so i got my first paper back from my freshman level "compostition" class. I put composition in quotes because upper level courses that we are all taking----even as freshmen---have harder writing assignments. Even the longest paper in this writing 101 class is only 8 pages long. I mean....that is NOT a long paper! So anyway, I got this paper back and I must say, I was nervous what the prof was going to say. I have the hardest prof and he grades the toughest......and thats exactly what I need. If I'm going to do this English major, I need the hard profs for the basic courses, ya know? So this paper was a dinky two pager that most of the students wrote as a serious piece. Even though it was totally what YOU thought, their tone and voice was pretty......whats the word....somber, solemn, sober.......pick one of those and you had their paper. Well.....I didn't want to do that. I took his assignment and wrote it as a satire. Really a tongue-in-cheek piece. So I was worried that he wouldn't like my style for the particular paper. I got it back and got a 8.9 out of 10. Initially, I was a little upset with the score....It isn't bad, just I thought it was a better paper than that. But once I read his comments and then talked to him about it.....he was right. He liked my style, but I strayed away from it in the conclusion and he wanted me to keep it going. Plus, I was a little vague in some spots.....but he DID like it. I don't know why this stupid paper was so important to me......why did I feel the need to share all of that? It was worth 10 points......very strange......