Final Unit

I would say look for reliable sources, and in places where you are guaranteed to find them. The world wide web is not always the greatest of places, look in what learning books you have around your house, library sources, and if you are writing it for a school project utilize their online library, it's quick searching.
I think that my revising has gotten better, I have learned to cut out most of the unneeded extras that I put in a paper.
Improvement will always be needed on my revising and my grammatical errors.

The only person that can make a great paper if you, and you will never be able to meet the best standards of your peers, always do your best and improve where you can, if you get what you can you may not get a 100, but you will definitely be well remembered.

Fun, I don't mind writing it's the proofreading and revising!

Unit 9

Never will I not e nervous on a final project! Overall I am an anxious person when it comes to a final paper, and work the best under stress. However with those kind of conditions making me work fast and effective, there are sometimes circumstances that happen, and make it even worse.

Writing has always been the same for me. I can write about anything, but revising has always been a problem. Structure is not my problem, it is everything within the structure. I feel better about handing in a paper than I did before. I am not really sure what different topics i would like to research, from high school until now I have always researched different types of papers, and they have always been an interest to me, now it is about learning something that catches my attention, nutrition is something new, and I am very glad that this class gave me the opportunity to write about it!!

Thank You Everyone!

Unit 8

Hello, here we are, almost at the end of this semester. I must admit that I have struggled a little bit. In fact, I am in hopes that I will not fail. I don't believe this process has been hard, but everything is held with such high marks, that to do half bad on a couple of processes will bring your grade down greatly.

I think that the comments have been extremely helpful, and am grateful to everyone. They are insightful, and allow you to get an insight from more than the professor, however the professor has the ultimate say in choices and decisions because they are the one grading the work after all.

As far as my blogging goes, I don't think I would mind putting a post up now and then, I am a wild book of confusion, and sometimes it helps to put my worries, hopes, thoughts, and frustrations into words, although I am not sure that I would ever get a response from anyone, but if I did, it would make for great conversation.

Unit 7 blog

The writing process is different. I can write an outline, start my draft, and then throw it all away and start over, and normally when I start over, it is without an outline. For reasons i don't understand, I can be completely organized, and never have a thought cross my mind, however when I am free writing, and going with a flow in my head it all comes together and works out, for the most part.
I have to say that the only ahah moments that I have had were in my discussion post. Last week someone responded to my discussion post and when I made my reply I came up with new ideas and different way to complete my essay.
I have always known that nutrition is always helpful, and i cannot say that what I have found is new information. In previous classes I have learned a lot about nutrition and what the different vitamins and minerals can do for you. When I first learned the information I was amazed, intrigued, and in a state of aw, I was amazed at what certain nutrients could do for the body, and help prevent.
I am unsure what the last request means, however I have looked and decided to chose http://mombacktoschool.blogspot.com/2010/07/peer-reviews.html I understand your frustration, as I have received no feed back as well. I will be more than be happy to review your paper, however I have to know who I am looking for. If what I have to say if not useful I do apologize, however I am hoping to help!

Unit 6 Blog

The last 6 weeks have been interesting. I personally found out that the notebook is unable to actually minimize every screen to fit. So far, the live seminars are the only things that I am unable to shrink. So I am unable to attend and participate in discussions. I can hear, read and type to my classmates, but am unable to type on the main board because the typing box does not show up!

Other than that, I have been dealing with a new found pregnancy, which has of course made me tired and unable to focus. This is mainly why I have chosen my final paper to be on nutrition. This is something that I personally need to learn for myself, and my family, plus it is my area of study. This will allow my brain to learn and absorb more, and it will also allow me to incorporate it into my no brain-er days when I feel like sleeping is the only thing I can do!

My research has been a delight! I have found that certain vitamins and minerals have been studied, and with this study may hold a possible link to slowing down the body toxicity level. Vitamin-A has been linked to helping slow the cancer process, this is because it cleans the body out, and when it does that, the toxins that cause cancer leave the body sooner, and more often. i believe that more studies will be done to find these links, not only with Vitamin A, but with everything else a person eats. Also, to help the growing obesity rate slow down. However, that is a subject that is not in everyone's hand, it is in the individual.

