So, after hours of work, I have finally finished the typing of 24 pages full of analyzing, quoting, and exploration into the wonderful world of the Ganguli family. Now, although I think everyone will be in unanimous agreement that this experience was at least mildly painful, I had a realization as I printed these pages. I must preface this with a slightly lame fact- when I attempted to print this hard work, the printer malfunctioned, and I had to ask my dad to help me get it to work. After it turned on, I grew oddly excited at the idea of printing this document, and asked my dad if he would like to watch as these 24 pages printed. To put it mildly, he was slightly confused at my request, as any sane person would be.
And throughout the printing process, he commented, sarcastically, at how much fun he had as the pages printed.
But I’m not afraid to admit that I literally stared in awe.
This captivation may be slightly based on severe sleep deprivation, but I could not look away as the pages printed.
It made me, however overdramatic this reaction may be, look over the entire process of writing this paper. This reaction probably comes from the past few days dedicated solely to analysis, but I feel I stumbled on a realization that may make future assignments of the sort less painful.
Although at times, when the clock neared 12:30 and it became increasing difficult to spell, this experience was anything from pleasant, I feel will all gain immensely from the process.
The feeling of seeing the hard work come out in a paper that looks extremely official made me feel much smarter for the experience.
And although the thought of typing another word seems incredibly painful at the moment, I feel, at least in the long run, we will all look back on the knowledge we gained from this assignment in a positive light.
Once we reach the point in our lives where we never have to write another.
Okay I am pretty sure that there is a Data Sheet curse or something, because my printer malfunctioned as well! As I finally finished my Data Sheet I tried to print it. When I came back to the printer it of course did not print correctly. Turns out the entire printer basically self destructed when trying to print my Data Sheet, so I had to go to a friend's house to print it out. But once I held the freshly printed Data Sheet in my hands I too was over come by a sense of accomplishment. The process may have been painful, but in the long run I believe that we will be glad we have these to look back on, instead of re-reading the entire book.
ReplyDeleteBrooke~
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that Data Sheets, as horribly time-consuming and difficult as they seem, do really help us understand the books and will be essential tools when preparing for the AP 12 test. I get the exact same feeling of satisfaction as I watch the paper pour of the printer and then when I hold the big stack of completed work in my hand. I can pretty safely say that finishing a Data Sheet gives one of the best feelings of satisfaction and I agree with you that we will look back and appreciate them, eventually.