How To Write A History Essay
by The following was found in my European History AP review book.
You may be witty but not flippant. Make sure the reader is laughing with you and not at you. Hindsight has a way of making us feel superior towards the people of the past. Try to remember to put yourself in their places and you will sound less patronizing. Applying the word "stupid" to Wilhelm II of Germany, for example, is not a good idea. He made grave errors of judgement, but he was by no means an unintelligent man. Also avoid overly familiar relations with the great. Florence Nightengale should not be called "Flo" or even Florence nor Napoleon I "Nappy".
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i once called Napoleon "Nappy". because of his hair. you know he wore a doo-rag? I did a major thesis statement on this. i didn't do well, as you could probably imagine.
that's the first time i saw the word 'doo-rag' spelled out...
i think it's spelled du-rag
that's the first time i saw du-rag spelled out
such a beautiful word
you people are nuts
i think it's spelled Do-Rag
that's the first time i saw Do-Rag spelled out (is this getting old yet?)
I think NOT! Get your Do-Rag here.
the world will never know. i went to the mall today, and i saw it spelled du-rag. i have no clue wat to believe
"du-rag" is a brand
What mall are you going to? More specifically, what store? Do they have this giant display of du-rags?
you mean du-rag do-rags...
i always thought it was spelled dew-rag because it soaked up all the sweat. im kinda glad its not that
yuk!
what are you trying to say? That the people who wear these "do-rags" sweat alot? Hoooooo hoooo, boooy, you are stepping on thiiiin ice
i thought they were to protect from chafing
theyreto keep your hair protected, especialy if you are trying to protect your waves
I thought the deal was they were supposed to protect your waves at night, when you're sleeping, so they'd look good during the day. then people just started wearing them all the time, therefore defeating their purpose.
ohhhh that makes sense!!
tina will FINALLY be able to sleep tonight! hey tina did you know that if you drop a clock into a black hole, it ticks slower and slower because time slows down, but if you were holding the clock, you wouldn't notice, because time was slowing down for you too, but it would appear as if it wasn't. THAT's RELATIVITY!!
wow! im so impressed (this is being said the a sarcastic undertone)
dude! come on. you could not explain relativity, if asked. i can. go practice driving.
woooooow you just dissed my DRIVING skillz?! eh its kool.
This is a real conversation, circa 2001.
Tina: Dan, you drive.
Dan: Why, I'm not sure where we're going.
Tina: Umm. You have to drive.
Dan: Why?
Tina: I can't tell you.
Dan: Are you hiding from the long arm of the law?
Tina: NOOOOOOO.
hahahahaha you crack me up so! did that conversation ever happen? i dont remember it, but it could have....
dude! are you kidding! that was the night you told me WHY you couldn't drive for...a while. because they took away your license. and you were happy because you got a new photo on your license out of the deal.
and while we're on the subject, where is the front VW emblem that used to be on your car???
its THERE! :-p
i've never seen it. i want proof. maybe you stole it from cerrato's car.
haha no i got my hood fixed... stupid non moving car in front of me...
ever hear of BRAAAAKES?
ever hear of "dan SHUT UP" hahahahaha i love ya dan
yo that's just not right ok how about this, remember the day i taught jahanna to drive stick on matt's jetta and i ran over a curb? and he didn't notice?? whew.
HAHAHA! that was the first time we ever really hung out Dan! and we were swing dancing in the parking lot too! cuz we had to kill time while tina and matt were "chatting"! haha
i can't imagine that i was swing dancing. i forgot how once i moved away.
there goes that excuse again. at least i say i can't swing dance.