you're not writing material that doesn't meet the standards, you don't deserve a passing grade.

Finally, you're syntactically godawful. Your first fucking sentence has a comma splice and it's all downhill from there.

After thinking about this, I'm sure this is bait. Fuck it, though. I've been le rused; great job.

>>4171808
1. Comp 1
2.We were supposed to compare two contrasting things. I missed a few days so i don't have all the handouts or notes, but one example essay compared reloading your own ammunition and purchasing factory rounds, like cost effectiveness and accuracy.
3. I researched this exact assignment online and found numerous examples using the same exact topic for the same exact class so im a bit confused.

>>4171818
I already did, i received a voicemail from the chair today but i was pretty intoxicated so i'm calling back tomorrow.

>>4171685

You put a comma instead of period or a ; (whatever it's called. A semi-colon?).

Even though your paper might be good content-wise, the professor will still give you a D or an F if the format is incorrect.
I've never gotten an F on an English paper though(even on terrible papers that only took me 5 minutes to type). I didn't know it was possible. Your professor must be a dick.

>>4171828
Not troll, i could post other assignments or syllabus if you want. But i guess a troll could just print example assignments off and grade them himself huh?

>>4171685


What is the professor even saying? I can't read his or her hand-writing

Can someone please explain what possessed my professor to give me such a terrible grade and inappropriate comment? I understand that I didn't put forth much effort, and had blatant mechanical errors, but i don't understand how an F is justified.

>>4171840
He's actually pretty cool, i guess he just got shitfaced or was hungover or something. He drinks a 24 pack everyday after school.

>>4171834
Good. I want to be the second college teacher to tell you your essay is pure bullshit and you need to step your game up. But that response is unacceptable. When you think something is solid bullshit, what you're supposed to do is offer polite and accurate feedback and end by saying "REWRITE THIS ASSIGNMENT."

>>4171855
What the actual fuck.

>>4171855
I hope this is real.

Its obvious the student was trolling. The real problems lie with the teacher.

>>4171865
>>4171867
newfags detected

>>4171685
no offense man, its just not that good. There's nothing in there that people don't already know.

>Edit papers at university for some cash
I would kill myself if I received your paper to evaluate. Proper formatting is non-existent, your pretension is particularly egregious considering your inadequate writing talents, you make such banal (and technologically-incorrect as of 2013) points such as the limited portability of television, your title is merely the nature of your assignment, and your conclusion is one sentence long - to name just a few errors in the systemic mess that is your essay.

>>4171855

>61%

MY FUCKING SIDES ARE GONE. IT'S OVER. I'LL NEVER GET THEM BACK. FUNERAL IS TOMORROW YOU'RE ALL INVITED.

>>4171869
>newfag

I've been on 4chan longer than you, kiddo. It's impossible for one person to know every single in joke on every single board.

>>4171873
>being this new

>>4171855
this is the best thing

>>4171871
>I would kill myself if I received your paper to evaluate

Please. I've read shit much worse than this during peer review assignments. Do you guys not have black women in any of your classes?

>>4171871
>criticizing someone for pretension

Well, aren't you just painting the kettle black?

>>4171855
>funny :)

oh my god that's the best paper oh fuck oh fuck

>>4171869
>>4171877

it's a paper from 2004, on a board that's from 2010 IIRC, and it's funny

fuck off for caring

>>4171882
We have a lot of Asians and Arabs (from those actual areas) that utilize our university's writing services. Sometimes it hurts to live.

>>4171883

You have to be somewhat pretentious to write a paper you don't want to write (especially if it's on a subject you know nothing about).

In high school I used to fuck with my english teacher by writing "This is a topic sentence," "This is a conclusion sentence," etc, at the beginning of each paragraph. i never pulled that shit even in community college, though. Shame on OP for thinking he could get away with a D.

OP is clearly in high school

>>4171882

I imagine their papers are filled with ebonics

"yo, my nigga came over, and we did some mad shit yo. It would off the chain"

>>4171909

it was off*

>>4171685

Did you follow the prompt?

