Essays are EVIL

[trumpetplayer]

Well just thought I would rant about my essay due thursday. Why do I procrastinate? Well 10 pages of dread here I come.

Just thought I would scream at my essay! haha

Anyone else having problems with end of term

Am i the only one :mad: . haha

[JoeC]

what subject is it on? (I actually like writing, i know, i'm weird, but i do ).

[collegegirl]

I like essays. Kinda. Well, it turns out that 4 out of my 6 classes, (I know, WHAT was I thinking?) were all with the same teacher that I have had for now 3 semesters, and he just instituted the idea of notebooks for the classes, where all of the handouts and notes and such will be put into, and given to him for a grade. I had that for two classes, knew I had it for a third, but wasn't sure about the fourth until today, and the final is tomorrow.

Pray for me. I will be taking the test for my Food Handler's Certificate, and I hear it isn't that hard, but somethings are tricky on there. Finals, eesh. :drool:

[trumpetplayer]

Its a music history class, that im not that interested in. Essays seem to be like pulling teeth. And it doesnt help its due friday.

[Christian-Samurai]

music history? ugh reminds me of taking art history, double UGH

[blessed]

muisc history that sounds interesting..... are we talking bethoven history here

[trumpetplayer]

no 20th c music history the worst. I just hate, despise, abhor,etc... ESSAYS

[collegegirl]

You mean more like Yanni, and John Tesh and them?

By the way, I really liked art history, Boticcelli, and Van Gogh, and Titan, and all of them. Music History can't be all THAT bad.....

[blessed]

no 20th c music history the worst. I just hate, despise, abhor,etc... ESSAYS
WOW u really don't like those don't u , well look at it this way very soon it will be over

[Christian-Samurai]

I like art in the history but i dont like art history, I mean why do i have to tell you about modernist movement and what lead to this and that blah blah, cant I just like the art??

[collegegirl]

Because it is interesting WHY the art became what it became, why it went there. It is interesting to know how the artist was feeling when he was painting it, like Goya. *shudder* His later paintings were pretty gruesome, because of how he was feeling at the time. He was practically suicidal when he painted some of his pieces. But his earlier paintings were nice. You have to wonder sometime WHY they painted what they did.

[Christian-Samurai]

no i dont, maybe you do but I really dont care, I am sure he and the rest had their reasons but that doesnt mean I have to try to think what they were thinking or wonder how they felt or why or what ever, did you ever wonder why I did that picture of Joe?? what I was feeling at the time when I did it? what was my ultimate message behind it, maybe it was a dark and disturbed mind behind it only you cant see it, blah blah blah

[JoeC]

no 20th c music history the worst. I just hate, despise, abhor,etc... ESSAYS

Know anything about Igor Stravinsky?

[collegegirl]

A composer, right? I think I have heard of him....Heard some of his music.... :think:

[Christian-Samurai]

anyone hear of Kodo?

[JoeC]

A composer, right? I think I have heard of him....Heard some of his music.... :think:

Yes, a Russian composer. I was recently introduced to him and I rather enjoy his later works. They're a little crazy, but I like 'em.

I also want to get a hold of some Shostakovich.

[Christian-Samurai]

KODO!!!!!!

[JoeC]

Aren't they a Japanese group, centering they're music primarily around the taiko?

[Christian-Samurai]

you are so a cheater, you could have just said no I dont know them, cause you dont lol Looking it up doesnt count :P

[JoeC]

What are you talking about? They're a world renowned ensemble. Any cultured person would know that name. :tongue:

[Christian-Samurai]

sure sure, if they know their name then they can tell where they started and why they changed

[JoeC]

Not neccessarily. Do you know where Handel started from? The course of change his music took as he aged? Or are you only familiar with some of his works? Or maybe you only know who is is?

[Christian-Samurai]

never heard of him , but have heard of manheim steamrollers lol :D because they are from my city :D

[JoeC]

Handel's Messiah?


Never mind... how about Mozart? Know all about him - or just some vague details?

