#semester projects

[teaandnutmeg]

100 days of productivity: 1/100 

Today I’m working on economic research for my semester project and I started a Bullet journal! 

[ultraqueer]

...my five-page paper is six pages long

I haven't even written the intro or conclusion yet

...guess who's gonna have 0.3 inch margins

[ultraqueer]

I swear to god if either one of my teachers takes a look at this paper and says that I did not research the motherfucking shit out of this topic I will fucking ignore them until they acknowledge my hard work

and if they try to get my attention, I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY SIXTEEN MOTHERFUCKING SOURCES AND THE IN-TEXT CITATIONS AT THE END OF ALMOST EVERY MOTHER FUCKING SENTENCE

I RESEARCHED THIS PAPER.

[ultraqueer]

So I just had a panic attack and now I'm sitting here licking frosting off a giant spatula

[shimerians]

Sam Kepp:

Our first reading in Natural Sciences 1 was The Presocratics, edited by Philip Wheelwright. In it, Wheelwright explores the lives and ideas of the philosophers who lived and thought before Socrates. It was a fabulous read, one that made me even more excited about my Shimer future than I had already been. Each reading was challenging and thought-provoking, and each class discussion was stimulating and invigorating.

I so enjoyed reading The Presocratics that one day I suddenly thought, “This would make a great comic book!” It had long been my ambition to create an historical comic book, especially one geared toward younger audiences, and I did so love those wonderful ancient thinkers. Therefore, I was quite excited by this new idea.

However, as the semester continued, I began to doubt my decision. I was worried that my project wouldn’t be academic enough. I was worried that I wouldn’t meet the deadline. I was worried that I would again encounter those prejudices against comics that I had encountered before. To my delight, my idea was met with enthusiasm and encouragement by both my Shimer friends and my facilitators. By the time Writing Week came along, I was feeling motivated and inspired.

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