If so, then I'd recommend taking this to the department chair and discussing how, even though you admit that it isn't your best work, that you were shocked to find that your teacher had had such a negative response to the essay.

When the ask what you mean, point to "pure 6oll shit".

>>4171882
ugh, i know your pain. they're the most oblivious and pretentious writers. they misuse or misword idioms and fancy phrases they hear and have grammar that befits a kindergartner.
>"anal attentive"

>>4171909
>>4171913
Hi, my friend came over, we had a lot of fun together. It was very enthralling.*

>tfw I was in special ed english in high school due to my non-compliance(I wouldn't do any of the assignments)

I basically didn't even go to high school. I had to learn how to write when I entered my local community college. Back in high school, I didn't really give a fuck about education. I changed my mind in the 11th grade, but by then, it was too late, so I fucking dropped out and got my GED instead.

>>4171712

>bullshit
>anything but into the trash it goes

Pick one.

>>4171921
>this guy who always posts panels from SMBC

How old are you OP? Who writes a 1 page essay? You write like a 10 year old

>>4171945

naw, This is what a ten year old essay looks like.

Op's essay is like 9th grader's essay

>>4171954
>simple sentence structure
>frequent punctuation goofs
They're actually pretty similar

>>4171954
>tfw a 10 year old writes a better essay than OP

gusy why is my professore so mean does it piss you off

>>4171862
What college do you teach at?

>>4171954

>>4171965
>gee, i sure hope my grading doesn't piss off /lit/
no, but your handwriting does

>>4171965
>gooks are for losers
Not that I'm in disagreement, but that's going to put you on some shaky ground employment-wise.

>>4171942

>>4171970

What a liberal kid! He deserves a spanking

>>4171777
Oh man, I'd been reading that as "pure ball slut"
This thread just got less funny for me.

>>4171970
That's actually a pretty good essay for a 10 year-old. I mean, he has some pretty elementary (lel) thoughts and sometimes he makes punctuation errors but he's much better than OP.

>>4171980
naw man I like you well enough

I was just having myself a chortle

>>4171862
Ooh! Professor/teacher anon, I've got some questions to ask!

1) Why do you browse /lit/? You must have gone through some form of graduate school, so how can you put up with the shit posted on this board?

2) Do you ever listen/read one of your students' claims/perspectives and strongly suspect that they browse /lit/?

>Writing professors getting mad that somebody didn't put effort into a stupid essay for his Comp 101 course

We don't care about your courses. We know we're only made to take them so that our schools can Jew us out of more money. We don't think you're intelligent. We don't care about what you have to say. Those of us who care about our ability to write know that we would be better served by spending our time reading and writing for ourselves.
The idea of a writing professor getting morally indignant over students not caring about his class is fucking laughable.

>>4171970
That's a pretty good fucking essay for a ten year old.

>>4171712
>comparison contrast
Still working on your grade 10 Ricky?

>>4172050
If you don't care about the class then don't waste their fucking time by turning in utter bullshit.

You don't have to give it an A+ 1000% effort, but at least spend more than 20 minutes typing up some bullshit. If you don't want to do that, then don't complain when you get shitty feedback because why the fuck should the professor put in the time if you aren't going to?

>>4172003
Drop your trip.

I'm the same dude with the AMW thread above. I don't browse /lit/, I just drop in now and then. A few years ago I was more amused by it but it's generally irrelevant.

Never encountered a student who I suspected browsed /lit/, or was even a regular "internet person." I discussed the patronististic aspects of white knighting in class the other to blank stares.

>>4171855
>page 1
>"why"

>>4172101
I think it was referring to the holes punched on the right side.

>>4172094
The professor can do whatever he wants. That doesn't change the (rightful) perception that he is more or less useless and that his job only exists to bilk us and the government out of more money.

>>4172116
Obviously his class must be pretty useful if the average student is churning out shit like the essay in the OP.

Writing is a skill essential to almost every profession.

>>4172116
>The professor can do whatever he wants.

Not when a bunch of entitled shitheads complain about getting Fs or no constructive feedback.