[Christian-Samurai]

all about lol, but only like some of his music, for me i only like some of the big names in classical, I am more partial to names like Jhon williams or danny elfman or perhaps david arnold :D and by "If they" I ment you, and what is Taiko without looking ?? i am sure you probibly know

[collegegirl]

Mozart wrote his first piece of music at like 5, and I think he played the violin. He is just about as famous as Beethoven, whose works I love. Oh, and Handel's Messiah? Oh, I LOVE that piece. A very famous Christmas piece. He wrote a ton of very hard Arias and Operas because of the quickness and pitch of the notes, if I have it correctly...:think:

What do you think of Beethoven?

[JoeC]

it's a drum

[Christian-Samurai]

knew you would guess it lol ok let me ask this mr culture lol since you know more than one classical artist, can you name another famous Taiko group?? :D

[collegegirl]

Okay, you aren't cultured just because you can name more than one Taiko group, or more than one classical composer. I had probably heard of Taiko, but I never remember hearing about it. But that doesn't mean I am not cultured. That is just one aspect. There are many other culture aspects, such as clothes, and hairstyles, (yes, believe it) furniture, entertainement, literature, language, food, travel, and a million other aspects to culture. And just because you know only about a few doesn't mean that you aren't cultured.

[Christian-Samurai]

I didnt say that you had to know these things to be cultured, and i didnt say you had to know more than one to be cultured, yet Joe did say ANY Cultured persone would know that name, and I didnt say hear about taiko I said KODO, so I guess if those who have hear of beethoven and mozart but not KODO are not cultured lol

[trumpetplayer]

ya stravinsky awesome. Check out his Rite of Spring. I do like 20th c. music its just essays i hate. Hey if anyone has any music qu. just ask ive learned a bit in 3 half years (suprise, suprise). Well im headed back to B.C tommorrow YAH!! might not have internet. So everyone MERRY CHRISTMAS

[Christian-Samurai]

BC?? before computers heh

[collegegirl]

Well, I would have to say here that either Joe is wrong about cultured people, or I am just not cultured. I know about Beethoven and Mozart, and many others, but I am not so much into many other kinds of music.

[Christian-Samurai]

uh huh......

[collegegirl]

I like jazz and big band.

[Christian-Samurai]

I like Movie Instrumental soundtracks, Christian gaelic, Christian celtic, Japanese Taiko, Chinese folk style, some classical, and more :D

[JoeC]

Well, I would have to say here that either Joe is wrong about cultured people, or I am just not cultured. I know about Beethoven and Mozart, and many others, but I am not so much into many other kinds of music.

Or I was just lying. I really looked everything up :D

[Christian-Samurai]

told ya heh

[JoeC]

:) it was still a good rouse

[JoeC]

Anyhow, trumpet, how did the essay go? Are you all right?

[blessed]

Enjoy your christmas trumpetplayer... :greetings

[trumpetplayer]

Well I got a extention till next term on the essay (very nice Prof), Praise God. Well since I dont have internet at home (at the library), so Merry Christmas and New Year to all. God Bless and talk to you soon!!

[collegegirl]

Same to you. I hope all goes well, and I look forward to more stimulating musical conversations.

[Christian-Samurai]

uh huh ....

[collegegirl]

I welcome the opportunity to broaden my interests and views. I will have to do more reading, even though recently I haven't had much time for reading. I am so a bookworm, and not reading is hard. I love to read, and I love to play the piano, and I love to listen to music. When the three somehow combine, I really enjoy it.

[JoeC]

I love to read, and I love to play the piano, and I love to listen to music. When the three somehow combine, I really enjoy it.

hmmm... you must really enjoy reading music while playing the piano.

[collegegirl]

Welll.....Thats not QUITE what I meant. How about a book about someone who plays music while listening to a CD?

[blessed]

:D nice comeback

[JoeC]

thank you.

[Christian-Samurai]

how about reading the text on the cd as it plays?

[collegegirl]

:D nice comeback
I think that it was for me. Reading the text on the CD? Hmmmm...:think: How about listening to a CD of someone reading a book with music in the background?

