In Which I Rant A Little Bit More

This class is an absolute fucking joke given the supposedly senior-level paper we are required to write. As I've mentioned before, we have to cite the class text within our paper. I was also told in this past class that it is HIGHLY recommended that I include the word "holistic" in my paper.

I have a grading rubric for every single section of the paper which go so far as to tell me what exactly should be in each paragraph of each section.

I finally started reading the supposed grade-A-level paper that our teacher has given us as a sample to follow.

...

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Here's the first few paragraphs of the introduction section of the paper which I swear a 12 year old could have written better than this unnamed college grad did. (I've included original italic and bold font as well as grammar and punctuation. [t] means a tab is there since they for some reason don't want to show up in the lj-cut, and yes, one paragraph has two tabs.)

And my paper is supposed to sound like THIS??

EDIT: I dare to see how long you can last reading this. Also, channonyarrow, please for the love of all that is unholy, do not click. I know you've seen worse, but I know that your head will just explode and at least your job pays you for such damages, whereas I have no moneys to give.
( Intro shite )

PS - I pretty much used what I had already written for the topic and just added an extra paragraph at the beginning. I still think my intro kicks ass compared to the junior high sample given above. Oh, and I was given a 9 out of 30 points for my intro according to the scoring rubric. Needless to say, I will not be posting any more of my paper here because I'm being forced to dumb it down so considerably that I am irked by the fact that I have to put my name to it.

Truth be Told

Dear Teacher:

On both the template paper and the sample paper there is something in the top right corner under the short title and page number. It says "MicNava" and "Mic Acke" respectively. One lines up with the page number and the other is a space off from lining up with the short title. I'm assuming that is supposed to be a shortened form of our name, but I've never seen that on an APA-formatted title page, nor can I find a description or example when I do an online search for "APA title page" via Google.

Is that to be included in our title page, and if so, what is the proper formatting for it and how much of our name is to be included?

Thanks
Nicole

Response:

Hi Nicole,

Yes, the short form is your first and last name. MyName would probably be what you want. To be honest, I agree that this may not be 100% apa style, but this is the format that the director of the program want the papers to look like, so that is how the template is set up. The other teachers in the program are asking the same thing of their students. I am glad you asked about this. The next time I speak with the director, I will ask him about why this is necessary. Actually, I have to do something very similar when I submit my shortstories and essays for publication. From an editor's standpoint it makes things much easier, especially if the cover sheet gets separated from the rest of the paper.

Thanks,
Teacher

Forgive me if I want to spit in the face of the dictator director of my program, both for his retarded requests on this paper as well as that $90 thing that he presumes to call a textbook. I won't necessarily spit in the face of my teacher, as she is also writing her own dissertation at the moment and I know is in a tough spot with the director by teaching this class, but I also know that as an English major SHE FUCKING WELL KNOWS BETTER! (See previous rant.)