books and libretti (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bookslibretti) wrote,@ 2008-01-22 00:18:00 |
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I'm throwing a small pity party (I only invited Ben & Jerry) and I have a lot of stuff to do and so instead of doing any of it I am typing up the comments my Cambridge-educated fancy-pants professor wrote on my final paper.
My title (which was less than inspired) was "The Canterbury Tales' View of Intelligence: Learning, Wit, and the Perfect Combination." Basically, I was saying that you can't just be educated and you can't just be street-smart; to succeed, you need the perfect mix of wit and learning.
The sweep of your argument is extremely impressive: you take in such a lot of tales, as your claim -- and definition of "intelligence" -- is supple enough to cast new light on a great many of the texts you discuss. Your ideas are also refreshingly original. The paper is only marred by your tendency to construct straw men -- to target assumptions, opinions that you address but don't substantiate as much sometimes seem to me wrong (?) enough to limit your own claims. You've read with helpful breadth too in a wide variety of scholarship. Nice work! A-
Highest grade in the class bitchazzzzz
Did I mention how awesome grad school would be, if I could do it?
My title (which was less than inspired) was "The Canterbury Tales' View of Intelligence: Learning, Wit, and the Perfect Combination." Basically, I was saying that you can't just be educated and you can't just be street-smart; to succeed, you need the perfect mix of wit and learning.
The sweep of your argument is extremely impressive: you take in such a lot of tales, as your claim -- and definition of "intelligence" -- is supple enough to cast new light on a great many of the texts you discuss. Your ideas are also refreshingly original. The paper is only marred by your tendency to construct straw men -- to target assumptions, opinions that you address but don't substantiate as much sometimes seem to me wrong (?) enough to limit your own claims. You've read with helpful breadth too in a wide variety of scholarship. Nice work! A-
Highest grade in the class bitchazzzzz
Did I mention how awesome grad school would be, if I could do it?
