Hello class,
I cannot believe that this class is already over with. The time flew. I have submitted my last paper and I hope I did it right. I am not sure. Well lets hope for the best.
This time I want to write about what I have learned from this course. I learned a lot in this course. I learned how to be more specific in my emails to my coworkers. I learned how to better communicate with my coworkers. It seems such a small thing, but it really is important. I even got a "thumbs up" from my supervisor. This course was a lot of help to me. I am going to use what I learned in this course for the rest of my live. I will miss this course and also the instructor we had. Dr. M was wonderful, she knows her subject and she knows how to teach it. She makes sure everyone in class is ready to go to the next step. I really liked that I have had a instructor who took the time to get me to learn what I needed to succeed in this course. It was wonderful to be in this class. I also have to thank my class mates. You all have helped me a lot to succeed in this course. The comments to me have helped me to get better in writing. They have helped me to realize I can do better. I always thought that I am a great writer, in this course I learned how much I still have to learn. It showed me, that just because I got good grades in high school, it does not mean that I can rest. I had forgotten that I can not rest on the grade I got in high school, but that I have to continue learning. I do know that live is a constant learning, but how to apply it to ones live, is up to myself.
Thank you again, all of you for making this class really great for me. I will cherish my memories and keep them with me.
See you all later, hopefully soon, in more classes.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Unit 9 post
Hello y'all.
How is everyone? I hope you all are doing good. Now, after the holidays gone and over with, it is time to get back to normal. I am trying, but it is really hard. My grandson, he is 2 years old, just does not want to let go of the Christmas tree. It has to come down this week though. There will be tears, but it will be coming back in December.
Now in this Unit I was asked to write about how I feel, now that my paper is almost done. I am feeling a sense of accomplishment. It is a great feeling to have something accomplished, that seemed so hard when I first started this class. I am elated that I did it. All I have to do is to edit my paper and submit it. I just wish I had more time for research. Is that not crazy? I have had nine weeks, and still I have stuff to research. I think that when one is writing a research paper, there is never enough time. I am asking myself if I have done all I could, or is there more to do? To say? To add? All in all I am feeling really good about my paper and its content. I do hope my instructor will think the same. I have put a lot of work, not to mention my soul, into this paper. My next paper will be so much better, because of what I learned in this course. I cannot believe that this term is almost over with. These weeks went so fast, compared to when I started Unit 1. In Unit 1, it seemed so much to do and so little time, now I have to say that I am really sad that this is the next to last blog I post, for my class. I am going to try to keep up with the blog, but I am not sure I will write every week. Maybe a few times a month. Well, I will see what the future holds.
Now, I want to wish all my classmates all the luck in the world to finish what they started. I just want to let you know that, even when it gets harder, hang in there. Do not give up going for you dream. It is really worth it.
Love you all.
Gisa
How is everyone? I hope you all are doing good. Now, after the holidays gone and over with, it is time to get back to normal. I am trying, but it is really hard. My grandson, he is 2 years old, just does not want to let go of the Christmas tree. It has to come down this week though. There will be tears, but it will be coming back in December.
Now in this Unit I was asked to write about how I feel, now that my paper is almost done. I am feeling a sense of accomplishment. It is a great feeling to have something accomplished, that seemed so hard when I first started this class. I am elated that I did it. All I have to do is to edit my paper and submit it. I just wish I had more time for research. Is that not crazy? I have had nine weeks, and still I have stuff to research. I think that when one is writing a research paper, there is never enough time. I am asking myself if I have done all I could, or is there more to do? To say? To add? All in all I am feeling really good about my paper and its content. I do hope my instructor will think the same. I have put a lot of work, not to mention my soul, into this paper. My next paper will be so much better, because of what I learned in this course. I cannot believe that this term is almost over with. These weeks went so fast, compared to when I started Unit 1. In Unit 1, it seemed so much to do and so little time, now I have to say that I am really sad that this is the next to last blog I post, for my class. I am going to try to keep up with the blog, but I am not sure I will write every week. Maybe a few times a month. Well, I will see what the future holds.
Now, I want to wish all my classmates all the luck in the world to finish what they started. I just want to let you know that, even when it gets harder, hang in there. Do not give up going for you dream. It is really worth it.
Love you all.
Gisa
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Unit 8 posting.
Hello everyone.
Hope you all had a great new year. Mine was spend in the hospital. It was good though since I finally came home last Wednesday.
Now to my posting for this unit. The question asked was to write about the feedback or lack of thereof, I received from my peers. Well, I am a person who values feedback a lot. I really need feedback, because in my eyes, it makes live so much easier. So, to answer the question, no I did not receive a lot of feedback. That is kind of bothering me. I really run on feedback. It is essential for me. It does not matter if it is in my personal live or in my work life. I think I can not function without feedback, that is how essential it is for me. I do hope to get more feedback when I send my paper to my cohorts. I am so looking forward to more feedback as we start the almost last class in this term.
