so i read the prompt wrong for my history final.  i just wrote an 8-page outline on the WRONG QUESTION!  i thought it was asking "if the founding fathers were looking at present-day from 1876, what would they have to say" and what it really was is "if the founding fathers were looking at 1876 from the time when they lived, what would they say"...  so, i got to format/reinstall my outline.  the paper is not going to be nearly as good (i was really excited about it).

the final is a 10-12 page paper...  i've had the prompt since the beginning of the semester and guess what?!  this is the first time i actally read what he meant to say rather than what he said he said...