I posted this over at the ladies’ forum, but in case some of you miss it there, here are my results with this experiment:
I used Instant Shine and MX 179 on my logbook (essentially a folder compiling all of my work for the quarter) for class, spraying what was left of IS, which was very little, and MX 179 on random pages towards the beginning, middle, and of course, the final page. So I got my final grade back: a solid ‘B’. Given how poorly my group did for our final presentation, it’s not so bad. I wanted to get at least a B, but was afraid I’d get something lower, given the class is outside of my department (product design/mechanical engineering—I’m a history major) and I didn’t know what they expected of my logbook. Ideally, i would have liked something higher, but I won’t cry about it.
But there’s a caveat: I’m not sure if the -mones were at play, or whether my TA just felt sorry for me. I added a letter-like evaluation about my awful experience in the group project—and I’m fairly persuasive with the written word—so that may have also helped my grade. He mentioned where he and the other TAs ‘bumped’ my grade up for my efforts.
All in all, there doesn’t seem to be any negative results from using IS or MX 179 on assignments, so I give it 2 thumbs up. I intend to try this again on my last assignment for the quarter and see what I get (I truly need help with this one, as the prof. is set against me)