So, this has been a really bad week. Really bad. Just blah. Among all the stuff, I got my midterm back for ancient greece. Yeah I KNOW I did ok on it, like a B. Yeah, it said "66 1/2" on the top. I was furious. The test, you see, consist of multiple parts: 14 fill inthe blank (ABorC, or like True or False), 5 IDs in which you are given a name or something and then you tell who what where and when it is, and then three short essays. I've had Jackie Maxwells class before (Ancient Rome, this is Ancient Greece) and I knew what to expect. Well I did great on he 14 questions, I got marked off for no reason on a couple of my ids (no one put why on it) and the essays, OMG. Whoever graded this is such a dumbass. Why I say whoever, is because, Jackie has 2 TAs in the class. So, there is no way she graded allllll the tests, common knowledge. I mean, theres 150 people in my class. SO last night I ran into a girl in my class in Wal*Mart and she informed me, all who got graded by Jackie (the professor herself) had red ink and had higher grades than the other people who had black/ blue ink. Well, I had black ink folks. I have a feeling its this one TA, now get this, I asked him before the test where Mytilene is, and he said, and I quote, "I don't know, I don't know anything until the test." OK , he sits in class every fucking day, what does he MEAN!?!? So out of 20 points each, I got graded 13/20 first one, 11/20, then 14/20. By far the most rediculous grade, was the second one, where all of them never state any reason why its marked off so LOW. Hell, because of the point system, I get 6 more points I get a B on the test. So monday, I am meeting with Jackie herself to argue each essay. I will type one of  the questions that was asked WITH my answer, and be honest, I'll let YOU grade it. Out of 20 points, keeping in mind I answered all parts of the question, or I addressed them, how would you grade this:

Describe the ways in which the Iliad offers a commentary on warfare in early Greek society. Does it glorify war? Are war heroes idealized, or* do they have flaws? (*note: the "or" is in boldface here because, in grammar, this word means you can pick one or the other. If both were wanting to be answered, then the word "and" would have been appropriate)

Homer's Iliad is a magnificent poem that introduces a society that we can in no way understand (I meant with this sentence that, this is why we are still STUDYING it, the jackass who graded it put a VERY rude and VERY unprofessional comment on the side saying"If we can't understand it, how are you writing about it?" ok dumbass, we are STUDYING it. DUH) Warfare was the essence of society in the fact they were always at war and it was a way to gain glory for an individual as much as a whole army. It was glorified in many ways, even dying was beautiful, with the word "beautiful" even being used several times in the poem itself. It was ideal for war to be glorified in this manner so that it can inspire others. To die or to take home great riches was all heroic and a way to earn a living. It is not, however, what it seems to be. In Book 6, when Hector talks with his wife Andromache, he is certain he will die, and this posed problems for his infant son and wife. In the end, Hector did perish, his wife enslaved and his son murdered. This makes war seem gruesome, especially for the losing side.

At the end of this, his reason for me losing 9 points was "Too vague-example- address the 'Flaws" question." Ok, THEN WHAT THE FUCK WAS THE "GRUESOME" I WAS TALKING ABOUT!!?!?!? DID HE EVEN READ THIS!?!?!? At the LEAST, my grading would have been a 15. It isn't my strongest essay, but still, not worth an 11. All parts of the question were answered. And by the way, his grading, all he put was "TOO VAGUE" on all of them. HAHAHAH go fuck yourself.