Thursday, October 9, 2008

CR Blog 5: Sept. 29- Oct 3 Vampire Butterflies; Thee Art Wicked

Blog 5: Sept. 29- Oct 3 Vampire Butterflies; Thee Art Wicked

Did I make that plural? I don’t think so. Anyway, I just had a question about how you grade assignments we hand in. I’m assuming we all put in a good amount of work, and make a valiant effort to create good art; so I guess the most direct way I can ask the question is: is that enough to get us 4.0’s? I asked because I realized I failed miserably on Assignment 2: Energy for whatever reason. Well, I know the reason, and that is that my obsessed mind was determined to somehow write something about Wicked, and with that idea set, my subconscious brain wrote what it did with little thought as to what the assignment was, and my typing fingers were but pawns to the queen (and yes, Fabala is one of Elphaba’s nicknames, along with Elphie, little frog, little snake and lizard girl). I digress. What I was really trying to say is that I imagine sometimes we can't always control what we write, and it comes out terribly wrong on paper. How does this affect our grade? I’m assuming class discussion and workshop responses also play a role in our grade, but there are 4 major stories and about 7 other pieces to write and a portfolio. I checked on the syllabus for a grade breakdown, but there is not one, and I wonder if you have one to share with the class?

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