Great Job on the Papers Guys!!!

Great job everybody on firs draft of our papers. I really enjoyed reading them. It made me think of how different all of our writing styles are. All the papers I read were completely different and very original. All the advice I got for my paper was great and sure is going to make writing my final draft much easier. One thing that was really hard for me was staying on topic of my research. I am just a creative writer at heart and when writing a research paper that makes it a lot harder. You to get right to the point and no fluff is necessary at all and sort of makes your paper less creditable. Well hopefully in these next couple weeks I can perfect my paper and get rid of all the unnecessary fluff. What was the hardest thing for you guys in the writing process? So whats next after comp 2 for everybody else is anybody going to pursue another writing class or even a career in it? I think this is it for me, I love writing but I am going to stay focused on my degree and hopefully my career. I definitely learned a lot in this class and I believe have greatly improved my writing skills.

Tough Week!

Well I gotta say this week was the hardest I have ever experienced in college. I had a huge exam in my Human Disease and I had to sum up my research for the first draft of our research paper. I am starting to feel that stem cell research was a bit too broad of a topic and maybe a bit too bias. But I have to say i'm really interested in the subject and it is very fun to write about. I worked really hard on the first draft of my paper but I believe its going to need a lot of revising. Well after all I guess thats why they call it a rough draft. I found it very hard to find information that was credable on the subject. It seems to be a very bias subject but the kaplan university library helped me a lot with that one. I can't wait to see how I did on my first draft though, I very anxious. So what was the hardest thing for you guys. This week was really hard for me also because I worked a 50 hour week, it was my cousin's wedding over the weekend and the weather was so amazing. It was in the 80's and thats like super hot for Alaska. Well hope all is well with everyone and good luck to all.

The beginning is the hardest!?!

So one thing I have to say is that writing is probably my biggest challenges in school and also in life in general. I just can never seem to use the right words properly. So I’m hoping that after taking this class all of that will change. I got to so though I am digging this class. It kind of reminds of creative writing a little considering the fact that we got to choose the topic of our research paper. But I know it will be different considering that the information in our research paper must be factual and we must prove a point. My biggest struggle is going to getting started on this paper I have so many ideas swirling around in my head and am not sure which ones are the best for the paper. But I believe the key is going to be using and experimenting with the writing techniques that were described in our last discussion board. The thing with me is that it takes me forever to start the paper but once I get started there is no stopping me. So I believe that once I overcome this first obstacle everything else will flow accordingly. But life tends to throw in some unavoidable obstacles your way every now and then.

Where to Start?

So this is probably my third week of writing and researching about my project and it seems that I’m getting nowhere. I just seem to have all these ideas in my head and it’s very overwhelming to me. For a while I truly didn’t know where to start and often times I got very frustrated. But this week I have experienced with a few new writing techniques. First of all I’ve been brainstorming all the ideas that pop into my head and writing them on paper so it well help with the direction I would like to go. To tell you the truth it totally works. It lets me see which ideas are actually logical for the paper and which ones are not. I totally recommend the brainstorming technique before starting on your paper. Before this class I often times just went with my gut and wouldn’t really plan my paper. It was kind of just free writing but the free writing usually ended up being my final draft. Definitely is not the best plan of action when writing a paper. The other writing technique I’ve been experimenting with is informal outlining. Basically what I did is put my brainstorming ideas in the form of an outline so I can finally start the writing on my paper. I believe you definitely have to try out many different techniques to find the one that fits your writing style. Well hope all is well with everyone and good luck on the paper!

Plagerism?

So I have started to notice most of the professors at Kaplan are stressing on plagiarism. It must be a problem for many students attending Kaplan. So have any of you guys been accused of stealing another individuals thoughts and ideas? It happened to me once in high school and it was totally unintentional. I just merely didn't sight my resources correctly. It was a huge mess, I ended up getting an F on the paper and I was thrown into the detention office. Man oh man was it a bad experience and the worst part about it was that nobody believed me that it was an accident. So some advice to all of you students out there is to cite your sources correctly and always double check your work. It is so not worth getting accused of plagiarism when it is 100% unintentional. It’s a lot harder than sounds but remember that anything you read either on the internet or in a book is someone’s else’s ideas and thoughts and they should get the credit for their time and effort. Even if you change the words around and paraphrase it does not mean that it’s yours. Well good luck to all and I hope none of you get accused of stealing someone else’s work like I did.

Plagerism?

So I have started to notice most of the professors at Kaplan are stressing on plagiarism. It must be a problem for many students attending Kaplan. So have any of you guys been accused of stealing another individuals thoughts and ideas. It happened to me once and high and it was totally unintentional. I just merely didn't sight my resources correctly. It was a huge mess, I ended up getting an F on the paper and I was thrown into the detention office. Man oh man was it a bad experience and the worst part about it was that nobody believed me that it was an accident. So some advice to all of you students out there is to cite your sources correctly and always double check your work. It is so not worth getting accused of plagiarism when it is 100% unintentional. It’s a lot harder than sounds but remember that anything you read either on the internet or in a book is someone’s else’s ideas and thoughts and they should get the credit for their time and effort. Even if you change the words around and paraphrase it does not mean that it’s yours. Well good luck to all and I hope none of you get accused of stealing someone else’s work like I did.

Stressful Week!!!?! But Still Having a Good Time

So I got to say this week was extremely stressful. But none the less it was extremely productive. First off I was working 50 hours a week at work, then doing my volunteer work at the hospital, and not to mention all the school assignments from the 3 classes I’m taking. So how are classes treating you this term everybody? I must say Kaplan University is amazing it lets me take classes whenever I want so it doesn’t interfere with my work. So as you guys might already know I am doing my research report on Parkinson’s disease and how stem cell research is finding its way to be the cure for Parkinson’s disease. I don’t know about everybody else but I am extremely fascinated with stem cell research and now that scientist can use adult stem cells instead of embryonic cells make it much less controversial. I truly believe that this is something the U.S. needs to start funding. Well progress is coming along on the paper but it is kind of hard to find the right references. Right now I am still working on my opening paragraph. But it seems like that’s always the hardest part in writing and once I get going I can really cruise through the paper. There are just way too many people on the internet that just spurt out bias opinions. So how is everybody else’s paper going? Any new ideas or any new movements being produced? Well you guys should fill me in because I’m dying to know how the writing process is going with everybody else. To tell you the truth before this class I thought blogging was sort of a joke but after starting my own blog I love every minute of it. It’s just such a great way to get your thoughts out there and share them with the rest of the world. Well hope you all are having a great term and I can’t wait to hear more about the research process.