The Weekly Rant or Thank You

We all owe Ms. Chism a great big thank you, especially those of us who took English 101 last semester. I didn't expect to get such a big response on my post about being burned out on writing last week, but coincidentally, Ms. Chism is allowing us to forgo paper number 4, or paper number 1,925, 575 as it feels to some of us. The only downside I see is we still have to write blogs. But I must say, the forbearance is greatly appreciated and it has given me a renewed sense of academic drive to finish writing blogs until the end of the semester. Now if only we could extend the deadline of paper 3 by one week. Let's assess the pros and cons.

Pros: We could probably use an extra week to just decompress and take a break from school as online classes usually still have assignments or required readings to do during spring break. We as online students also do not really benefit from snow days, or when the university closes due to weather or holidays. As long as blackboard is up, we still have to meet the guidelines. I could personally use the week to reread on how to properly write a paper and how to properly cite, before I turn in another catastrophe. The last pro is most of us in this class have kids that are in school and spring break for them is next week, not the following week from March 22 to March 26th that MSSU chose. That extra week could be used to go back to bed after dropping the kids off at school, or actually doing something relaxing such as a day at the spa or the afternoon at the movies.

So now let's take a look at the cons. Well to be honest, I can't think of any. Really. Unless you go and drink all week long and kill the millions of braincells containing the knowledge of writing, we will all be okay. Our scores will be higher, which in turn raises the class average, which in turn assures that the head of the English department is happy with Ms. Chism's teaching because the fail rate is low, which then assures that she remains at MSSU for as long as she wishes to continue teaching, which after this circle is followed, ensures that students, like us, continue to benefit from her, making all of us better writers. Or closer to meeting the 5 writing intensive courses required for graduating. It's your choice on how you want to look at it. Be rest assured that no matter how we use the extra week, it won't go to waste.

So to all of you who have read this, there is a box at the top where you can vote on whether or not the deadline should be extended by one week for paper 3 to be due. If that doesn't persuade her, is anyone up to hire a hacker to shut down blogger.com? We can't write, if we can't log in, can we?