week 10

I am finished with all my papers and my exams... whoot whoot!!!
Hope to see some of you in future classes.

week 9

Here we are in our last week of this term. I have found that writing is just not my thing. However I have learned many things that I can use if I ever have to write a paper again.
I have enjoyed reading my classmates blogs very much, some more than other as you know. I'm not one to share my intermost personal thoughts so I don't enjoy reading others.
Getting to the point THIS TERM IS OVER and I hope that you all have a great time in school and get to where you are headed in life.
Good Luck to us all.

week 8

Well classmates week 8 is upon us. I see there are some new people posting this week. I hope you all enjoy blogging as this is a good way to get to know your classmates...
Not too much to write about. I lost a good friend this week and it is taking a bit out of me to concentrate on school and work or anything for that matter.
I know there are some of you that are fighting this battle also, but you know it is coming and I hope that you take the time to really listen to what your loved ones are saying. I didn't have this time, Rick lost his life very quickly. He leaves behind 5 children a granddaughter and a grandson on the way in November. Our last phone call I could tell he was so excited about having a grandson. I hope his son understands the love he has for his unborn child.
Until we meet again Rick...

Seminar week 7

This week we took time to cover our drafts. Did we get answers to our questions? How do we procede now that we have had some critisism? I for one enjoy the converstations that we have in class. It helps me go over in my head what should come out on my paper. I think that each and every one of you has played an important part in my school "adventure." I would like to thank you all for your help.
As you can see I am just babbling because I don't really have anything to say here.
I'll see you all next week in seminar.

Seminar week 6

Here we are in week 6 and our final paper is due in 7 days.
I found seminar this week to be very helpful. The different stages that a paper should have starting with the Exordium, Narratio, The Propositio, The Divisio, The Confirmatio, The refutatio, and the Peroratio. Personally I have never heard of any of these so I took notes (with a pen).
It makes sense to start with a paragraph that makes the reader ask "why am I reading this?" This is where you should catch their attention.
Then to narrate the story which you are about to tell. Let the reader know what the background to your story is.
So go ahead answer the question. It only takes one sentence at the end of a paragraph to tell all.
So next lets divide all the parts of what you have put into your first paragraph (exordium) and start letting the readers understand where you are going with this.
Next is where we try to solve the problem in clear and concise steps. Remember we promised to do this in our last conversation, (the divisio).
Now we should go ahead and recognize the opposing side to our story. Is there conflict? Could we be wrong? Are there others out there that have a different opinion than ours? Of course there is, we all have many different opinions, and don't you think that if we all come together to discuss these ways that we just might find common ground?
We have finally reached our destination. Lets get down to business and make our ultimate point. Here is what our paper is all about. Here we will tell what all this information means. This is our conclusion. the Peroratio.
Now if I have left anything out let me know. I have to go back now and make sure I have all these things in my paper. Which I am sure I do NOT at this time. In my opinion this seminar should have been week 2 or 3. This was a very informative lesson. I might be able to write a great paper someday.
Good luck to all. See you next week in seminar. Until then...

Seminar week 5

Here we are in week 5. Half way there.



This week we are giving our strategies on writing. Well I don't really have any, how about you? I have looked at the bubble, the clustering, considered freewriting, and brainstorming. All I can come up with is to make a list of the pros and cons of the subject.



I will start my discussion post with some of the research ideas that I have gathered over the last couple of weeks and throw pen to paper. (sort of speak)

Getting organized is usually not hard for me but when it comes to writing, a whole other story. I know that some of my class members don't have this problem I have seen your writing and you know who you are. I have to say some of you are very good.



Well that's it for this week. Everyone feel free to leave some helpful hints for me and if I can give you any ideas I will sure try. I have an opinion on just about everything. Doesn't everyone?

Seminar week 4

Have you witnessed plagiarism? What would you do if you wrote a paper and someone printed it as their own? Would you be mad? How would you solve this problem?
Personally I think that anyone who uses someones else's work is just to lazy to research the work for themself. They want all the glory and they don't want to do any of the work related to the fame.
Let's all do our part to keep this a safe school and enviroment for us to learn.
Wow that sounds corny huh? Oh well.

Seminar week 3

This weeks discussion we are suppose to say how we feel about being an online student. I like the flexibility, of the courses. The fact that I can get online at any time and do homework or start my next weeks assignment, the convience of not having to leave home or to drive to school, look for a parking space, all the things that take up time. I think once you get face to face with other people you start wanting to socialize to much and this for me is the best way to keep focused.

Being part of a larger writing community, gives us more critique. The more people you have looking at a project the more points of view you can get. I know I can not speak for everyone, so the more angles that are presented to me the better my ideas can become.

Seminar week 2

Okay this week was very interesting. I think I came away from it knowing a lot more than I did before. I look forward to reading everyones final paper. What did you think of tonights seminar?

Seminar

How did you like the seminar tonight? I think this will be a very interesting class. I hope that I will have much luck with this BLOG thing. I am not very good at staying on this computer any longer than I have to.
Everyone is going to have to give me lots to talk about here. I do love the receipe postings though keep them coming.