On the fence
Somewhere in between my many years in higher education, professor’s all banded together and decided to switch the format of the final term paper. What used to be a thorough scientific review article has now turned into NIH-style proposals. As a member of the “teaching” team now, I have to say that this is a terrific idea! Get the kids really thinking vs. regurgitating everything they read. However, I am also still sitting on the other side of the classroom as a student going “NOOOOOO!! WHY MORE THINKING!?”
What a confusing time for me. Thankfully it will be short lived as this will be my LAST TERM PAPER EVER IN MY LIFE BC I AM GOING TO BE DONE WITH CLASSES SOON FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER… after.. you know, I submit that other GINORMOUS “term paper” monster otherwise known as a DISSERTATION.
But hey.. writing your dissertation is like running a marathon, right? We all know that writing term papers for class is like running a one night sprint fueled by red-bull.
And frankly my dear, I’m getting too old for this sprinting game. A nicely paced jog doesn’t seem so bad right now.
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