See you all next week at seminar.
Hope you all had a great new year. Mine was spend in the hospital. It was good though since I finally came home last Wednesday.
Now to my posting for this unit. The question asked was to write about the feedback or lack of thereof, I received from my peers. Well, I am a person who values feedback a lot. I really need feedback, because in my eyes, it makes live so much easier. So, to answer the question, no I did not receive a lot of feedback. That is kind of bothering me. I really run on feedback. It is essential for me. It does not matter if it is in my personal live or in my work life. I think I can not function without feedback, that is how essential it is for me. I do hope to get more feedback when I send my paper to my cohorts. I am so looking forward to more feedback as we start the almost last class in this term.
See you all next week at seminar.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Unit 7 blog
Hello y'all
How is everyone? I hope you all had a great Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful new year.
Now, in this unit, I am going to write about peer review and how I feel about it. Well, I must say, I like peer reviews. What I like about peer reviews is that I get the feedback I need in order to be better. This is not just for this writing class, but it also goes for everything else in live. I always ask myself the question, "how can I get better in what I am doing?". I might think I did a terrific job, but will overlook mistakes. When someone else is reviewing what I did, they can see the mistakes I did not. So, it is a win win situation. Peer review also lets me get another perspective of the information I am seeking. I can be assured that I will give it my best.
How is everyone? I hope you all had a great Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful new year.
Now, in this unit, I am going to write about peer review and how I feel about it. Well, I must say, I like peer reviews. What I like about peer reviews is that I get the feedback I need in order to be better. This is not just for this writing class, but it also goes for everything else in live. I always ask myself the question, "how can I get better in what I am doing?". I might think I did a terrific job, but will overlook mistakes. When someone else is reviewing what I did, they can see the mistakes I did not. So, it is a win win situation. Peer review also lets me get another perspective of the information I am seeking. I can be assured that I will give it my best.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Unit 6 blog
Hello all.
This weeks question is: Consider how my ideas about my topic could be influential in later research?
This is a hard question to answer, because I am not sure if my paper is even good at this point. I personally want to know about this topic, which is "Children and second hand smoke". I hope that my paper will wake up some parents and they think twice about smoking in their house, in the car and just around children. I hope to find so much information that I can say I really researched the paper and I know what I am talking about. I wish my paper could help others, who are writing a paper, on the same subject to verify my research. I hope to influence not just later research, but I also will have my friends who smoke reading it. Especially when they have kids. There is this myth, about cigarettes, that I hear all the time from my smoking friend, who are parents. It states that cigarettes have been classified as "good for your health" in the 50's and 60's. That many state that they also grew up around smoke and they are not sick. Yes, in the 50's and 60's, there was not research available to the people who smoked. They did not know how bad smoking really is. It started in the 70's that smoking became a health risk, not just to the person who smokes, but also to the people who live with them and do not smoke. I think that all that started with one article, and it grew from there. Now, in our time, we know what smoking can do to us, and our loved one, but many article on second hand smoke talk only of the adults. The children are kind of overseen in this. And the children are the ones that suffer the most. I just hope and pray that this paper will be a wake up call to people. The children are suffering and don't even know it. It takes years to get to the point where the Doctors see what second hand smoke did to them.
This weeks question is: Consider how my ideas about my topic could be influential in later research?
This is a hard question to answer, because I am not sure if my paper is even good at this point. I personally want to know about this topic, which is "Children and second hand smoke". I hope that my paper will wake up some parents and they think twice about smoking in their house, in the car and just around children. I hope to find so much information that I can say I really researched the paper and I know what I am talking about. I wish my paper could help others, who are writing a paper, on the same subject to verify my research. I hope to influence not just later research, but I also will have my friends who smoke reading it. Especially when they have kids. There is this myth, about cigarettes, that I hear all the time from my smoking friend, who are parents. It states that cigarettes have been classified as "good for your health" in the 50's and 60's. That many state that they also grew up around smoke and they are not sick. Yes, in the 50's and 60's, there was not research available to the people who smoked. They did not know how bad smoking really is. It started in the 70's that smoking became a health risk, not just to the person who smokes, but also to the people who live with them and do not smoke. I think that all that started with one article, and it grew from there. Now, in our time, we know what smoking can do to us, and our loved one, but many article on second hand smoke talk only of the adults. The children are kind of overseen in this. And the children are the ones that suffer the most. I just hope and pray that this paper will be a wake up call to people. The children are suffering and don't even know it. It takes years to get to the point where the Doctors see what second hand smoke did to them.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Unit 5 posting How has school influenzed my life so far?
Hello all,
this week I was asked to write about how school is influencing my life so far. This is not a easy thing to answer. After I enrolled in college, I asked myself why I wanted to put myself through all this again? Will it be worth it in the end? Will I get through this without washing out? Can I still learn?
