Done with Comp II...

finished my scientific research paper... feel I improved in writing a good research paper.. wrote the view that I oppose and made it believable by backing it up with research....  I wanted to be able to logically support my points and have, I believe, succeeded...  I can find the research, I can logically back up my view, I can paraphrase and cite my sources... I have become a stronger writer... 
For anyone writing a scientific research paper for the first time I advise making a schedule for when you want to complete each step... Research early... learn to read the abstract to help get the resources you will be able to use...  free write and brainstorm... outline the draft... remember the 3 golden rules of writing...(1. clearly communicate-precise and concise, 2. good papers answer a good research question, 3. kindergarten rule- show and tell...)   and the 3 stages of writing... (prewriting- drafting-revising...) 
I have enjoyed this course and will always be thankful for having a great professor, Mr. Snow... He was able to give us all the material and make it understandable... He was very supportive of our efforts and helped us become more critical thinkers.... I think, he enjoys his job... ;)  and that always makes for great instruction.. A teacher who believes in his topic is a teacher who can teach his topic thoroughly...  This course was an awesome experience and i have grown in confidence as a writer...

Writing for Life...

my paper is done and turned into the KU writing center for them to review... i feel i did great but always better to make sure....  i feel like i have accomplished  more than was possible the last 8 weeks... i am always feeling accomplished now that i am in school...  i get nervous all the time about my grades and still manage to finish all my classes with A's... i am exhausted but not because the work is hard but because i am hard on myself...  i always do great but think i should do even better... the best i can be is just not good enough for me sometimes... i want to rule when it comes to my work...  this course in composition did teach me a lot... not about writing but about myself... it has increased my confidence in my writing abilities...  my mother would look at me and say "don't stress yourself out. you always do good."...  and my thoughts,"what if this teacher has standards as high as mine?" yeah, right, my standards would make any normal being cringe... i am sometimes amazed i can please myself...(lol) so, i found out that i do not write backwards because i write from the middle of my paper out... it has always made sense not to write the intro and concl until i knew what i was really saying... i found out that my pre-writing and writing techniques were just advanced for my age when i was in school way back when...  i found out that i am a very capable writer... yes, i can still improve my writing but i am a pretty good writer to start with...  i want to continue to write and hone my skills... i cannot wait to see what i will need to write for the course Social Perspectives on Death and Dying or my social science course Exploring the 1960's: An Interdiscovery Approach.... and i can already hear my mother ask,"what does the 60's have to do with health?"... LOL... she had to ask me why i took a course on global civilization last term... not all my classes are on health and wellness or health care...  i m not in school to work in a hospital or clinic taking care of people...  i am going to work in a laboratory and wear that white coat... i will be working out numbers and writing information others can comprehend... and i will start by cleaning and running for someone else... i do not want to only know how the body works and what to do to maintain health... i want to know how we can change, as a people, to care for one another and find new ways (or rather old ways) to become "whole" in every sense of the word... oh, now i am going to go "do nothing" for a minute or so...

Comments and Continuation

I really have not received many comments on my blogs but to me it is not a big deal.  I like to write.  I also like some feedback now and again on my writing or on life in general but I do not mind when nothing is said.  See for me writing is a way of thought.  I have spent years going to to psychotherapists and counselors to talk and listen to myself and writing kind of does the same thing for me.  If I can state what is up and what is on my mind no matter how confusing it may seem then I can look at it in a new perspective and figure things out.  Being bi-polar has taught me many things and writing is one of my major outlets and a very healthy one at that.  So I will continue with this blog well after this course is over with.  For me writing very seldom seems like an assignment, for me writing is a part of my life. 

Happy Freakin' New Year!!!

3 years I have known my handsome man... it is funny how happy we are... we still drive each other crazy... we still act like we have always known each other... and we still play and read and be boring and have stupid fun...  I was thinking last night and I have gone over my life a lot lately... (well, I am 35 and that is an age to look around a bit and see were we are, I guess... I never really think of age much... I am young as I let myself be and I rarely act over 30 so I am young...) Anywho, I have been through a very interesting life so far and I love where I am personally in life... I am proud of my achievements but realize I can do so much more... I love the relationship I am in... we have had hard times but we have made through and are strong and capable of doing the best we can... I love my family even if they drive me bonkers and I would prefer to be a little farther down the road so I didn't have to see them to often.. (let me explain my mother, brother, and little sister all live in this small village of less than 800 people... it's just to much for me... my older sister lives a town over, about 16 miles away... she comes by like every other week and that's ok...)
I am still an anti-social, geeky, bi-polar freak... and guess what... I love me and my life...

Some of my favor quotes by some of the awesome writers I have enjoyed...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E.B.White

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain