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My Teeny Tiny Rant

Fri Feb 6, 2009, 5:45 PM
Oh who am I kidding... I've been frighting the system all day. This piece is entitled...

"Oh... excuse me. Sorry I wrote creatively in creative writing class..."

So... I was in my creative writing class a few days ago and our teacher made us form our desks into a circle. We then were shown a picture and had to write one sentence about it before passing the papers to our right and continuing the story the person to our left had started.
Well since my class is mostly composed of complete dumbasses, the stories weren't even stories by the time they got to me, and I didn't like that. So what did I do? I wrote really random shit. Really awesome random shit... because as long as each paper is different, we can write creatively. He gave us no guidelines or anything. But yeah... that's like the introduction to the story...

So today Maddy and I go into creative writing and notice that our teacher is being a dickhole. And sure enough, not but 10 minutes after class had begun, he started going on about how writing randomly wasn't writing creatively and blablabla. That's not what bothered me. What bothered me was that we got these little sheets in which we had to judge whose sentences were good, whose were bad, and whose were random or innapropriate. I don't believe in judging other people's creativity. It's not my place to tell them what's creative and what isn't. But even that didn't fully get to me. It was when we were working on the assignment and a girl called my teacher over and said "My story is all weird and messed up..." and he was like "Well, that's because you got it after Sarah <insert my last name here>." He said it really loud, too... and it REALLY pissed me off.... but more than anything, it hurt my feelings. I've had problems all year with teachers and guidance counselors basically telling me I'm insane, and his words hit me right in the heart. I couldn't even talk to him after class because I burst into tears...

And now... I have a whole weekend to choose whether or not I'm going to complete his assignment. I have no idea what to do. I want to make a point, but my GPA can't afford that many zeroes, even in an elective class. I thought that I could do the assignment and be completely serious and uncreative in his class for the rest or the year or I could write a letter about all of this and attatch it to my homework. The problem is, keeping myself from being creative is painful... and it would be admitting that he is right (which he isn't). Writing a letter, I'm afraid, would get me an office referral and I can't have any more situations like that this year. I don't think I could make it...

So what should I do? Someone please give me a hand...

Thanks,
Rayne

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:icontherish:
Just keep up with the creativity. Don't sacrifice your grades for a petty grudge. (I don't mean that to sound like I'm brushing your problems aside. You are genuinely upset, and I respect that. But in the grand scheme of life, it won't matter much later.) Pour your heart and soul into each assignment and you'll ace the class. Your teacher will respect your dedication and see your creativity for what it is. And if he doesn't? Well, then he doesn't deserve to teach that class and you have accomplished a secret victory.

Just be you, Sarah. That's all anyone should ever expect of you. You don't have to please anyone but yourself, and don't ever let anyone make you believe differently. I love you!

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:iconeternalmadness:
Suck it up and kick him in the vagina!!!

You're so much better than that, Sarah <insert last name here>!

We'll turn in a random story together!!

And f**k him in the goat @$$ if he doesn't like it!

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:iconsuni-moon:
Ugh, I've delt with assholes like that before. Dx
Still, his behavior there, from what you said, is totally out of line. I'd say that it should be brought up, but the school system sucks balls, so even if it was brought to light, nothing would come of it.
Besides. You wrote creatively. Any form of creativity is crushed down by the public school system, the last change you got to write freely was grade school. D:<

Then again, if you came up with a good enough sob story about he singled you out and how humiliated you to a level that may scar you later in life, you could get his ass fired.
>='D

All it would be is stretching the truth a little for the sake of revenge.

But... Still not the best of ideas... One of the many reasons that I'm not meant to give advice, or speak at all, for that matter. xD

Just do the assignment.
Pour all you've got into it, and pull through. Besides, now's a fine chance to blow his mind with your work and do better then the rest of the class combined. Keep me posted on this, kay?

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:iconthekagetenshi:
Keep this in mind:

'No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.' -Stephen King

And that pretty much sums up the entire assignment you were forced to do. Any person should know, that in less you're working with talented people you've known for awhile, and you're familiar with their writing as they are with yours that the concept of creating a 'good' story from multiple writers will fall short of a hog's ass. From what I understand, the stories were already garbage before you got to them so who cares?

As for your new assignment, try some prewriting exercises, listen to music and write what ever comes into your head (this is called 'freewriting' not 'random nonsense';) let your feelings flow from yur head to your pen to your paper, don't submit it for homework, but whatever story ideas come from it, use. run with it and don't let fear of randomness hinder your ability, you can't please everybody, and doing so will make you really go insane.

I could give you something to write about, but I don't know what your assignment is :)
I'd like to help though.

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:iconthekagetenshi:
I-I had an idea for you, 'schadenfreude' base a story around that word!
:D
Schadenfreude is a person who derives pleasure from other peoples pain, basically, it's German for 'Sadist'

You could write the story about your teacher, only he's 'Mr. Schadenfruede'! :D
It'll make you feel better at least. (Well, it'd make me feel better in your situation...)

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:iconrayneelric:
lol... my topic actually had to do with someone kidnapping someones sister... so that would definitely work! thanks!

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:iconrayneelric:
exactly... except he must have gotten laid last night cuz he was nice today.... O.o

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:iconrayneelric:
Lmao... thanks... I actually did turn in a story... 25 pages might I add (I was so proud)...

And today he looked at me and said...

"I need to speak with you..."

And I was like

"Shit... I'm getting written up! I'm going to die! I knew I shouldn't have been so boundary stretching! Blahblahblah!"

And so we went to a computer lab and finally he comes up to me...

And my heart is pounding and I'm freaking out and he says...

"You didn't write this story for this class, did you?"

And I was like... "Well kinda..."

And he was like "It's very awesome, but doesn't really fit the topic. Do you mind if I keep this copy though?"

And I breathed for the first time all day and was like "Sure." And I think that's the end... for now...

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It was a true test of his self-control, however, when he neared the shadowed cameraman and the guy kept taking his picture. Silently, he vowed never to make Selphie waffles ever again. -"Protecting the Lion" by: DB2020
:iconthekagetenshi:
YAY! :D

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