elle_white | (no subject)

For the last week or so, I’ve reverted to a depressed state. It is over uni stuff. I put a lot of work into an essay about the conventions of fantasy. I talked about how the conventions of fantasy were embodied in the texts I chose, and the social implications of those conventions. However, my teacher dismissed my arguments, and denied their were any social implications in fantasy, even I’d arduously tried to argue that there were. The teacher disregarded it, making many vague refutations. She quoted an academic, whose name I don’t recall, who claimed that “because magic exists, you can have a chosen one.” I found that such an obtuse commentary on the genre. The teacher’s agreed to have someone else look at it, and I’m grateful for that. But to have tons of research and a carefully built up argument dismissed with a quote … really hurts.

I’m feeling terrible. I’ve even been physically ill over this. I have a cold because my immune system is shot from stress. This has triggered my depression and anxiety. My confidence is extremely low right now. I just feel kind of hopeless right now.

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I'm so sorry that happened to you. *hugs* Your teacher is being completely unprofessional by dismissing your point just because she disagrees with you. And to dismiss your work in such a rude manner, that just makes me shake my head.

She was critical of my work and gave me a lower mark than I thought I deserved without actually justifying it? She just made these vague, dismissive and contradictory comments that told me nothing. I put an awful lot of work and research into something I was passionate about, so getting that response was really disheartening.

I thoroughly went through her points in an email, and said they didn't actually address how I built my argument. I asked for clarification, but she didn't address anything specifically, just said she would pass it on to someone else.It really seems like because she didn't agree with my argument, she just dismissed. Well, hopefully the next person won't just dismiss my work?