I'm still a little miffed that Meckstroth gave me an A-minus for the class's second paper. It's a Political Theory class and the ten-page paper's objective is to analyze the conception of political authority of Bentham and Plato. He said that I did not go deep and detail enough in explaining Bentham's Hedonic Calculus and relating Plato's concept of Justice to the other three pillars of Virtue and it'd have been a perfect paper if I'd have included the two aforementioned things. Okay, I admit that I could have given Bentham's Hedonic Calculus a more detailed and thorough analysis, which can be easily done, but I did go at length in analyzing Plato's conception of Justice--albeit in isolation, not in relation to the other three pillars of Virtue (Temperance, Wisdom, and Courage.) I argued with him after class that I did relate my analysis to the other three pillars, but only not directly. The references to the other three characteristics of Virtue were interspersed throughout my analysis without being explicitly linked together. Furthermore, the question only asked to discuss Justice, and not the other three, which I assumed had to be analyzed from a stand-alone point. He then said that incorporating all four pillars of Virtue in analyzing the concept of Justice was how Plato did it and that's the way it should have been done. I'm this close of replying that my name is not Plato. I'm not even Greek for God's sake.
Anyway, it's really not a big deal. I did well enough in my first paper that my current grade for this class is still an A. As long as I don't screw up the final paper, I should be okay. He did mention that he likes my writing style, which I guess is a worthy consolation in itself. I'm also doing okay in my other Pol Sci classes: I'm virtually locked for an A in Dr. John's European Integration class, who is also advising--and grading--me on my independent research paper on ASEAN and the EU.
I just cannot wait till the semester's over and go back home. I could really use a break right about now.
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