Unit 5

My writing style a personal one. I enjoy keeping it friendly and personal, and I feel that it keeps people feeling comfortable while talking to you, and discussing things with you.

My academic challenge would be that I am unable to participate in the weekly seminar. I feel that it is the best time to learn the most, and you are able to see different views on everything. It is a way to expand every part of your learning.

School is becoming a difficult process for me to keep up with during the summer. It is challenging myself with finding the time to get everything done, and at the end of the week I am so far behind that I need to catch up in two days.

Unit 4 blogging

The thought of plagiarism. I must say that citing and referencing are a pain in the butt, however, without it there are major problems that occur. Besides that it's called plagiarism, and serious consequences can be given, it is also a way to show the significance of a person and their knowledge. Saying a quote given by George Washington, or Abraham Lincoln would be illegally done without the proper citing and referencing, and also something a person couldn't get away with. I know that if i wrote a book full of information that I had studied, learned and found on my own and someone else used it without referencing my name, it wouldn't make me too happy. For example, if I had discovered that a certain nutrients was proven to work against aids, and I had done the research, the placebo and controlled case studies, and someone else had said it was all their work, I would be hurt and some type of action would happen. I know that in the real world plagiarism is not taken lightly, and people could be put under some serious charges. i am not talking about a person in highschool was caught and they received no credit for the hard work they cheated, but in a career based environment. A person could face jail time, and lose their gob for it.
As far as the internet is, I am not really sure if it gives a blurred vision, or if it just follows the fine line. For example if a person were on youtube, as long as the full video isn't posted by one person, and the proper credit is given, they are allowed to upload and post it on that sight. However, you then have piratesbay, i think that is what it is called, who does this completely illegal, they will give the full version out with no credit, you download it to your computer, decrypt it, and it is then your to have.

Unit 3

I chose to be an online student because I am a stay at home mom. Yes, I love the flexibility, and the fact that I can work as I go and not worry about a babysitter, or listening to teachers day after day after day. I do feel that students are too separated though. In one class we were placed in different groups and had to find a certain product. During this time it was necessary to work and communicate with other; if we hadn't we would not have completed the project and would have failed. I feel that this was a great idea and a way for people to communicate more. I do not mind blogging, as in some cases it may possibly help some situations that I might be in.

So I am not really sure what the question is to pertain to, but I do have one. Last week I had posted that I recently found that I was pregnant. I live in a single wide trailer, and we need to put an addition in! We have two options basically. One option is, should I place the addition on the side of the living room, and I could extend it into my kitchen a little giving our new master bedroom a decent size. My other option is lining it up with the kitchen and extending it a little into the living room, if I do this, we do not have to make a door, however we have to cut down a large pine tree. In the kitchen, I would be closer to both my child's bedrooms. This is my dilemma of the week as this needs to be done before winter comes because the child will be due in March. Thank you for all of the help!

My Week

My week started out all too normal. I had finished up my school work on Tuesday (after getting a new computer). My car was fixed that night, and everything seemed to go great. Of course, my daughter threw her fits as normal, and everything was the same. Until Friday night came, I didn't think anything was going to go wrong. My husband came home, a pallet of ice cream fell and hit him, he managed to hurt his ankle, and almost every body part. However, we still went camping, had a wonderful Father's Day, and It was wonderful, Happy Father's Day Daddy, i'm pregnant again! That put everything in a great spot! Today we have been celebrating, and were on the road a lot. We actually didn't have that much time to relax. Tonight, I went to get into my seminar and participate. The worst part is, we bought a notebook, and because of that I am unable to type in the discussion box, and I am unsure what to do with that problem. So, until I have it figured out, I will continue writing my seminar option 2 for both of my classes. Boy, i cannot wait to go to bed!