UNIT 10

Unit 10, Now it's time to say goodbye to all our company, :) I must say it has been a journy. The last several weeks have flown by but I can say that I am leaving with so much more knowledge of writing and a little bit more skill about the subject. This class was very helpfull to me. Even though I couldnt figure out the reason why we had to Blog once a week was tough, after awhile it made sense, and I have actually grown to like blogging. It is a great way to express oneself. Another aspect of the class I liked was the peer review. I have never been big on accepting constructive critisicm, however, it is very helpful when it comes to needing feed back on papers. I had to understand that it was only going to help my paper that much more and it did. I can truly say that I will pay more attention to detail in my writing and make sure I use all the tools that I learned. Thank you Professor and class..

UNIT 9 "TIME FLIES"

It is the end of the semester and I cant believe it. I am just sitting here in amazement at how fast time just flew by. I think the only thing that I regret is not being in seminar enough. I learned enough about the subject and writing in Option 2 and through the discussion posts, however, attending seminar on the nights that I could I felt that I was grasping so much more. The interaction with the Professor and the students made it seem like we were in a real class room, and although I do not mind online classes because of the flexibility that I need. I would pick in class over on line any day. Sometime certain questions that you dont think of at the time end up getting asked by another student and you find your self so greatful that they did because you have that "Oh yea I was going to ask that, or I needed to know that as well" moment. I dont know to each is own I guess. :)
I find right now as we are at the end a sense of nervousness and relief. Writing has never been my strong subject in school and I must say I was so nervous when I first started this class because I just knew we were going to do so much writing, but it turned out that it wasnt all about writing. It was everything that has to do with writing and what goes into a great paper. I can now say I am a little smarter in that aspect. The KU handbook for writers is so handy, I love it!! I am relieved only because I made it through. I hate to fail as anyone does, so right now I am have a sense of relief because of that. I am still nervous because even though we are at the end we still have our FINAL project to turn in, I hope its GOOD!!

UNIT 8

As I seem to mention every week in all of my Blogs, I think that the only issue that I may have come across was just time. I never seem to have enough time once I leave an go out to sea. The Navy encourages off duty education whether it be in class or online and I love that. I love online classes because they are so flexible, however, it isnt so easy to access your classes while out to sea, and that makes it tough. We have computers and we have internet but if its not super slow then its down. I cant ever win and as for seminar I can forget it cause there is something with the computers on board a ship that just do not allow me to access the live seminar. That seems to be my only issue. Other than that the course is challenging only because I am not a writer and even though I like to write its usually only freestyle. I dont know how to write a poem, even though I wish I was creative enough and I cant seem to write papers properly but this class is teaching me and I appreciate that. That is why we go to school, to learn knew things. :)
As for the comments that are left, I cant really complain because I do not receive very many. I can always count on Professor to at least leave one comment :).
You know even though it seems like I always wrote about work and complained about how I dont have enough time to do this or that, the Blog was an outlet for me. Kind of like a journal if you will. It was noce to vent when I needed to or just get stuff off my chest. So will I keep it after class? Its possible, with it not being a requirement I may not get to it every week but I think I will keep it up some how. :)

UNIT 7

WoW!! it feels like it has been so long since the last time I was able to log in and post a blog. I just returned from a 3 week underway period on my ship and boy was it dreadful. :( I know it must seem like this is all I talk about but at this instance in my life thats all there is, sea duty has literally consumed my life. The constant in an out makes it hard to keep up due to the horrible internet connectivity. For some reason the ships internet or computers does not allow me to log in to seminar or see this website here that we use to blog. Last week I tried for like two hours to post my blog. I tried the computer and then I tried on my phone, it so didnt work and I was so very frustrated. I try to do the best that I can but work is getting to that point where its really stressful. I feel like its just never ending, the moment i think I am almost complete with everything in my inbox, here comes another stack of stuff. UUggghhhhh!!! I just want to pull my hair out. I havent even been on this boat 4 months and I feel like I could retire today if I could. The bad part is its just me, I cant imagine the people who have families. The absence of family and being away so much makes it so much tougher I would imagine. The good thing about it is that time is flying by and I cant wait until my two years are over.