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E-PrinceCorrection and editor's note appended
While the 1,976 students recently admitted to the Class of 2012 may be getting ready to bask in the summer sun and celebrate the completion of their last academic application for the next ...
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The statement by Sophia Echarriva is ridiculous. If she doesn't want to write research papers, then she shouldnt be at Princeton. That is no reason for wanting to write a creative thesis. And what's even worse is that the Prince is stupid enough to showcase such a statement on the front page, right before the prefrosh come to visit. I'd think Princeton students are pretty stupid if i read that.
I recently talked to one of my friends interested in applying for a creative thesis. I was shocked to find that he thought of it as the easy alternative to writing a research paper, because it's just story-telling, after all.
As a (closet) aspiring creative writer, I was literally sickened by this attitude. A creative thesis is just as challenging and engaging as a traditional senior thesis - or at least, that's how it should be. Anyone hoping to get out of doing real work, please look elsewhere.
She was actually misquoted on that. Once again, the Prince comes through...
I assume she wasn't actually misquoted but rather is now reneging what she said because it sounds stupid.
It may not have been a "misquote," per se, but rather a selection from a longer interview that has a different meaning outside of the context of the original conversation. None of the other statements she made in the article suggests she was looking for an "easy way out," and I find it amusing that people are so quick to rush to judgment, even if that judgment is rash and unfounded.
What about the other creative thesis majors: theater, dance, visual arts? Sadly neglected in what could be an interesting article of what actually goes on at 185.
I don't know if she was misquoted or not, but honestly, anyone who thinks a creative thesis is less work (or anyone who thinks creative thesis writers are somehow "getting out" of the hard work other students have to do) is just plain stupid. I know that's pretty obvious to people at Princeton who are familiar with the students doing creative work -- they have to start earlier, they spend a truly ridiculous amount of time on them, (fiction) theses tend to be longer than your average thesis, and many students outside English write an academic thesis in addition to the creative one -- and almost all the people I know who write two (or three?) do it because they want to, not necessarily because they have to. People who do creative theses range from insanely motivated to just plain insane...
I just hope the article doesn't mislead people outside the community.
Thanks. I think most of us in the creative community here appreciate that kind of acknowledgment. It is embarassing when there is such a poor quality of reporting about what is really going on in the academic minorities on this campus. Frankly, I would much rather read about the "insane" writers and artists on campus and how many hours of sleep per night they get (as boring as that sounds) than an absolutely poor excuse for an investigative piece about the creative thesis process.