Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Working hard or hardly working. I wish!

It's been a slightly crazy week or so. I have fallen a little behind on my blog so I wanted to talk about my progress so far. The argument paper has been done for awhile, not counting a few corrections I thought of while working on/researching my final paper. My final paper on the other hand is still a work in progress. I am not quite liking the 'flow' of my paper. All three of my supporting arguments are very well written and supported by my sources but I feel like they aren't forming one good point, instead of three little ones that all relate to the main idea. I am not sure if that was a clear thought but that is how I feel. I look forward to the peer reviews although sometimes I take comments too personally. I will enjoy getting someone else to read it and tell me what they think. Sometimes the best thing for a paper is a fresh set of eyes. Maybe I am being too hard on myself. Or maybe someone will be able to help give me feedback on how to remedy this. Either way I am excited for it. Life has been a little busy so I haven't worked on it as much as I like since I finished my rough draft of it but I am hoping to put a lot more work into in the coming weeks. Juggling so much at one time is hard. I am really enjoying the online class but I have to be honest sometimes it leaves you a little lost because you misread something and it creates a big problem because you didn't get what you were meant to do. I miss the in class talks that you get in a regular class. I am not a patient person and it's hard to wait on replies because I did it and then don't get back to it for a few days. All in all though I think it was nice trying this online class. It has been quite an experience if nothing else. I can only imagine how hard the teacher has to work to catch up with every single comment and paper. If I feel stressed I am sure she does. I don't have to comment on every single post, but I do try to comment on as many as I can. I know I have really gained a lot from some of my classmates ideas and comments. It's almost like having a bunch of mini teachers helping me along. I feel like I have now got out what I have been thinking and what I have been feeling about the class and the papers. I hope everyone else is feeling as good, if not much better, then me.

I know I already commented on this in the class talks but it is so frustrating wondering if my spell and grammar check is right or not! I hate being dinged on something I was right about but changed because I thought my computer was smarter then me. Guess my computer could use to take an English class too.

1 comment:

  1. LOL too funny. Sounds like you are doing great, I wouldn't stress :) I haven't even begun my actual paper yet and I am stressing so you are WAY ahead of me. If you need another set of eyes, just ask. I warn you though, I am not good at making my comments sound overly nice. I tend to be a little blunt but in no way am I ill-intentioned or do it personally, just how I write and explain things I guess. Anyway, I'm rambling, Good luck!

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