i am a sucker for a good compliment. today, i went to return the last library book for my class and i stopped by the office of the professor who had created the assignment about the 1960’s newspapers to ask if he needed a copy e-mailed to him (it was a rumor i had heard). he asked who i was and when i told him, he came over to shake my hand and the woman next to him said, ‘oh, you wrote that one? he’s been showing that to everyone in the office. nice job!’
he said he’s recommending that my paper be considered for a student award (not sure what that entails exactly, but it sounds awfully good). maybe i went a bit overboard? i have this problem of getting an idea of how i want something to look stuck in my head and unless it’s impossible to accomplish in the time i have available, i can’t stop fussing with it until it looks the way i want it to. i guess sometimes that pays off. although now i appear to have set the bar pretty high….
oh well, i still feel gratified that the one person who is most deeply familiar with these newspapers likes what i’ve done with it.
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