I just wanted to say that I really thought this was a great class. It was not the traditional kind of class that you would expect to take in college I guess. I really did learn a lot about myself in this class, probably more than I did about writing. I think that writing about my chosen topic of breast feeding was really a lot of fun, because I got to choose the topic I guess. My theory is that as long as you learn something and take it carry it with you in life, then it was well worth it. It is also great that I am more accustomed to blogging now too, which makes me feel more up to date on the in, which I am not. Thank you al for the great discussions and feed back this term. It really was a great class!

I am not done with my final draft at this point in time, although I am defiantly in the home stretch. I have not had all of the time in the world to work on it this week nor the attention span. I felt that my rough draft was in decent shape which really helped me get to the point that I am at. I wish that I was done with it, but all I can do is just try to stay focused. All I know is that I will feel about 100% better the second I turn this puppy in, and I am sure looking forward to that moment. Staying focuses is defiantly the key to succeeding this project.

Hello all! The blogging process has not been so bad during this past term. I had initially started this blog on my own time, but never found the time or dedication to continue through with it. I am hardly even able to keep a personal journal, and I used to write in journals as a teenager. I think that it is sort of nice to have people comment to each blog that I post. I don't really feel that there are a lot of comments from people, but I also know that my blogs posts aren't all that interesting either. I have tried to comment on peoples posts at least a couple of times a week. I think that in order for blogging to be successful for the blogger and the reader, both the blogger and reader must hold some sort of passion for the bogging topic, whether it be a continuing topic or a topic that constantly changes. Once this term comes to an end, I do not know if I will continue to blog on a weekly basis. I am feeling at this time that it is not really my style, especially since I tend to be a more private person, and blogging is not exactly all about privacy.

Well, it is week 7 and the rough draft for the final project has been submitted. Now comes the even more interesting part, to have my peers review my paper. I am actually looking forward to this because I know that there must be issues with my paper that I am just not seeing. I generally do not mind peer reviews, mainly because I find other peoples feedback to be interesting and often times helpful. I have actually had more luck with peer reviews at Kaplan that I have with feedback from the writing center. This may be due to the fact that my classmates know exactly what is going on with the class and knows what the Professor expects, whereas someone from the writing center may not. I have also had some not so great feedback from my peers too at times. When this did happen, I think it was because whoever read my paper did not read it thoroughly, which made for feedback that did not make much sense nor apply to my paper. Thjis actually only happened one time, so it has not discouraged me from allowing my peers free access to my paper. I am very eager t recieve feedback on my paper this week, and hope that those who do read it, find it to be interesting.

Hello all! I am actually looking forward to letting it all out in this one. I really feel that the past six weeks of school have been the worst yet. I really want to be able to focus and put that 110% in like I have in the previous terms, but I have found a lack of enthusiasm among myself and am ashamed to say so. I was really enjoying being an honors student and was very proud of myself for that, but I do not think I will be an honors student after this term.. Its not that i find the curriculum to be boring in any way, its just that for some reason I have not been able to focus very well. I thought by week 3 I would have snapped out of this thing I am in, but not it is week 6 and I am still dazed. I know there was a lot going on at the beginning of the term that involved my personal life, which may have been a factor in this "daze" that I am in. I just hope that I can get my act together and still pass my classes with at least a B+. I think that I am just really mad at myself for not doing my best. I cant really use life as an excuse for this one because I really do have plenty of time to do my school work. The only real great thing that has happened during these past 6 weeks is that I have decided to change my degree plan and get my Bachelors degree instead of an Associates. It seems easy right now to focus on my long term goals and see myself down the road. I know I will snap out of this spell I'm in and get myself motivated.

Oh my gosh, I think that school has had a total impact on my life. Not just because I am here to better my self, but because I am learning who I am, which is something that I have really struggled with in my life. I am only 27, but sometimes I feel like I should already be who I am supposed to be and know who I am. Going to school was something that I started doing because I wanted to make more money and have more job options, and it has become this secret world of discovery for me! It seems that every term, I learn more about what what I want to become, and not just career wise, but deep down in my soul. This term has only been a few weeks, and I have already made some major life changes. Some of the changes are do to research that is school involved, and other changes are because other people like students and my professors have inspired me. This is and has been an amazing ride, and I am glad that I decided to get on the bus.

School seems to be going okay at this point in time. It has been a bit of a struggle to stay on track, especially with the good weather right now, but I know I will pull through. Although I can imagine there could be certain things that would potentially get in my way, and plagiarism is definitely one of them. I hope that I never have to deal with plagiarism while I am in school, and I know that I will fallow all guidelines to help me avoid this type of situation. The only real way that plagiarism would or could affect me is if someone were to take credit for my work, which could potentiality make me look like the fraud! How awful is that?! I cant really see it happening because Kaplan does have strict plagiarism rules at school, but if it did I know I would be mad and scared that I would be the one that was suddenly accused of such an act.....which could happen. I think that this is why it is important to have your own way of saying things and being true to yourself in everything you write. Being true in your writing may be the only way to be able to prove that you are a truthful person. It seems a shame that people do plagiarize, and very juvenile I might add. I would like to think that people are paying good money to go to school so that they can learn more about themselves, not so that they can learn to become better cheaters.

This has really been a crazy last few weeks for me. I have tried to make my family and school the most important things in my world, but unfortunately school has been put on the back-burner these last couple of weeks. I have been a stay at home mother for the past 18 months, but unfortunately is has taken a finical toll on my husband and I. We made the decision right before the term started that I was to go back to work ASAP. It was easy getting my old job back, but it wasn't so easy going back. I had imagined in my mind that I would drive the baby to daycare, drive to work and when I got home in the evening my husband would have already picked the baby up from daycare and we would live happily ever after. I turned out to not be so easy, infact we had not even put the baby in daycare yet when I started back to work and things were already getting crazy. By the time I got home from work I was so brainfried that I could barely do my school work. Not to mention, my poor baby had been without her mother for over 8 hours. After about a week of this non sense, my hubby and I both decided to call off the idea of me trying to go back to work. I want to be able to focus on school, I feel like it's my last chance to prove to the world and myself that I am smart and that I can succeed in whatever I set out to do.

Wecome All!

This is my first blog posting for the class. I never even knew what bogging was until about 3 months ago when I decided to investigate it and open my own blog account. I posted to the account one time and never found the time to do it again; probably because school takes up all of my time. But here is my chance to blog and have the time to do it because of the fact that it is school related.