That Final Paper You Want From Me Analysis

In the short story “That Final Paper You Want from Me” by Polly Frost, we meet the student Sabrina McEvoy. For her Intro to Composition class, she has been asked to write a final paper. But since she does not really like the idea of a written paper, she comes up with the idea of creating a social network as a project. The Composition teacher, Dr. Pettit, rejects the whole thing, making Sabrina very angry and spiteful. She then writes him a long email, showcasing 4 different types of social media in the hopes of persuading him.
The first social media is called “Hashing it Over”. This social media is a place for girls where they can keep gossiping and talking about the same subject over and over without getting any hate for it.
The second social
This social media is for her generation. She wants a place where she and other teenagers can post as many crazy updates, without it coming back to haunt them later in their life.
The fourth and last social media is called “F2F”. Sabrina came up with this idea while talking to her grandma, since she finds her boring. “F2F” is a network for old people, where they can meet up and talk. That way, Sabrina does not have to listen to her grandmother’s complaints and gibberish all the
Pettit should be on one more time, I'm gonna go postal." (p. 133, line 21-22)
Dr. Pettit cares about his subject a lot. Sabrina mentions his seriousness multiple times, trying to make it seem like a horrible thing. Besides that, the only other thing Sabrina mentions about Dr. Pettit is his affair with one of his students, Caitlin. “To be honest, I can't see why you're letting Caitlin do a multimedia project and ***not*** me. It wouldn't have anything to do with the amount of time I've noticed her spending in your office, would it?” (p. 138, line 22-24)
As a narrator, Sabrina is manipulative and condescending. She cannot take “no” for an answer, which shows childlike and spoiled behavior. Sabrina has absolutely no respect of her teacher, as she is blackmailing him, “Otherwise I’ll have to create a competitor for that very successful social networking site dissyourprofessors.com and use it to talk about the way you and Caitlin swap so many charged looks in class.:-)” (p. 138, line 28-30) calling him fat and constantly talking about how boring she finds him. This does not give us the impression of a very serious student. Instead of respecting others and working hard, she is being very selfish and