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   Well in the mist of research, essay turnins and evaulations, and an amazing fact arises.

My American History Essay on a comparitive of Mary Rolandson and Frederick Douglass got an A, now the fun part.  On my required disc was the correct essay, but somehow a draft was submitted as the hard copy.  Fragemented and noted, not even in MLA, the draft had a big A on it.  Will I question the reasoning....NO

American History Presentation- American Long Arms and the Way of Way 1750-1783, also got an A....the live demonstration firing of a 1754 Long Land Rifle made quite an impact on the class. Blank charge only with all 18 loading steps, and the permission sequence required from the school was a hoot.  Also my refinment on the professors statement that the colonials fought as Indians, where I had to correct his assumption of fact based on perception.

Sociology...This was a pure slap at the professor, a 45 year old wanna-be feminist hippie, mad because she missed the 60's. "American Militarism" How America forms its perceptions of our society as a "Miltaristic" society.

A comparison of current third world "dictators", along with pointed examples of the Third Reich and Soviet Russia. And how America in the light of the definition of "militarism", does not meet the standard of the definition.  She did not like it, but it got a real hesitant A, based on the facts presented, and the context they were presented in. (BTW, got her to screen the first hour of Full Metal Jacket, as an example of de-humanizing, and conforming.  Explained the intent of DI behavior is to get the group to form a unit, instead of individuals, where the total group goal was to hate the DI, by passing and proving him wrong)

College is fun, and even in my Speech Class, the ole Drill Sergeant/Instructor came out and boomed the class in all three required speeches.  The persuasive was a blast.