Give me five!

Guess what? My first sociology research paper got an A+ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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(Sorry for the overuse of exclamation points ;-P ) I’m exceedingly excited!!! Words just can’t describe how much I feel accomplished! It’s an A+. An A PLUS!!! It’s not an A or A- - it’s an A PLUS! I repeat – it’s an A plus!!! PLUS PLUS PLUS. Can’t believe how much the plus sign has such a great impact on me. And Ian’s comment (Ian's my TA) only gives me greater sense of gratification ever! He talked to the prof about my paper and right after I got the paper, both Ian and the prof encouraged me to enter an essay competition. Yup you bet- here at York!? Wow. He asked me to hand over the paper and he would have a look and comment on it. I was stunted before I actually had the oh-they-think-my-paper-is-good-and-want-me-to-enter-an-essay-competition feeling! After all, this grade is far more than I expected, let alone entering an essay competition!

From brainstorming the topic, doing research, constructing the arguments, to writing the first draft, then the second and re-editing it over and over, I found myself fascinated by the richness and diverging aspect of the topic*. Culture itself is interesting. I like cultures. I like diversities. It is the thriving side of each culture that sustains its own legacy. I LOVE culture.

Post-entry: Despite their great comments on the paper, they will definitely be let down by my final… ‘cause I wrote something really crappy today (Come on there’s a question about the tedious “The Corporation” and Nike’s promotionalism!) ! But I won't be in their class again. Who cares! :-P

* The topic that I was working on is the growing homogeneity and heterogeneity of hip-hop culture around the globe.