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Progress Blog #10
Rounding the corner and about to pass the finish line! pretty much done with the alternate final assignment, minus the citation and bibliography part. That part is kind of tripping me up. Finding a scholarly article is mind-numbingly boring and, with my attention span, nearly impossible. But alas, I am almost there. Thanks to everyone that helped me out, and to Professor Phifer for an awesomely thought out course!
PB 10
This Progress Blog makes my tenth and final (not counting the free one) for my portfolio. I am done with two of my five classes, and have a paper to write in each of the three classes left. Eng 2, Economics, and Environmental Sciences, are the classes that I have to write papers for. I have already written the Science paper, I just need to edit it before I submit it. I think I have a case of the summer blues because I have gotten to where I just don't care anymore, and I would rather be doing anything but writing papers. I would like to say Thanks to Professor P., for the alternative option. It will make things easier on me, in the next few days, as it will others such as herself in grading our papers. I would also like to express my condolences to her and the staff and loved ones of Dr. Jones. I understand losing a loved one as every one here at the college should understand the difficult times that are endured during a loss of a loved one. I have learned a few things this semester in the course of this class. Learned a couple of new literacy meanings, and why fans express themselves they way they do sometimes. As I sit back and reflect on this semester, I think of how possible it is to do 18 hours, and still make it thus far. I have no idea how I have been able to manage such a feat. I hope that other people will see it as a sign that anything is possible with enough discipline and effort. I know that writing this paper is going to be time consuming as is the Economics paper as I still have no clue what I have learned about. That is partly in large to taking all my classes online, and not being able to speak with or see the instructor face to face. E-mail does work but it is extremely hard to communicate through when you need to see things done in person, because you are a hands on learner. As I look at my list of to-do's to finish this semester, it dwindles down. I hope that I can write this paper, and pass this course with flying colors. With that said... I am off to start the process of writing my final English paper.... (hopefully ever)!!!
Progress Blog #9
Just finished up an assignment for another class and about to work on the alternative final assignment for the this course. Really actually enjoyed this class. I have read through the writing prompt and I consider this the only english course that I have ever enjoyed. Big tip of the hat to the professor for being fantastic at what she does. And also the connection she has to the family of our late president was heartbreaking. Thoughts and prayers go out to our prof and the family as well. I didnt know the man but i have heard good things about him and its still so tragic losing someone.
Progress Blog #8
Been a rough couple weeks but im hanging in there. gotta get two more artifacts in and im planning on doing that in a bit. Got a 12 hour overnight shift to work tonight and ill try to work on my portfolio. BUUUT its first monday weekend and I will probably be busy all night. I finish WA4 and i think i did ok with it. It was hard to focus on what kind of point i was trying to get across throughout the work. Tryin my best here. Gotta do better.
Progress
I began to send out my consent/survey on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook. I haven’t had many people communicate with me so I decided to locate people that were posting about their Beatles experiences and contact the individually. I think I sent out around 15 private messages. I was very skeptical that anybody would respond. I did however get 3 responses in the first few days. I believe that since I am a social media noob, I just don’t have enough of a following for a large sample pool. I did really enjoy seeing the responses to my questions though. All of the fans that participated were part of the younger Beatles generation. I was telling my wife that I was hoping to get a few first generation fans that could tell me what it was like to experience them when they were still together. Her reply made a lot of sense. I am using social media to learn more about The Beatles fandom. Social media is primarily used by a younger generation. Using younger participants does help me better understand how The Beatles are still relevant though.
Progress Blog #6
Sooo.... I hope that we aren’t being graded on punctuation on social media although this is for an English class.. lol Oh well! So as I sit here and write this, I have lots running through my mind. I get married in 2 days (Saturday) and will be gone for a week after that.. I know that this will be the first time that ALL of my Eng 1302 work will be done a few days before the deadline. It has been stressful to do school work, take part in planning a wedding, and work full time. I have no idea where I have found time but somewhere I have managed, and seem to be doing just fine. I am a little concerned about one thing though. I originally planned to trade papers with one girl, and then another posted her paper, and I started this 3 way trade. After tomorrow I won’t be around a computer to do anything so I don’t know If I will have my review back in time to turn in to the teacher. I have a million thoughts running through my head right now, from wedding to school, to potential job opportunities, and life changes.. I also have ran into a problem with trying to complete my degree by the end of the summer. I hope that the Dean will approve to let me take 1 extra class to be done. I hope that my plan works out. I have a few emails to send now....
Progress Blog #5
So as I am sitting here at work, I am thinking to myself that this is Spring Break, and I just finished up my Eco hw, and completed my 8wk BAAS course and I’m now done with that class. I need to start reading my books, so that I can be caught up with class. I have also spent the greater part of the last week going up to the In-laws lake house on Caddo checking on the house, and some of the things there at the house since it flooded. We had water up to 20inches in some places and 16 inches in others inside of the house. I am trying to get ahead in this class, because I get married in 2 weeks, and would like to be able to try and work ahead, just before the wedding. I am taking off the week before and will be off for like 3 weeks total. I hope i can watch POTC movies, and look more into my fandom. Unfortunately, I turned my WA2 paper in a few hours before I got my grade from the first one, and made a comment about looking into real pirates in the First paper, and did the same on the second paper. Professor P. actually wrote that I can only stick with POTC and not real pirates. Soo.... I will probably be docked for mentioning about real pirates again, but I turned in my paper before I got the first grade back so maybe she won’t be too hard on me there.. I have wayyy too much stuff going on from now until April 15. After that things will start to slow down. One another note, if anyone can answer this question... how many hours can you take total, all SUMMER semesters combined in a year?? That is something else that has been on my mind lately. ARRRRRR mate!!! I guess it is time for me to make like a pirate, and jump ship on to something else....
PB #4
okay so, here goes everything that is on my mind and has been over the last 4-5 days. So Friday I was at work and up late working, and not able to sleep or work on anything. I had actually finished most of everything on Thursday, even written my paper, at least on paper, and then typed it out Friday. I then got my paper to my partner after that, and got his Saturday. Reviewed his today, and got that back to him today as well. So I was sitting by the lake today and thinking about this paper, and pirates, and what they do. I tried to imagine what it would be like to be one during the times of wooden ships and cannons. What has held me up on this paper, is Full time job, part time job, planning a wedding and taking 18 hours, this semester. At least one of my classes is an 8 week course, so it ends in a couple of days!!!! 15 hours is still a load, but at least in a couple of weeks, things will start to slow way down. The wedding is in a couple of weeks, and completing a class will really help me focus, more on these other 5 classes, and the last 5 classes I have to take this summer.
