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Datura
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Jean Rhys

i thought i'd just ask this out of hope and desperation.. has read 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys??? I have to write an essay on it tonight (and study for my stats midterm which i have tomorrow..)..
i have to discuss:
1. the issue of women and their physical appearances (what they wear... how they look etc.)..
or
2. the importance or relevance of Antoinette's dreams..
or
3. the issue of gender and 'madness' as it relates to 'wide sargasso sea'..

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Paint CHiPs
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quote:
Originally posted by * Datura *:

1. the issue of women and their physical appearances (what they wear... how they look etc.)..

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

I'll link you in a minute.

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Paint CHiPs
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http://www.asylumnation.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/006644.html

There you go.

Go post some more fodder for that thread, I am sure you will get some useful replies from me and MstrG, as well as all the wrong people.

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wonderaz
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I also wrote a rather indepth thread on the Sargasso Sea and the breeding habits of the European, African and American green eels. Fascinating creatures, although it may be a bit of a stretch for you to tie those in.

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Paint CHiPs
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quote:
Originally posted by wonderaz:
I also wrote a rather indepth thread on the Sargasso Sea and the breeding habits of the European, African and American green eels. Fascinating creatures, although it may be a bit of a stretch for you to tie those in.

hahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahaha.

Alright, I'll admit it, I gave you a humor point for that.

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wonderaz
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You did? But... eels aren't that funny.

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bunkum
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I suggest reading the novel.

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BnB
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quote:
Originally posted by bunkum:
I suggest reading the novel.

hehehehehe
I was waiting for someone else to say that.

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Datura
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thanks, but I don't have time for that...
if you had to do what I had to do this week.. you'd understand what I mean (this isn't the only course I'm taking!!!!).. and I just finished a statistics midterm worth 35% of my mark. It doesn't matter.. I have 200wrds left on this puppy anyway...
and it's not like I do this all of the time.. thought I'd ask for help.. but thank you for your comment anyway.

quote:
Originally posted by bunkum:
I suggest reading the novel.

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Agoust
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My guess is that you weren't assigned to read the novel in one night, right? And the paper? Again, my guess is that this wasn't just "sprung" on you.

It's been about ten years since I last read Rhys' work, but WIDE SARGASSO SEA is a beautiful book. You're missing out. If you know JANE EYRE, it's an especially poignant novel.

It's not an outrageously long novel, so you're not without all hope.

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bunkum
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quote:
Originally posted by * Datura *:
thanks, but I don't have time for that...
if you had to do what I had to do this week.. you'd understand what I mean (this isn't the only course I'm taking!!!!).. and I just finished a statistics midterm worth 35% of my mark. It doesn't matter.. I have 200wrds left on this puppy anyway...
and it's not like I do this all of the time.. thought I'd ask for help.. but thank you for your comment anyway.

It is cruel of people to assign work to students who have other classes to take. I always feel guilty for requiring papers out of students who have 15 other credit hours to deal with, plus jobs, plus families to deal with. Especially when they manage to get the work done, and feel proud of the efforts they put into their coursework. I would rather see them have fulfilling lives in a different way.

Maybe a revision of the education system is required here. I will suggest a few proposals to see what people think of it:

1. You pay the money for each course. Be able to sign your name to an essay or paper, and you're guaranteed a 'C.' Plagiarize a paper, and you get a 'B.' Make an interesting point or relate it to a personal issue in your life, and you get an 'A.'

2. The students design the entire course, and tell the professors exactly what they think they need to learn. After all, consumer demand is an issue to be considered.

3. Stop requiring that any reading be done whatsoever. I mean, with google and all available at the touch of a finger, who needs to read? We can just garner a few facts from different quarters and make opinions about them as necessary. This will, of course, absolve us of any objective-style testing.

4. Or better yet, make admissions stricter so that people who will actually value the work they do, take responsibility for themselves and the courses they sign up for, and will, perhaps, have something to add to the university's reputation and to knowledge in general, will be the only ones admitted.

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Emerald
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bunkum rules. Sorry, but it had to be said tack.

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Agoust
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Bunkum--Stop it. You're making sense again.

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Paint CHiPs
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Man you guys are squares.

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Agoust
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quote:
Originally posted by Paint CHiPs:
Man you guys are squares.

Yeah, or peeved by the "can't I just buy my way to a degree" mentality that we often confront.

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no kidding
NERD ALERT!!!

!!!TEACHERS OF ASYLUM, CONDONE THIS WOMAN!!!

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