Peer Reviews

I like peer reviews sometimes, when you have someone that is like you and not trying to teach you just trying to help you its not that bad to take on what they have to say. Sometimes some instructors can come off as being to hard on you when they criticize your work if you feel you have done your best and they expect more out of you. I feel less pressure to do the work and make it better if its a peer review or a peer making it easier to except criticism for me anyway. I know I've had my share of peers that think they know it all and have all the right opinions and sometimes that can make you absolutely hate having someone like that review your work. But on the other had I have always been one to be able to take constructive criticism and better myself or just let it go if I feel it doesn't apply to me at that time rather it be from a peer or a teacher.

Whats Going On!!!

This last six week have been kind of rough for me considering I am currently taking a class over that I didn't pass and still kind of struggling to keep my grade up because of family matters. I am doing a good job of staying in control of assignments when I can get some work done and concentrate fully on my assignments. I have a hard time saying no especially to my little ones when it comes to choosing school over them and that is a great big barrier I am beginning to over come. I feel that in this six weeks I have become a much stronger student and have partially become less of a people pleaser and learned how to say no a lot better. I wish it was that easy in the first place but hey when your used to helping people all the time its kind of hard to say no and do things that pertain to you and not other people when it come to things you have to do to better or take good care of yourself.

Schooling for Me is Like...

Schooling for me is like a fresh start to life I have something other than work and coming home to my children to look forward to for the week. I wish I had done things differently but hey I didn't so I have only been out of school for 5 years and now I finally found my way back in and it yet sometimes stressful to keep up with makes me feel really good that I have chosen to do something for myself. I am a person who is always trying to help someone else rather than focus on me and what I need or want and that sometimes holds me back from I guess just being who I am. For me school is like a release to tell others no this is me time and to let them know that I need to focus on me and not everything else right now. I know sometimes its hard to say not especially to your kids but you have to do what you have to do to succeed for those children of yours. I love being a helpful person but school has made me come to realize that I am important to and without me there would be a lot of people without a helping hand to be there in their time of need. So I sit here and I thank myself for taking the steps to follow my education because without getting in school I would still just be that girl who helps everyone without helping herself and it should have never been that way.

Misuse of My Success

What would you do if someone used something you created without giving you credit?

If someone used something I created without giving me proper credit I would not be very happy. I would first let them know that it was not right to use my work without giving me the proper credit and give them a chance to fix their error. They would have to fix the error by giving me credit or by writing the paper (for example) again using their own thoughts, ideas, and research. After that if nothing changes I would not tolerate it at all I would report them in what ever way appropriate with the proof of my own work to back me up 100%. I would feel kind of bad about it but then again it was wrong of them to use my work without giving me credit so I did what I had to do.

What I Think About Online Class

In my opinion I like the online atmosphere because I think in high school if I had less teachers riding me I would have been able to function better. I like the idea of the teacher teaching and giving you a chance to learn and do what you understand rather than a teacher constantly talking and trying to force you to learn. I think that if I had more teachers that were less intrusive about the learning process I would have done much better in high school classes. I like to be able to read the material in my own time and pace, and be able to do the work as I please and feel comfortable doing. I feel that being in an online course you have a big obstacle when it comes to having a closer class community because we are all in class in different places. The things that we have with the aim exchange and the blog are the best ways to keep everyone together because it helps you have study group if you have time and even ask questions to other students versus teacher. I like online because it lets me be me with one dead line per week and not every day or two there is no rush and you don't have to do work day to day you make your own schedule and you stick to that schedule.