My last blog.

I am proud to say that that is my last blog. I feel I have done really well at these blogs considering I am typing my last blog today and it is November 11, 2009. Wahoo! Well i got my papers back that were corrected and I had a B- on one of them which was kind of discouraging for me cause I have never scored below a B+ on a paper so now I am feeling a little nervous about my research paper. I worked my butt of on my research paper's rough draft so hopefully when all is said and done, ill end up getting a good grade on our research assignment. I stress about a good grade because I am applying for a nursing program where nothing but A's look good on someones application in nursing. Also, nursing is a very competitive feild. Anywho, I feel that my paper is coming along rather well. I got into the writing lab tomorrow at one o clock so hopefully I have a good tutor who can really critique my paper cause I want and need this paper to be absolutely spectacular! I spent three hours last night in the library just trying to add little things onto my paper so hopefully that will also pay off. I have my rough draft done today, so hopefully it will put a smile on my teachers face when I walk in today because I am terrible at having rough drafts done on time. I just have too much going on usually. Well class starts here in the next half hour so I will see you all there! yay for my last blog!! Had fun on this thing.

writing habits

I find that talking about my ideas is the most helpful habit for me. I enjoy healthy discussion in order to clarify ideas and understand what others view points are. Although if a discussion moves towards an argument it is no longer helpful and time to move on. I understand what methods work for me although I don't always follow the same methods for each paper. Depending on my motivation of interest, some papers are easier to write and I don't always have to follow the same steps. One thing i learned and continue to work on is that the first draft doesn't have to be good. To let go and not worry about order, grammer, spelling, and such. If I can let go I can I can get ideas down and progress from there. I always have to write my first draft by hand if i try to type it on the computer I focus to much on all the marks and find it harder to let go and write. I do need to work on time management so I don't get over whelmed and have more time to prosses thought and work through the kinks

Too Much...

Sometimes don't you feel like there is too much to do in a day? Well maybe everyday do you feel like that? Yeah me too. Today after working my 8 hour shift I came home and got straight onto the computer to start doing more work related things and homework. Although it seems like something to complain about, I don't really mind. Sometimes its better to have so much to do than nothing to do at all. When I don't have anything to do at all I get all stressed out and start feeling like crap. Although, where do you draw the line? I'm only talking about two things that everyone deals with everyday. School and work. Now, I do have a whole lot of other things I'm trying to balance, but they are for the most part all connected with school or work. I'm trying to record music, I'm trying to get future jobs and living figured out, I'm trying to get my essay prepared and written, while trying to please the social life that I once had. Whatever though. I don't totally mind right now. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, but sometimes you've just gotta buck up and take it on in the face. Get over it. It'll all work out in the end. So find something to do and enjoy it. Learn from it while your still in the moment. If you don't have to work for it, it sure ain't worth it...

A typical day in english class..

So I must say that in english today I felt quite retarded. I guess I just cant accept the fact that this paper is up to me and there are no rules. I feel like there should be certain requirements for my research paper but I have all the freedom I want to write this paper. Now I am a bit more comfortable about it because when there are no rules, I can write longer essays so I guess it benifits me in a lot of ways. This is our last paper so I am just nervous and would like a really good grade on it. Anywho, today has been quite the stressful day. I registered for classes and I am really nervous. I have way hard classes next semester, and I just hope with school and work at the same time, I can get it all done and get the A's that I want. When you are majoring in nursing, you definitley have to be committed to school or good luck. The one thing I am not stressed out about is my mom is paying for school so I feel thankful that I don't have to worry about any loans! I am flippen lucky! I am taking Psychology 1100, Biology 1010, and math 1010 which people say Biology is hard but I am not letting their comments get to me because I know if I go in fearing the class, I won't do near as good. Well it is about time that I end this blog now because I have to head to Nutrtion 1020 all the way in spanish fork. Yeah I know, it is fun stuff. Blog to ya later!

10 Habits

I think that I possess the second habit that is addressed in the reading: thinking rhetorically , from the start. It helps me in the writing process because I envision my paper and how I want people to react to it before I start writing. I make a game plan, if you will, for writing. Sometimes if I have a certain story or experience that relates to my topic I will stick it right in the beginning and plan the rest of the paper around it. I think a habit I need to work on is number 5, reducing your expectations for early drafts. I don't like writing four drafts of the same paper, I want to write it once, and fix things as I go along. In the end I think that attitude holds me back a litte because I get somewhat narrow minded about the things I've put in my first draft. I feel obligated to keep them in my paper, when I probably shouldn't. I just need to stop being such a high achiever ;)

10 writing habits

The habit that I already possess is number 8. Exchange drafts with others. My sister is amazing when it comes to writing so I always have her correct my paper for me. She has me write it how I want it and then she tells me what she thinks I should do and then I will fix it. It takes her about an hour to write a 4 pg paper and it takes me about 3 days. I'm not good at writing, grammar, or spelling, so she is nice enough to clean up the mess I have made of the paper. It helps me a lot while I'm writing my paper to know that its ok if it sounds retarded because my sister and whoever else reads it will help me change things that I don't notice are wrong. The habit I would like to try out is number 2. Thinking rhetorically from the start. I don't really think about what effect I want to have on readers. I just write and see how it turns out and than I rearrange as I need to. So my next paper I write, I'm going to try to use this habit and see how well it helps me.

blog of my choice

I can honestly say that I hate the writing center. I know, hate is a strong word but it's true. They aren't helpful and they act like snobs. I'm not trying to rip on the assignment but every time I go there I get so frustrated. The first time I went the guy that helped me MADE me read him my paper. AWKWARD!!! He would stop me and ask me what I thought I could do to make it sound better. Isn't that his job? The best part was that he didn't even know how to spell a few of the words so I had to go home and correct everything an extra time. I went to the writing center again the other day and I didn't have a chance to make it there until the day it was due so I politely told her that she didn't have to put too much work into it because I had already finished and done my final draft and that I didn't have time to change anything else. She looked at me, gave me this pissed off face, signed my paper, and told me "I'm not going to waste time reading it than." Well geez, sorry to waste your time lady! Anyway, I'm not looking forward to going back but I know it needs to be done. I'll just suck it up, bite my tongue, and take there useless information for what it is worth.