Final Thoughts

I am going to miss my classmates and my professor. I really enjoyed this class a lot I never thought I would enjoy blogging, but I do it is a place where I can write my thoughts down.  I appreciate the feedback and comments that I have gotten. I think I have learned to be a better communicator from this class. I still need help in getting my thoughts organized and expressed for my essays. I think it is hard because there is so much pressure to do everything perfectly.  I guess there is a difference from being perfect and thinking you are perfect, but I just don't have that capability. Like everyone else I strive to be the best. This class was very interesting and helped me to improve on my writing capabilities. I know that I have gained a lot of insight into my writing through this course. I really enjoyed the interaction in the seminars.

How do I feel after writing my essay

I am exhausted and my brain hurts. I feel like I can even think clearly anymore. I am also anxious about my paper, thinking that maybe I didn't do enough or that I did it wrong. I am not a very good communicator as far as writing goes I can talk and explain what I am trying to say it is just very hard for me to put pen to paper. I also have another problem and that is trying to comprehend what I have read , and transform it into my own train of thoughts. This has been a very difficult class for me but I only feel that it has enhanced my skills in writing. I will take with me the thing that I have learned in this class and put them to further use in my next courses. Thank you for your support and feedback.

Will I continue to blog after this semester

I don't know if I will continue or not, maybe. I really appreciate the comments that I have received from my classmates and professor. Blogging lets me get things that are bothering me off my chest. So I may continue after class is over. I am still struggling with my essay's for both my classes. I really don't like to write essay's, most people probably don't like to write essay's either. I think I don't like them because everything about them has to be perfect, and I am not perfect at all. So it tends to stress me out a lot. I love learning I just don't like expressing what I have learned through writing essay's.

Peer Reveiws

I am kind of torn between letting my peers review my work. I want the feedback and I don't want the feedback. I want the feedback, because I know it will help me. Then again I don't want the feedback, because I know it will inhibit my confidence in my writing. I want to be the best I can be, but sometime I am just afraid to get there. I guess I am afraid, because then I will expect even more from myself and so will my peers. I guess if I had confidence within myself it would not matter, but for me it is a double edge sword. In the long run I really do want the feedback and to grow in my knowledge of writing I am just afraid of the unknown. Sometimes you just want to hear the good and not how to improve, but as we all know we need to take the good with the bad that is how we grow.

What has been happening in the last 6 weeks.

Well, I have been learning a lot about writing an argumentative paper, and studying anatomy and physiology. I love going to school and learning, and I think the greatest part is I will be able to use what I learn in the work place. I remember when I was young and going to school I always wondered why we had to learn the things we were learning we would never use them in the real world. Boy, how wrong was that kind of  thinking. I learned a couple of weeks ago that my brother has cancer of the prostrate, according to the doctor's, I guess if you are going to have cancer, (prostrate) cancer is the one to get, because it is treatable. My brothers wife passed away 2 years ago from thyroid cancer it was a rare form only 10 cases in the world and she was case #10. So it was a little difficult to hear that he has cancer now. So we are dealing with that and the doctors think that everything is going to be alright. I am also trying very hard to keep up my grade point average, I never thought that would be important to me. I am also learning a lot about alcoholism and I think the more I learn about it the more I feel in control of my life. It is a hard essay to write, because it is really close to home for me being an alcoholic and all.

How has school influenced my life.

Wow, going to school has brought such joy to my life that I can't even explain it. I like the fact that I get to push myself beyond my comfort level, and  the challenges are huge. When I get high marks it makes my very proud of myself. I am able to share all my achievements with my grandchildren, and they are proud of me too. I feel so much more confident within my own skin, and I feel that I can accomplish anything. So overall I really love going to school, and doing something that I enjoy, and that is learning. We are never to old to learn and start a new career.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is using someone elses information,work, or ideas. It is very important to give credit where credit is do.  There are some impressive people that have plagiarized for instance Hellen Keller was accused of plagiarism on a composition for school when she was young. She was mortified, and was determined to have all future compositions screened by her friend's before submission. Then there was now Vice-President Joesph Biden, when in 1988 had to withdraw from the Democratic Presidential nominations, when it was revealed that he failed a course in law school for plagiarism. It was also shown that he copied several campaign speeches, notably those of British Labour leader Niel Kinnock and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In both cases he was essentially exonerated. As you can see that plagiarism is a form of dishonesty and no matter how far you think it might get at that moment it always come back and bites you. People work very hard on their work and it is only fair that they get the credit you would want the credit for your work.