>>4172133
A few points,

1) A student who doesn't care about improving his writing will not benefit from a writing class.
2) Writing and reading on one's own would likely do more for reading ability than paying thousands of dollars for the privilege of writing things they don't want to write, then have them read by somebody who amounts to a stranger with an English degree.
3) These are the jobs most of us are going to have available to us upon graduation: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t10.htm

Are you faggots fucking joking?

This is clearly - like fucking crystal goddamn clear - a troll.

The fucking OP even continues repeating mistakes he makes in the essay - e.g. comparison contrast.

I'd be more inclined to believe OP took out the time to write that garbage and write all over it himself than believe that OP believed that was an acceptable college-level essay (or even 8th grade essay).

>>4172146
If a teacher gets a job at some pleb school teaching writing to students who don't care about reading, I don't see how he can complain when he fails to provide the service his customers expect him to provide (a passing grade).

>>4172172
> I don't see how he can complain when he fails to provide the service his customers expect him to provide (a passing grade).

You are either a troll or someone who needs to kill themself

>>4172172
You aren't paying for passing grades, you are paying to be tested for certification. This is like claiming that because I pay to learn a trade, I should be certified to practice it no matter how shittily I perform.

>>4172160
>A student who doesn't care about improving his writing will not benefit from a writing class.

That student shouldn't be pursuing higher education if they don't wish to learn. Nobody is forcing them to be there.

>Writing and reading on one's own would likely do more for reading ability than paying thousands of dollars for the privilege of writing things they don't want to write, then have them read by somebody who amounts to a stranger with an English degree.

Again, nobody is forcing OP to pay for these classes. Second, he has obviously done nothing to improve his own writing ability, or does not know how to improve it, despite his claims of being an avid reader.

>These are the jobs most of us are going to have available to us upon graduation

Maybe if you knew how to write a fucking half-decent paragraph you'd be able to get a better job.

>>4172189
Tell me where the problem in my argument is, if you feel like it. I feel mild sympathy for those people who truly care about teaching writing and are put into these positions, but I feel much worse for the students who are more or less forced into this idiocy and directly suffer from it, rather than being paid thousands of dollars per year for it.

>>4172200
See
>>4172196

No one is being forced into anything, and it is precisely the attitude that students are paying for their degree and should get it even if they don't try that leads to the degrees no longer counting for shit because anyone can get one if they just take out a student loan. So, now everyone complains that they're being forced to do shit they don't care about and whine about how even then it won't land them a good job?

Maybe that's fucking because that entitlement made the degree mean a whole lot less.

ask your prof you retard

>implying I couldn't just type up and essay, grab a blue pen, and write "pure bullshit" on it then post it on /lit/ so I can trick all my friends in my "secret club"

I do not agree with the "Totally innapropriate topic" comment, but mother of god. I wrote better essays than that in fucking Middle School.

>>4171685
If lack of effort and blatant mechanical errors aren't sufficient reason for a failing grade, what, exactly, would be?

>>4171685
Looks like you just got called for pure bullshit.

Also I like how the question isn't included in the OP.

OP your post was an F: pure bullshit.

>>4171685
Your paper looks like something a high school student would write the night before the paper is due.

wow, and you go to university?

lel

props to the professor for calling you out

This makes me feel so much better about the terrible essay I'm writing now. Thanks OP.

>>4171685
this looks like something we would have written for our primary school third language writing assignment, and my primary school was shit tier

jesus christ OP

>>4171685
How did the assignment begin?

>college
>have to write less than one page essays on trivial shit
>yfw Americans education

Hey, murricans, I need some context for my amusement. At what age do you go to college? Is it 17-18?

>>4171855
This gets me everytime.

>>4171873
Had a hearty lol anon, your reply was almost as good as the best parts of that paper.

>>4171855
He got relentlessly bullied in school, so he compensates now, with his alleged intelective superiority.

>>4171685
Explain this shit to a non-Murikan:
Does your teacher have ADD/anger management issues or why is there a D- followed by two separate Fs with text all over the place and a fucking cross-over? Your text is horseshit, but I think you should at least pass with that.

>>4171685
It's complete shit and you're a faggot for thinking of passing

>>4172946
>should at least pass
what the fuck? no it shouldn't.