Well, Tim went to Boston on Thursday and will be gone until next Saturday. It's not fun being away from him, but I have a lot to do so hopefully I'll get it done while he's away. I just finished the first week of my course in ethnic and cultural awareness and I'm already overwhelmed. This course has a much heavier workload than my last one and it's stressing me out. But since I have a lot of time to myself this week, I should get a lot done and maybe get a couple of weeks ahead. For those who don't know, since my courses are all online, the way they give you grades is by online discussions and papers. With this course I have two discussion questions to answer every week and have to respond to two people for each discussion. The initial posts are due by Thursday night (midnight central time, which is 9 pm for me), and the responses are due by Sunday night. The posts have to be at least 250 words and you have to support what you say with scholarly journal articles. That is the hardest part for me. Capella has an online library with a lot of databases to search, but it's difficult to figure out what terms to search for to get the kind of articles you need. That is what takes me the longest to do, because once I have what I need, the writing part flows pretty well. I also have one project for this class and different parts of it are due during certain weeks. The project is a 10-14 page paper addressing a problem of a certain cultural group of my choosing that I am not a part of. I am either going to do the Hispanic population or the elderly.
There's really nothing else exciting going on in my life. It hasn't snowed yet. It's just been rainy and the temperatures have pretty much been in the 40's and lower 50's during the day. So, since I have so much to do, I guess I better go do it! Have a lovely weekend!
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Hope you get a lot done on your online course this week. I just got caught up on your postings and read the one about Alaskan drivers license and plates. Kind of made me sad too, but of course, you weren't always a Texan. Your first 11 months you were an Arkamsasyan - only one in our family who isn't a native Texan. But we won't hold it against you since you didn't have a say in it.
ReplyDeleteLove you as much as if you were a native Texan!
G'ma
Thank you for loving and accepting me despite my faults! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what you said in this post, but I'm glad you know what you're talking about! :) I love the titles you choose! Very creative!! Just a little over a month until you're here basking in the warmth of Texas! :) Love ya!
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