Half Noise

One student I had wrote a paper about an event that had a major impact on his life. The event was when he first became a father. No argument from me that this undoubtedly had a huge impact on him. His creative edge was the use of explicit details. Details of his wife going into labor and giving birth to their baby.

It's interesting to me how when I come to work, I put my personal life aside, yet I may read things about people that is extremely personal and private. A bit of a testament to how sensitive our positions can be at times. Anyway, I'm fairly squeamish and cynical about the whole concept of reproduction (albeit, I was once born too) so this paper was difficult for me to read.

It talked so much about hyperventilating, epidurals, tearing, blood, and incisions, I was nearly chewing my fist I was so uncomfortable. We were taking turns reading out loud and it got to the point that when it was my turn I just started reading really fast cause I was getting nauseous.
After reading through the whole thing, I was like, "Wow, the intensity is really there, isn't it? Nice work!" But I couldn't tell if he had written an effective paper, or if I was just being bias due to my panic attack. I managed to finish the session intact, and the whole experience taught me to be more prepared for whatever content I may be exposed to.