It is over

I can't believe that another term is over. I have thoroughly enjoyed being in class every week with all of you. I have an exam that I will be taking tomorrow and I will be finished with this term in both classes. I really don't know if I will continue to blog or not. I have so many things going on right now that I just don't know if I have it in me to keep up the blog. I hope that each and everyone of you will pat yourself on the back because you all have done a great job and many with a lot of problems to work through. I admire each one of you and wish you the very best. God Bless each of you in all your endeavors.

War Zone

Well I have an idea of what living in a war zone sounds like. With the troops practicing before they are deployed they have been on the firing range. For the past week all I have heard are guns and tanks being fired. As loud as they are you think they are in the front yard. I really feel sorry for them because they have been out there day and night, in the rain and cool to cold temperatures. When they fire the tanks the windows shake, and pictures on the wall shift. The firing range is really not that far from here. I can say that at three in the morning the firing of tanks will scare you to death if you were lucky enough to get to sleep in the first place. I hope all have a great week.

Finally took a break

I have to admit that I needed to work on my paper yesterday, but my daughter took me out to a movie and late lunch. That was the best time I have had in a very long time. I really enjoyed spending time with her without the grandchildren around. We went to a place called Genghis Grill. The food was absolutely out of this world. We talked about different things and laughed till we almost cried. Needless to say I am behind now, but would not trade yesterday for anything in the world.

My thoughts on Peer Review

I do not mind having other people read my paper because the feedback is very helpful. On the other hand I do not feel that I am qualified to give advice to other people. I know when there are errors in spelling and if a sentence does not make sense. I just don't feel comfortable about references and telling someone if they need to move a sentence or not. The writing center paper review would be a better place for advice. I did review a paper that had a reference missing but was cited and I told that person to check the references. I am not sure if the reference information is in the right place. I guess I am slow in learning this aspect of writing.

What I have been through

The last two months have really been a bummer for me. I have been living with my daughter and family because I can't afford to move into my own place at this time. My son-in-law wants me to move out by the end of next month. My son rented my house and was told that the people could have a dog. My son calls me and tells me that the neighbors are conplaining about the new tenants. They told my son they had 1 dog and the truth is they have 6 dogs, 1 ferret, and 1 pig. I don't know if I am coming or going anymore. Between the 2 papers I have to do for my classes,the other assignmnets for class, working part-time, looking for a job that has benefits, freaking out about the tenants, and trying to figure out what to do about moving I feel like I am loosing my mind. To add to all of that my insurance ran out from the divorce and I can't afford to go to the doctor or get any medicine. I wish I could twitch my nose like a witch to make things get turned around for the better. Everyone keeps asking me what is wrong and I try to tell them what is going on but no one really listens to me. I wished there was some one I could just sit down and talk to.So much for pouring my heart out for everyone to see.If this blog does not make since you know the reason why.

Life since school and to the present

To be honest I didn't have much of a life outside the home and it has not changed much since I went to school. My life consist of substitue teaching, looking for a full time job, and doing homework in two different classes and trying to get enough sleep to start all over again. I have to admit that school has been interesting but I am finding it hard to get everything done for both classes in only a weeks time. I would give anything to be able to go out to eat with someone my own age and go to a movie. I feel that I can't do this because all of my free time is taken or I will be so far behind that I would never catch up. I have never claimed to be the smartest or the fastest person when it comes to school. If anyone can give me some suggestions I would greatly appreciate them.

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.

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?

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 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.

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?

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.

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.

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.