I am in the last week of this term!

So, I am in the last week this term and the classes are an anatomy and a composition class. I am not a writer! I like to learn about things! Especially things that make me go, "No way! Are you for real?"! The composition class was actually a great class for me. There is some advice I would like to give anyone going into a class similar to this. First, do not waste any time searching for information! Start as soon as you can for information on the topic. Also, look for information on the opposite side of the fence. I don't mean just sloppily look for it either. I mean really try to understand the opposing point of view. The paper will be the bomb if it is able to counter act the opposing side in a way that is understanding and not just attacking it just because... Trust me it works! Some of the areas I do feel that I gained strength in were in organization. I feel that my paper was well organized, especially after the post draft. I do believe that I have many areas of improvement! I want to improve in trying harder with my reference page. This is something I have a hard time explaining. I know that if I tried harder, it would be better. However, I also know that I have such a hard time with the reference page, that I almost just don't want to tackle it. I don't know if that makes any since! I love giving credit to other authors, that is not what my problem is! I don't even mind the in text citations at all! It is just trying to remember the order the information goes in. Like, the author, the year, making sure it is in parenthesis, then the title, then the name of the magazine, if it is an article, if it is a book, or encyclopedia and so on. My final thoughts are, "I am proud of my class mates and myself for furthering our education and making something happen for US!" I cannot wait to start on my next set of classes and take that next step in reaching my goal of graduating! I also have to agree with the professor, yes the class was fun and no I did not think it was going to be fun. I thought I was going to struggle through writing a paper and that I was going to wind up doing the bare minimum, but I assure you I did the exact opposite! The paper I wrote and the sources I looked up I had my daughter in my mind along with other children with ADHD that cannot help what they have to deal with. While writing the paper I was hoping the whole time, "maybe someone will read this that needs to hear that his or her child cannot help the interrupting conversations, not sitting still in class and having to pull cards, constantly getting sent to the principals office for class disruption, or failing classes because he or she cannot complete his or her work". I do have to say that I did put my very best efforts into the paper! Thanks for the opportunity!

Here I am! Nearly finished with another set of classes!

I an almost finished with my College Composition II Class, which is where I have written a scientific research paper on children with ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. I am feeling really good about my paper! I feel that I have tackled this class and my paper will come out as WOW! As far as feeling nervous, amazing, or just plain tired? I am feeling all three! I am nervous because I am always wondering what someone else will think, especially after finding out that there is another student writing a paper about why parents should not medicate their children, although there is a different age group. I am feeling amazing because I do feel that I did do a great job! I found all kinds of information that backed my ideas. I am also feeling so very tired because of all the hard work as well as the time of year, after all it is the holidays!
Before this class, I felt like I just wasn't much of a writer and that I just did not like writing. After writing this particular paper, a paper about this disorder that sparked my interest, I changed my mind just a little! I did like doing some investigating and finding out some information about how chidren with this disorder feel and how they cope with this disorder. So, yes it is safe to say that my idea of writing has changed throughout the course! There are some other topics I would like to research. Some examples would be AIDs, Alzheimer's Disease, and leukemia. These are some of the scariest diseases I know of, but I believe that knowledge is power! I know that it is a far stretch, but I would actually like to think that if I had taken the road less traveled, I may have been one of the hands on scientists attempting to solve the hardest problems in the world today: any of those diseases mentioned above! I am a believer that there will one day be a cure for these diseases if not hopefully a vaccine to prevent them!

What the blog! What for What!For School of Course for the Course!!!

So, for this course I have had some issues! I know that all of my fellow classmates have also! I like to write because sometimes I can make myself laugh and I love funny stuff! I am writing a paper, which I know I have written about it on here before, about ADHD in children. I have made some changes. This weekend, I decided to sit down and really get it organized! Yeah right! Writing a paper is for school is okay. I have done it before. However, this paper is different. I feel like this paper might make a difference for people that may know someone that has this disorder and does not know what all comes with it and I would love to inform them so that they will know and understand how to love them! As far as the comments or the lack there of on the blog spot, I don't know. At first, there were all kinds of comments on my dashboard and here lately there haven't been so many. I believe it may have something to do with the up coming holidays. I'm not going to let my feelings get hurt though! I do like reading other's blogs! The only thing about reading other people's blogs is that I cannot tell if it is for school or not! I might decide to keep my blog after class. It just depends on my next set of classes. If I have time to jump on here and do an up date once a week I will, but if I don't have time because I am working on school assignments or if I have a bunch of things happen like I have had here lately with sick kids and having to clean up after smoking up my house, you know nearly catching it on fire! Then I will probably skip blogging! I have to admit, I do like using it to type out my thoughts as I am thinking them! It's been real!