Technical Writing knowledge where did you go?

I finished my 11 page critical essay for graduate school of eighteenth century women and marriages. I edited it myself, with my vast knowledge of technical editing skills, or so those that I thought I had... I wanted a second opinion since I it wasn't just for a class that I could take a few tests and raise my over grade, it was my only shot. Because my GRE scores aren't high enough, each school I applied for told me that if my critical essay was strong enough my GRE scores wouldn't necessarily matter. I sent my essay to a fellow technical writer who edited my paper.

She tore it up, it was horrible. But I was happy because I knew all her mark ups were in good faith and honest to help me write the best paper I possibly can.

Once again, the good ol' UNT library that I never used while enrolled came in handy. I deeply regret not spending more time in that building. I always thought that of all the buildings on the UNT campus the Auditorium building and Curry Hall were my favorite, but I've decided it is Willis Library. Sure the architecture isn't as fancy and as antique as The Auditorium or Curry Hall, but the knowledge, power, beauty, hopes, dreams, and every emotion known to man, and those that some are not even aware of are hidden deep within the rows and row of old musty books that are still marked NTSU. North Texas State University, thats what UNT used to be called, when? I do not know, but it had to have been more than 40 years because when my grandfather taught economics at the school it was already The University of North Texas.

That would be a good google search, maybe when I am at work on wednesday and all out of Facebook quizzes to take.

I have 3 paragraphs complete on my redo paper, I know it will not end up at 10 pages but a teacher of mine once told me, its better to have 5 pages that are strong, thick, and never distracted than 10 pages that leap around, scratch the surface of several topics, and scatter brain itself. So if UNT wants to require me to have 10- 15 pages, suck it. you'll see that its not the amount of pages that matter, its what's on the pages.