Historical Interpretation - Blind Review

Last week was pretty rough.  I had a 7-9 page paper due and I struggled at harnessing my thoughts; not to mention I didn't have the time I would have liked to work on the paper.  All that stress came to head, leading to another discussion about our goals with Mrs. AE.  I love her to death, and sometimes I feel guilty for taking on so many things in my life.  She never complains and always encourages me, but I know deep down she gets frustrated with my indecisions and over-activity!  School is getting stressful, I have opportunities at Engineering Company that I never thought I'd have, the job market for social studies teachers is poor, I just got a raise and I'm over-loaded with a multitude of commitments.  Despite all that stuff, I was able to turn in a decent paper.

Last Monday we brought copies of our paper to class without our names on them for doing blind reviews.  I was lucky enough to have my paper reviewed by four different groups... It received ratings from B+ to A-... It was the encouragement I needed for sure.  I feel pretty good about my work after reading some of the other papers as well.  I'm not trying to degrade my classmates, but a lot of the papers were definitely subpar.  I'm only saying that because it's nice to know that there are people in the same boat as myself.  The blind review exercise was great, but now it's in the hands of our professor...

I'm at work right now, so I'll either get my paper posted over lunch or before the Twins demolish the Yankees this evening!

AE

P.S. Moss is boss.