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[ricardienne]

I have just written the most inane conclusion of my career. No, really, I think that I have never done one this bad, this stupid, this blatantly "I-have-know-idea-what-this-paper-is-doing-so-I'm-going-to-restate-my-thesis-and-throw-out-a-few-unsupported-generalities-and-hope-that-no-one-notices."

It's embarrassing. I need to rewrite. But, unfortunately, I don't really know where my paper is going. The first two thirds are a compare-contrast of Mozi and Kongzi's differing views of human nature. The last third is pretty much a hypothetical dialogue between my dad and the two philosophers. No, you did read that correctly. And so, I have absolutely no idea how to conclude.

Also, Scott and I were discussing the Latin quiz after class today, and it was revealed that I quite likely screwed up one of the translations. And then I was thinking about it some more, and I realised that the professor doesn't put macrons over the letters. So it's quite possible that I mixed up the nominative and ablative at some point. Noooo! Because if I don't get a perfect good score, that means that I don't understand it… right?

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[voglia-di-notte.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'd be interested in a dialogue between your dad and two Asian philosophers. =) And I'm sure that your paper isn't as bad as you think. So there.

And no, not getting a perfect (or even a good) score doesn't mean you don't understand something. It might mean that you just made a stupid mistake. When I screwed up solving an algebraic system today, did that mean that I don't know how to do those, even though I've been doing them since 7th grade?

So, Hermione, try not to worry about it too much. Okay? Good. =)