Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Another day of bad news

I wish that I could have a day where I don't receive bad news about something. My son who is renting my home out for me called to let me know that he is getting phone calls about the tenants. He found out that they lied to him. I said it was alright for 1 dog as long as it stayed outside. He found out that they have a pig (yes I said pig), 6 dogs, and a ferret. My son was so mad that he told them all of the pets have to go. I can only imagine what my house is like now. I know that I will never go back there to live, but it makes me so mad that people sign a lease and then try and tear the place up.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Plagiarism

Plageriarism is when you do not give credit to someone for their work. I know that you can get expelled from school, fired, or sued if you do not give the credit to the person for their work. I have never had to deal with plagiarism before and to be honest I would not know what to do. I still have trouble with referencing so I hope that I am not plagiarizing in any way. There are so many ways plagiarism can be used. You Tube and Wikipedia are two examples. With these sites you can not possibly take anything serious because you can not check the facts. I truly do not see how these two examples can get away with what they do. There is plageriarism because they do not cite or reference anything. If you use these as a reference you are also committing plagiarism.

This is my opinion only. What do you think?

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Day After Christmas

Well Christmas is over and the last two days have been so much fun. We had snow on Christmas Eve even though there was not a lot of accumulation. I have not ever seen snow coming down like that before. Christmas with my grandchildren was exciting. The sad part of Christmas is children used to go outside and ride bikes, play with the toys that they got and have a good time. In this day of video games, computers, etc. you do not see children out playing like they used to do. Sometimes change can be good, but in this case I think it is very sad. Happy New Year to everyone that reads this.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Tuesday before Christms

Well this is the end of another week of classes. Christmas will be here before we know it and I will miss seeing my son and family, brother, and sister. This will be the first Christmas without my family so close. I will be with my daughter and her family but I usually spent Christmas with both of them. I really wish I had a companion to do things with but that is not in the cards for this year. I hope that I will be able to get myself out of the dumps before Christmas is actually here. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my Professors and classmates. I hope that you have a safe and happy holiday.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Being an on-line student and finding time to blog

I have to say that I do like being an on-line student. I have really surprised myself with the grades that I have made so far. I like being able to do my work at different times. However, I have trouble finding enough time to get all the work done that has to be done. The blog is not for me. I am not technically inclined to begin with. This is no more than another discussion board that we have to do to get a grade. It makes it pretty hard on someone that has two test in one class and two different discussions that you have to do already without having to blog. This does not include having to write two different papers that are due the same time. I often wander what made me want to go to school. I have no life because of work (substitue teacher),school, and trying to find a full time job.

What do you think?

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Hello,

Today has been a very long and cold day. I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday. Today was just a normal day. I went to work, came home went to my grandchildrens school to help with the PTO, cmae home and went to class. I would say that is a very full day. Hopefully this weekend I can get caught up on some things that I have let go of for the past couple of days. Again I must close and get to bed. Five a.m. gets here to early. I hope to see you here tomorrow night. Good night to everyone.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Hello,

I have to admit that today has been better than the last few days. However it has been a strange day. I work as a substitute teacher and today I was a substitute aide.I was working in different classrooms helping children who need help in certain subjects. This is called a skills aide. I went to a class that had a substitute teacher and the guy slept the whole period. I could not believe it. The next class that I went to the substitute was like a drill sargeant. Boy what a difference the two of them were. I hope tomorrow won't be as strange as today.

I will close for now. I will post again tomorrow night. Good night all.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

It is so hard to believe that my mother died 1 year ago. I can't seem to get her out of my mind. Although we were never real close I still miss her so much. Last Christmas was hard enough without her but this Christmas I will be away from my son, sister and brother. I live to far to go see them right now. I am thankful that I will be able to spend Christmas with my daughter and family.

Well so much for the post tonight. I guess I had better finish up some things so I can go to bed. Unfortunately 5 a.m. will be here before I know it and another day will be ahead of me.