wolfpangs: (made a swiveling chair--now I nap)
wolfpangs ([personal profile] wolfpangs) wrote2010-04-08 06:50 pm

I get to grind these teeth and beat through time.

Five hundred nervous fits later, I finally got my first paper for Early Republic back:





That says: Salome, Wow--very nicely done--you've navigated many fine distinctions here effectively. Let me know if you have any questions. --Brian

Thanks, Brian!

My topic: Today Jefferson is typically associated with small-government conservatism. But there is an argument to be made that Jefferson saw the state as having a responsibility to cultivate the capacities of citizens – to insure that they were ready for self-government by making their independence possible. What in the Notes [on the State of Virginia], if anything, might support such an argument? Perhaps a better way to ask this question would be: what does Jefferson seem to think (using the Notes as your evidence) about the proper relationship between state and citizen?

To tell the truth, I was very surprised by this grade. The whole time I was writing the paper, I was thinking the things I was writing were very obvious--self-evident, are they not? So the outcome is unexpected but pretty sweet.


And in other American history news, I finished Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter today and while I'm not sure how I feel about the very end, it was a fun read.

[identity profile] rubytramp.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome! I got an A plus and an A on stuff today in History (of American Women) today too! Aren't we the bestest?

Your paper sounds really interesting.

[identity profile] rockgeisha.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for us!

[identity profile] commieprincess.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
I think my favorite part of the comments on your paper is the smiley face next to the A. Congratulations!

[identity profile] rockgeisha.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
Mine, too. Thanks!

[identity profile] rockgeisha.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
:D

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
sweet.
I love me some founding fathers!

[identity profile] rockgeisha.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
Me too!

[identity profile] anaralia.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh awesome. What a happy update.

[identity profile] rockgeisha.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
:) Thank you!

[identity profile] whitewatergirl.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
YAY!! (Rhymes with A ;-))


Yes, I know it's cheesy, shush!

[identity profile] soalivesofree.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, that's awesome! I like how there was a little dig at teabaggers in there, too. :)