Immigration and Eng 301

Sigh, I thought that Eng 301 (arguementative writing) would be easy. I mean, I can write and I can argue, so it should be a push over, right? I do my first paper and its gold. Solid gold. The prof loves it, I love it, things are looking good for your man M-Daddy.

But then, paper 2....

I simply make the arguement that the US Mexican border needs to be better protected. I'm not saying I have a problem with Mexican immigration, but I do have a problem with illegal immigration. Its dangerous to our nation and to illegal immigrants. I figured most people could get behind that idea. How wrong I was. My prof HATED it. Totally. Completely. She hands it back for revisions and I got all these notes in the margins--in some cases these are literally paragraphs-- arguing the exact opposite of everything I had to say. Yeah, didnt take me long to figure out how far in the toilet I was. So, I get to make revisions, and I'm stuck with a dilemma. I know that she doesn't like what I'm saying and is pretty well set on another direction, so I suppose I could change stuff to make it more to her liking, but that would be awful gutless on my part. So I make some revisions and turn it back in with most of the same stuff in it--and she gives it back for revisions again with MORE comments about how wrong my entire arguement is. Lots of ALL CAPS and underlining. Things like-- "All immigrants should be legal", refering to the minute men as "lynchers" and an over all rejection of the term "illegal alien/immigrant". So I need to make a few more revision and turn it in tomorrow. God, I've all but given up hope on this one. Looking back, I think I was doomed from the start on this one. Excuse the Hell out of me for trying to write about things that can be argued and have a legitamite impact on society. Next time I'll just do why Pete Rose should be allowed in the baseball hall of fame.

PS: Keep in mind, I'm writing this before the paper recieved its final grade. I guess I could still be okay--maybe she was just presenting her feelings to give me something to think about. Besides, shouldn't I get credit for sticking to my guns?