[All4Jesus]

I love to write so essays are the best for me. My dad is an author so maybe that's were I get it from. History and english i'm very good at. You can just give me a topic and I'll write for ages and ages. It's a gift from God

[collegegirl]

I enjoy writing essays as well. I wrote an essay on how to successfully homeschool. I think the teacher liked it..... :thumbup: I got an A.

[All4Jesus]

well done!!

[collegegirl]

Thank you.

[Christian-Samurai]

Booorrrrinnngggggg

[blessed]

Booorrrrinnngggggg
u can be so bad sometimes

[Christian-Samurai]

whattttt?????

[blessed]

Booorrrrinnngggggg
i hope this explains all any other questions please direct it to the editor:D

[Christian-Samurai]

>_< I already knew what you were refering to I was asking why you really said that, To me essays are boring I dont see how that is bad

[Babyruth]

I don't like writing essays at all, but somehow, whenever I need to write anything, they end up being a million pages long. Not really, but really long. Last year for U.S. History, we had to write an essay on 8 topics about the Civil War. They only had to be 5-8 pages, or something like that. Well, mine ended up being 20 pages, typed, double-spaced. It wasn't very fun. My teacher made fun of me and still does. Even with this post, I don't mean to write so much, but it just comes out. :think:

[collegegirl]

:D That is funny. Sometimes when I need to say a lot, I can't, but when I don't need to, I do. Kinda backwards. But you have to love double spaced when you are at a loss for words.....

[Babyruth]

Yeah, it was pretty funny. I love doublespaced!!!!!

[blessed]

Hey double space is for when u don't write enough....that is why i use it :D

[collegegirl]

IT has helped so much when it comes to writing papers that I don't have very much to say. For that matter, did you know that upping the font size by one can help fill in the rest of the page if you need to fill it in? :D I utilize that all of the time. LOL :-p

[Babyruth]

My teachers make us use 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Otherwise, we get docked points. Sometimes, very rarely, mostly for short stories, which I hate writing, I make the margins larger. That takes more space, and you can't always tell.

[HotShot53]

Lol, I agree with collegegirl... if I have to write an essay I can never find enough to say... I always condense it all. And if it's not important I can write a ton... see any of my xanga entries about my vacations....my longest is an 8 page post about a 3-day weekend spent out in Lebanon ;)

I much prefer classes that have tests rather than essays....

[All4Jesus]

Tests!!!! Everytime I have tests I panic so badly that i always end up with lowest mark. Although I thank God for being able to pass my 11+ and go to a grammar school i wish i went to a normal school instead. The tests we have are soooo.. many. It can be so stressful sometimes. I've got to make some very important choices in feb and i'm scared. They depend on my future. I want to be really sure. I don't want to look back and regret. I know God will take care of everything. After all he would not have send me to a grammar school if he knew I would suffer. I can write essays everyday but tests!!! No thanks. :)

[Christian-Samurai]

BAH, Both of them are bad BOTH!!!!!

[Babyruth]

Both are bad, but if I had to choose one, it would be an essay. I can write a lot, which is a blessing. But tests are terrible!!!! I study probably more than everyone else in my classes, but I never get as good a score as I want. It's sooo annoying!!!!!!!!!!

[HotShot53]

Hmm... I've never had those kinds of problems with tests... I'm the sort of person that's more like a robot, good recal and bad creativity. Which makes tests way easier than essays...

[All4Jesus]

Good for you!!! I wish I was that kind of person...O what am I saying!! :) I'm happy with the way God made me! Well I don't exactly see myself the way He sees me.

[Christian-Samurai]

I have not so good recall sometimes but I am bursting with Creativity lol only problem is I get bored easily with it cause I dont seen the challenge sometimes

[blessed]

Thinking about it i would prefer a test to an essay, i have mastered the art of cramming and spitting out everything, that is much easier than having to write an essay which usually requires a lot of research.. i usually do well in my tests

[All4Jesus]

er....Tests are horrid!!!! :ranting:
I would rather research that revise! Some of us have panic attacks which is a shame when we have God. :sad: Anyways.. I'm glad you do well in your tests :) God Bless you. Lots of Love!

[blessed]

Lord bless you to dear