Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Final Post (well,,,, maybe)

Hello all, made it !! Thank God! My paper came out much better than I thought (in both classes). Finally have that stress done with. I didn't do as well as I hoped for in my other class though. But I did better than I hoped in this class so that kind of helps. Tests are the clincher for me. I just seem to freeze when it comes time to take them. If I just had a little more time I think I would be able to do a little better. Oh well hopefully I will do better in A&P 2.
We found a new camper just in time for camping season, YEAH!!! Hopefully a tree won't decide to hug this one too. Have a great summer everyone!! Maybe I will see some of you next term. Thank you professor for all of your encouragement and thoughtful advice. It helped me to be a more thoughtful writer. God Bless :-)

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Final week

Hello all,
I have finally gotten all of my work done for both classes. Well, all but a final exam in my other class. I think I did okay on both of my papers but probably still could have done better. I have learned so much from this class that I plan on taking with me in the future. Have been looking for a new camper but so far just can't find one that I like. I guess I just want one that was like mine. Cute and CHEAP!!!!! LOL I got a good price on that one and now I want the same thing on a new one. Oh well, beggers can't be choosers. I want to wish everyone the best of luck with their grades, career choices, and summers. Maybe I will see some of you in other classes. God bless.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Final Project

Hi all. Well it is turned in!! I must say that I am happy I finally go it done. I am not completely happy with it however but I am afraid that I wouldn't have long enough to be really happy with it. I am so hard on myself that no matter what I do it just isn't good enough. I will have to wait and see what the professor thinks. I have pretty much the same grade as I had in Comp 1. A little higher but not much. I just struggle so hard with writing. Hopefully the more I do it the better and easier it will become. Can't wait for a vacation. I still have to finish my other paper first though so back to work, UGH!!! Talk to you all later.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Blogging

Let me see! I really haven't had any issues with this as I have a Facebook account that I post on maybe twice a week. I am not much into blogging and with school and my family I really don't have much time. After this class I am not sure if I will be keeping it going or not. Most of my family and friends all have Facebook and that is where we all keep in touch (when I do, lol) so I will probably just stay with that. This has been somewhat helpful though in helping me with my communication and typing skills. You respond a little differently here with fellow classmates than you would with family, at least I think so. I will miss communicating with the classmates that have been keeping in touch with me through the blog, whether it be many or a few. Will talk to you all again until the end.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Peer Reviews

Thank goodness I can post today. The site was down yesterday for posting and I was worried I would not make it in time for my grade. Wow this is a new thing!! Being a critic is not easy when it comes to judging your fellow classmates. I can take the criticism but I am not so good at giving judgement and criticism back to my fellow classmates that I consider friends after 7 weeks. It was kind of difficult. I wanted to make sure that it was constructive but didn't sound cruel. People can't see your face or hear your voice when you write things down so the way you word things mean everything. And of course, I am only a student myself so I don't know all there is to writing a paper the correct way. I am only human and I am sure some of my suggestions may have been absolutely the wrong ones. I hope that I have not given any of my fellow classmates any information that will cause them to loose points in their overall grades. On a happier note, and changing the subject completely, My daughter got her test back from her biopsy and it came back NEGATIVE!!!. They are going to do the test one more time just to make sure. She does have a cyst the size of a plum but the negative results is the best news I have heard in some time. Good Luck to everyone this next week. Will talk to you all then.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Last 6 weeks

The last 6 weeks haven't been that bad. There are people that have had it harder than me I am sure. My daughter has found out that she is doing well. They found only one white blood cell that may be causing the cancer in her cervix so far. They have done the biopsy and we are now waiting for the results. She is also 3 months pregnant so we are hoping for the best. We have had some weather that has been wet one minute and windy and warm the next. The weather decided to play an awful joke on us on Sunday and uproute a tree and replant it on top of my camper. Haven't even taken it camping yet. Only bought it this year. Thank goodness for insurance. Oh well, I still have the tent :-). Maybe the next 6 weeks won't be so bad. My son comes home from Okinawa for a visit in July. That will be nice!! Time to get back to school work. Will talk to you all soon.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Academic Challenge

The one academic challenge that I have so far is writing papers. I have a big problem with them. They usually come out pretty good it is just getting started with them and putting them in the proper form. Citing usually is not a big problem for me it is just the writing portion. Putting things down on paper in my own words and making it sounds right. Making sure that it flows and keeps the readers attention.
School has been a big influence on me so far. I put as much time into it as I can. I tend to push myself, probably, harder than even the teachers would. I want to be able to retain as much information as possible and be able to get a good grade. So far I have a great grade average and I want to end this term with an A so that it stays that way. A degree will not be given to you, you have to work hard to earn it and that is what I want. I have been thinking about going back to school for quite some time now so if I am going to put all of this time into it I am going to make it worth the effort. Good luck to everyone with your papers. I really need to work on mine (ugh).