boy oh boy!

Wow! Almost done with this course. Time sure has flown by. I am not quite done with my final paper, for I have had one crazy hectic month! Just got home from the ER. My son ended up having a fight with a corner of a bookshelf thingy..and well he didn't win. The doctors did not want to stitch him, for they felt gluing it would be faster. So he got it glued. Nasty deep cut above his left eye. Reminds me of like a UFC fight haha. Anyway, he is all better and was such a trooper! :-) Now, back to the final paper, I am almost done and I just have to add that I am overly exhausted. I am relieved though that we are almost done LOL. This term has been the hardest for me, since I have been in and out of the ER with my son, moving, me being sick, just a mess of things! Hopefully it all settles out by this weekend so I can hurry hurry hurry to my paper! :-) Have a good week everyone! It is 120am here and I am going to pass out!! Night :-)

Lack of comments...

Evening everyone!
How do I feel about the comments, or I should say lack of, from my posts? Well, I really was expecting more, but what I do have is good! I like reading what others have to say. This almost reminds me of facebook actually lol. Since there is a lack of comments, and I am not sure if anyone is really reading anything I write, I may not continue with the blog after this course. Then again, I might due to the fact it is kind of like a journal, just a little more public and who knows, maybe more people will actually have something to say. I know my posts are not the greatest, but it is always nice to see what others have to say. :-) I am not feeling too good, so I am going to bed! Hope ya all have a fun and safe weekend!!

Peer Reviews...love them or hate them?

Morning everyone!
Actually it is afternoon. Man, I have been a busy bee moving all week and boy am I exhausted! I am also getting ready to go on vacation to Missouri and to Wisconsin. I am way excited to see some friends I grew up with in California. You know, there are many people out there who pretend they want to hear what someone else has to say about their writing, but when it comes down to it, they get either mad or upset with the response they had recieved. I absolutely love peer reviews! Having others read over what I write and help me make it sound more understandable, is awesome! I love hearing what others have to say, not just with what I write, but amongst other peers as well. You always see something in a different way than everyone else. So to get anothers perspective on a topic, and on your writing is helpful and much appreciated by most. I really do appreciate what others have to say. It helps broaden my own ideas into something new. I always look forward to reading what others have to say :-) I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! I will see you all in class this week. Have a good day!

How many of us are sleep deprived?

Afternoon everyone!
These past six weeks, I feel like I have been dealing with so much. My son had pneumonia, so we were in and out of the ER a couple times. Now he just has a cough and sore throat. I got some congestion and now an earache. I feel like it is just a big circle of sickness haha. Besides taking care of my sick boy, I have tried to not miss work and/or school. Keeping up with school became a hassle for me and I had to just put it aside till recently. All I could think about is taking care of my sick child. Other than that, I am in the process of moving my girl friend from Missouri out here to Oregon. Going to fly out there and make it a road trip back :-)
I had such a lack of sleep the whole time my son, Jayden, was sick. Plus even now with me feeling icky, I am still not getting enough sleep. Many people do not realize how quickly losing an hour here and an hour there will catch up to you. It surely caught up quick with me! I cannot wait till I get to just relax and catch up on much needed sleep. I have really enjoyed reading up on sleep deprivation and am excited for my paper! Hope ya all have a good weekend! Be safe.
:-)

Academic Challenges...

What is academically challenging for me? It is hard understanding information given to you when you can barely understand what your professor is talking about (accent as to say). Luckily me, that has only been with one professor. It is very challenging, to try to focus on school, especially this past week, when your child is sick. My 15 month old son has had pnuemonia for a little over a week now and has caused my grades to fall. I will put my sons health before my school, especially when dealing with pnuemonia. It all started out with a fever of 103, and found out a little later on that he had pnuemonia in his lower left lung. All I can really do is be there for my son and give him his meds, and put school aside. He is doing so much better! His fever has gone away, but still has pnuemonia. I am thinking it will be all gone in less than a week! We have a follow up for Friday morning. That has been my biggest challenge with school. Besides those two things (sons health and professor accents) I would say APA is in my top three for challenges. I am understanding it a little more, but still have problems with it and am afraid of messing it up and being accused of plagiarism! I cannot be happier to finally be in school! I will make a great life for my son and I :)

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is taking the ideas of someone else's and not properly citing them. It can also be taking your own work from a previous class, which I never knew about. We need to properly cite our sources to give credit to those who deserve it. Stealing others ideas can result in suspension and being fired from work. I would be fairly upset if another person had used my ideas and not gave me credit for it. An example could be a quote you had come up with and mentioned it to a friend. That friend then tells another person, but gave themself the credit for it. This quote finally gets around and you were never credited for it. It is just like a research paper, you need to cite the source you had recieved the information from. I am still trying to understand the APA format, but will do my best to properly cite the information. Anyone that tries to take another person's ideas and translate them into their own and not properly cite it, should be punished for it! Whether it be suspension or terminated. Obviously they should be warned first because they may not have realized what they did wrong!!