My paper is almost done and to be honest I feel a little overwhelm. I still need to put more information, look up in other sources, and editing. Honestly is like writing a whole new 6-8 pages essay. I feel nervous to see how is going to be at the end. Of course I feel happy too, because "finally" I was able to plan, search, and write an essay in a organized way. In general I like to write, but not for strangers or to persuade someone about something. I like to write as a therapy, to express my feeling to my love ones. Now the idea of college writing changed a lot, for the first time in this term I did not struggle that much while trying to write and essay. Other topics that I would like to research will be the ones concerning the medical field, because I like those topic and is easier for me to find information about this.
It was a nice term!!!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
My feelings......
Time goes by really fast! We are almost done with this term and I feel happy and proud of my self for achieving another goal. I have had some issues throughout this term, but nothing bad, just little things that have been easy to overcome.
So far I had only one comment in the 8 post that I have made, that is OK with me because one of my issues was that everybody could read my stuff, but I was wrong! hahaha no body did!! except for 1 person, and she left me a nice comment and good wishes, which I really appreciate.
I am really not planing to continue with my blog after the course is over, because I do not have a lot to offer to the readers.... I mean, I am not diminishing my self, but I am not a writer. One thing I would like is to become active in other blogs and post some comments that could be beneficial to start a discussion.
I really enjoyed this class, because it gave me the opportunity to write about the stuff going on in my life during the past 8 weeks. I think that writing is a nice anti-stress therapy.
America Ramirez
So far I had only one comment in the 8 post that I have made, that is OK with me because one of my issues was that everybody could read my stuff, but I was wrong! hahaha no body did!! except for 1 person, and she left me a nice comment and good wishes, which I really appreciate.
I am really not planing to continue with my blog after the course is over, because I do not have a lot to offer to the readers.... I mean, I am not diminishing my self, but I am not a writer. One thing I would like is to become active in other blogs and post some comments that could be beneficial to start a discussion.
I really enjoyed this class, because it gave me the opportunity to write about the stuff going on in my life during the past 8 weeks. I think that writing is a nice anti-stress therapy.
America Ramirez
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Reviews
Finally we are on the last weeks of this term!! I am so exited!!
Well... to be honest I do not like "peer reviews" I do not feel comfortable while doing so, because I believe that we all are in the learning process and we can make mistakes while reviewing others papers. At the same time, I do not like to criticize or comment on others papers, because many of my comments are going to be based on whether I like the paper or not. I did the two of my reviews so far and I tried to do my best, still did not like it!
When I was writing my paper I realized that is much easier to do it if you follow the guidelines. There are certain ways of writing a persuasive essay already establish and certain point that you must cover to do it in a correct way, so that was my "Ah Ha" moment. Even though I have written persuasive essays before I never followed the steps, which gave a lot of head aches trying to put together and idea or just the thesis statement.
While doing my research I found interesting, but not shocking the fact that many people do not give the same importance to oral health than to general health.
Thank you for reading!! =)
Well... to be honest I do not like "peer reviews" I do not feel comfortable while doing so, because I believe that we all are in the learning process and we can make mistakes while reviewing others papers. At the same time, I do not like to criticize or comment on others papers, because many of my comments are going to be based on whether I like the paper or not. I did the two of my reviews so far and I tried to do my best, still did not like it!
When I was writing my paper I realized that is much easier to do it if you follow the guidelines. There are certain ways of writing a persuasive essay already establish and certain point that you must cover to do it in a correct way, so that was my "Ah Ha" moment. Even though I have written persuasive essays before I never followed the steps, which gave a lot of head aches trying to put together and idea or just the thesis statement.
While doing my research I found interesting, but not shocking the fact that many people do not give the same importance to oral health than to general health.
Thank you for reading!! =)
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Adaptation
The last six weeks have been a little stressful for me. Not a big deal, but I just want to feel integrated and adapt to my new city. I have been living in Austin Texas for one year and I am still not comfortable here. A big issue is my "family" I miss them a lot. Moreover, my daughter started kindergarten last week, which is OK, but now I have a lot of spare time, I am thinking about adding another class next term to keep my self busy! I like the city and the people here is terrific, but we came here because of a job opportunity for my husband not because I wanted to. =0(
One think I know for sure is that I need to get over this, most of the time I am calling my mom or talking with my sisters on messenger, which is not healthy, because is harder for me to be here.
Another issue I've been dealing with is my research paper.....I have been thinking about changing my topic. I like the one that I have,but I do now how my thesis statement is going to persuade others, like I do not know how to make a point about it. I am thinking about writing about the importance of oral health among kids and their health. I feel more comfortable with this topic and I hope to do a better paper. There is a lot of research going out about how dental cavities affect health, so I definitively think that my paper can lead to more research!
Thank you for reading!!
One think I know for sure is that I need to get over this, most of the time I am calling my mom or talking with my sisters on messenger, which is not healthy, because is harder for me to be here.
Another issue I've been dealing with is my research paper.....I have been thinking about changing my topic. I like the one that I have,but I do now how my thesis statement is going to persuade others, like I do not know how to make a point about it. I am thinking about writing about the importance of oral health among kids and their health. I feel more comfortable with this topic and I hope to do a better paper. There is a lot of research going out about how dental cavities affect health, so I definitively think that my paper can lead to more research!
Thank you for reading!!
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