6.11.07

Going Mad in Madness and Civilization

I've been trying to finish writing my philosophy essay on Michel Foucault and his analysis of madness, civilisation, power and surveillance in society, but I'm somehow stuck at individual pieces that seem impossible to thread together. The more I attempt at bridging them, the more ludicrous my essay sounds. To be honest, I think the lecturer is gonna get a rude shock when he reads my contorted arguments.

But I cannot afford to delay anymore. The deadline was supposed to be yesterday, but I couldn't complete it before then, as I had an exam yesterday morning and had to spent the weekend revising for it. I tried to intermittently write stuff up, but that wasn't really productive and I'm left with what I have right now. I would've crapped something up by today so I could submit it, but I just found out this afternoon that today is a public holiday, so no point rushing it today when I can only give it in tomorrow.

Speaking of which, there is a penalty for late submissions, but they're only 1% a day, which is pretty mild when put into perspective: if I can take one more day to come up with a better essay, I think it's all worth it. So I hope the 2% penalty I'm incurring can be exchanged for a much better essay. Hopefully.

Oh, and my essay is somewhat like this: rambling on and on like a vacuum cleaner.

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