Resolution of problems

For those who keeps up with my blog, here is the final outcome of the essay issue:

Dear Alphonsus,

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to you. I have simply been snowed under.

Your essay has been re-examined. After very careful consideration, it has been decided that the original mark should stand. Shelley has written detailed further comments for you explaining the mark and has also included another document prepared by the School of Historical Studies in the Faculty of Arts that will explain the broader rationale about grading.

You are obviously a very articulate student and your command of English is admirable. I hope you take these additional comments in the spirit in which they are offered, not from a defensive position, but rather as the kind of feedback that will help you to achieve your potentials and that will help you sharpen your research and writing skills more finely. While your mark in this assignment is (only a few marks) below the average, it would seem to me that you have considerably more potential. Shelley's detailed review looks at both the mechanics of essay writing and scholarly presentation as well as content. I think her principal reasoning lies in the difficulty that you appear to have had in integrating analytical observations of Haydn's style with the broader argument of the essay.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to respond.

John Griffiths

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The above email is just one of the many concerns solved today. Today, I just feel much lighter not only because the above issue, but also another issue which shows that my worries are unfounded. Well, I am not a demanding person after all. Shelley have just sent me a detailed 2 1/2 pages long of the strength, weakness and points to improve in the future -- at least I feel my marks are justified and I can let the matter rest.

This situation just reminds me of a verse from the bible:

Matthew 7: 7
"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you".

I have asked for answers, which I received in the above example. Although I am currently seeking for something (something which I have been seeking for very long time), I believe one day I will find in His time.

Well, if you want to know what am I seeking, you just got to knock the door of my heart, and it will be opened to you.. 8)