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wow sorry it’s been so long! i’ve had a pretty busy week in school, and i’m not very good at managing both my homework and my webwork. there’s just too much to do.

it really just comes down to this: i had an a.p us history essay to write. my advanced placement class is in fact the hardest one at my school and at times, i shudder at the thought of not succeeding in it. however, succeeding in that class usually is getting about a c. again, the hardest one in our school. well, i had to write this essay, due thursday, then deferred til friday.

the question was

“While the North grew and changed, economically the South merely grew…and southern growth reinforced existing conditions, including slavery.” Assess the validity of this statement.

yup that was it. and we don’t have the kind of teacher where you could just answer the question and call it a day. nope, we have the kind of teacher where you not only have to “assess the validity” of the statement, but we have to tie in the market economy, seperatly define ‘growth’, ‘change’, and ‘reinforce’, not bad. but it also has to have slavery and how that helped the south grow economically and the diversity of the northern economy due to change, especially the high population, metropolitian cities, and the western connestion via railroads. and to top it off, it had to be good and well written.

though it sounds like a lot to do, and though i didn’t make it sound all that hard ( i had to re-write it three times), it’s definitly worth it because not only through the book and classroom discussions, but through your individual aspect pertaining to the question. it’s really quite good.

i’m going to go get something to eat.