Well, I found out that I am still able to learn even after all the time I have spend without schooling. It was a hard decision for me and my kids, for me to go back to school. There where many things to consider. Who is picking up on the chores around the house? I had to have my children on board in order to go back to school. My daughter also is in college and since she also has a child, it was so important to get through to my son. He is 17 years old and he has one more year of high school, than he also will be on its way to college. It was not easy to convince my kids that even I, in my advanced years, still have a shut at college. I do have three college degrees, all earned in Germany, right after high school. My kids thought that going back to college now, will somehow change the dynamic in our house. It sure did, because now everyone has to do more chores in order to survive. My son, after many talks and after he's seen my GPA, finally came on board. He was so scared that I would not succeed, but his doubts where eliminated. He has now started to study for his SAT's and he decided to get a degree in Law. So, next week, he will take his LSAT's. I have shown him and my daughter, that learning and college is not just for young out of high school kids, but also for people who want to better themselves. School has brought some good changes and some not so good changes, but all in all, I am very happy to have made the choice to go back to college. College has changed my life so much, because now I know that I am able to count on my kids. They will step in when needed and they will help out, no question asked.
I am hoping that, after I get my degree, I will be able to help my kids with their college work. I am pretty confident that I showed my kids to go for a dream, not just to dream about, but make it happen. It took a lot out of us as a family, but it also brought us closer together.
this week I was asked to write about how school is influencing my life so far. This is not a easy thing to answer. After I enrolled in college, I asked myself why I wanted to put myself through all this again? Will it be worth it in the end? Will I get through this without washing out? Can I still learn?
Well, I found out that I am still able to learn even after all the time I have spend without schooling. It was a hard decision for me and my kids, for me to go back to school. There where many things to consider. Who is picking up on the chores around the house? I had to have my children on board in order to go back to school. My daughter also is in college and since she also has a child, it was so important to get through to my son. He is 17 years old and he has one more year of high school, than he also will be on its way to college. It was not easy to convince my kids that even I, in my advanced years, still have a shut at college. I do have three college degrees, all earned in Germany, right after high school. My kids thought that going back to college now, will somehow change the dynamic in our house. It sure did, because now everyone has to do more chores in order to survive. My son, after many talks and after he's seen my GPA, finally came on board. He was so scared that I would not succeed, but his doubts where eliminated. He has now started to study for his SAT's and he decided to get a degree in Law. So, next week, he will take his LSAT's. I have shown him and my daughter, that learning and college is not just for young out of high school kids, but also for people who want to better themselves. School has brought some good changes and some not so good changes, but all in all, I am very happy to have made the choice to go back to college. College has changed my life so much, because now I know that I am able to count on my kids. They will step in when needed and they will help out, no question asked.
I am hoping that, after I get my degree, I will be able to help my kids with their college work. I am pretty confident that I showed my kids to go for a dream, not just to dream about, but make it happen. It took a lot out of us as a family, but it also brought us closer together.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Unit 4 posting, why do we have to cite our sources?
Hello everyone.
This weeks assignment is to explain why we should cite our sources when writing a paper for school.
Well, one good reason would be to let the teacher and class mates know where my thought process goes and where it will lead too. It also means that I am going to give credit to the person who thought about the topic first. What I mean by that is that other people have researched that topic before, and have published their findings, for me and other people to read and to get their conclusion from it. The author has a right to get the credit for the work they put into the topic. Also, in order to not commit plagiarism, citing the source where the information comes from is most important. Plagiarism is not just a ethical problem, but it can also have legal consequences. I remember a few years back, a girl from a college, I forgot which one, published a book. She took parts from another book that one of her professors wrote and made it her own, without citing the professor. This was discovered and all the proceeds of that book where given to the professor. So, just because she forgot to cite her source, she was cut out of a lot of money, but not only that, she had another book in the making and her publisher dropped her. I think she payed dearly for her mistake, but it was right to do so. She had not right to pass her professors work off as her own and make a profit off it. So, now I can see why citing sources is not just important, but it is essential to writing that has to be researched.
This weeks assignment is to explain why we should cite our sources when writing a paper for school.
Well, one good reason would be to let the teacher and class mates know where my thought process goes and where it will lead too. It also means that I am going to give credit to the person who thought about the topic first. What I mean by that is that other people have researched that topic before, and have published their findings, for me and other people to read and to get their conclusion from it. The author has a right to get the credit for the work they put into the topic. Also, in order to not commit plagiarism, citing the source where the information comes from is most important. Plagiarism is not just a ethical problem, but it can also have legal consequences. I remember a few years back, a girl from a college, I forgot which one, published a book. She took parts from another book that one of her professors wrote and made it her own, without citing the professor. This was discovered and all the proceeds of that book where given to the professor. So, just because she forgot to cite her source, she was cut out of a lot of money, but not only that, she had another book in the making and her publisher dropped her. I think she payed dearly for her mistake, but it was right to do so. She had not right to pass her professors work off as her own and make a profit off it. So, now I can see why citing sources is not just important, but it is essential to writing that has to be researched.
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