why I won't rewrite my illness narrative for a better grade and why it sucked the first time

[johanna409]

Professor Gardner

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[jox]

what was the assignment? also, is this the person you work for too?

[johanna409]

No, I got an A in that class (Yay for A's in graduate seminars!!!). This is for Psychological Anthropology and the assignment was to interview someone ill and use their story as an example to explain how people percieve illness as manifested in society, politics, the body, their own experiences...that sort of thing. I chose my aunt, which was totally digging my own grave. On the one hand, I got a wonderful interview, perfect for the assignment. On the other, I can't stand psychoanalyzing someone's suffering, especially someone close to me. I copped out and got a C+, and it's worth like, 40% of my grade. I came to her and asked for permission to rewrite and she gave it to me. But bottom line, I hate this project and just want it to be over. She just responded

[jox]

she seems totally reasonable. but what an awful assignment for anyone who has a sick person in their life.

[johanna409]

yah, she is. I responded with this