The Semester ends!

This is my first year back in college and so far so good. I the beginning it was not easy to get in the groove of class since I have been out of school for more than 10 yrs. I like to learn so it is a very fun experience to see what this brain all with hold. I have found out that with being more mature going to school for something I want to do with my life is way more fun than just being in school for the sake of being in school. I can see almost a glimpse of the end of the tunnel, I only have one and half more years until I will be walking up to recieve my diploma.

This english class has been more than I expected since english is not my favorite subject. My teacher has a great way of involving different aspects into the class lots of variety and fun. The glass castle was a very home hitting book I really enjoyed it. I have since read it now 2 times just because sometimes the second time is better than the first.

I am proud to say I have learned alot and looking forward to learning more in the next one and a half years of my college years.

Attending College

Going back to college was not an easy decision to make. I am a single mother of 3, lost my job in October. This was a real eye opener this made me look at my self and evaluate where I wanted to be in life. I was done being a non college degree seeking individual. I want to be able to do something that I love something that makes me want to go to work every morning not something I am forced to do since I dont have a degree.

I have worked in the medical field and I know that with out a degree I am going to be stuck at a front desk job and that is not what I want to do for the rest of my life I want to be a somebody instead of a no body. I am looking forward to being a surgical tech, I find surgeries very very interesting. I cannot wait to be part of a patient care team and something that I will feel rewarded to do every day.

Research Papers

This is probably one of the first research papers that I have had to write. I am not a very confident writer so it has been a challenge for me. But I belive the paper that I am creating is a good paper and I have had a good time writing it. My biggest challenge is the organization of the arguments that need to take place with the Media and self image. I will be sumitting my research paper to the Smartthinking several times to get it adjusted to a perfect paper hopefully.

This class has been a learning experience for me it is simply amazing how many resources are out there to use to help you acheive more in your learning. With this being said wish me luck I am on my way to continue editing.

Logical Fallacies

When you really look at it there are several fallacies you hear everyday whether it be on the radio, tv or on a sign. These are things that almost seem to good to be true but we all have believed them. I like to exercise so the one that really amazes me is that you take this magical pill. This pill will make you loose weight eating the same way you have been to make you as big as you have gotten. In reality the pill may help you but you also have to make an effert to loose the weight too. This may be by going to the gym or just simply eating right. People fall for this daily if only it was that easy! If it was that easy no one would be over weight and no one would exercise all we would have to do is pop that magical little pill and poof all our fat would be gone. Let me know when this is discovered cause I will be the first one to purchase this item.

Exercise

This is a huge issue that I care about in my life. Yes it is time consuming and takes determination to do it. I believe that there are way to many people in the world who are over weight but also lazy. You often here these people complaining about how over weight they are but seem to do nothing about it. I worked in a doctors office, I saw many over weight people coming in asking for diet pills or how they can have surgery. Come on people really put a little effort into you weight loss and you can do it just like the rest of us.

The doctor that I actually worked for had a gentleman come in that was 350 lbs the Dr told him that he would get him into surgery if he was able to loose 100 lbs. It took this guy 1 yr to loose a hundred pounds but with determination and hard work he was able to do it. When he came to see the Dr the Dr told him that he was able to have the surgery. This gentleman was not going to let the Dr sign him up for surgery he declined it and said I can loose this all on my own I made it this far I am going to keep going. All of us were very impressed with his will power.

I am a true believer that our country we have a ton of issues with lazy people not sure how we can fix this but this is a huge issue I have with over weight lazy people!

Caffeine Crazies

I am one who has to have a diet coke a day, I limit my self to one. It is truely amazing that some peoples bodies are so dependent on caffeine to function. I know I can tell a difference when I dont have the one diet coke a day. To me my caffeine habbit is not bad but some people are insane as to how much they actually drink in a day.

The craze of energy drinks scare me there should be no reason as to why you need to have a energy drink with 280mg of caffeine in it. Doesn't that make you scared when you are drinking it as to what the side effects are going to be? I would be so scared I was going to have a heart attack I would not even be able to enjoy it.

As for bottled water I am totally guilty of buying bottled water just due to the convience factor. I have several bottles in the cubbord that I could use to bring with me when I head to the gym but why would I do that when I can grab one that is already filled up and bottled. I am very good about drinking water but yes it does have to be bottled. Some reason my brain thinks it tastes better. I know weird right.

I think if bottled water makes a person drink more then go for it buy as much bottled water as you would like.

Social Networking

Social networking is so important to stay connected with your friends and relatives in your busy life. I love to go on facebook to see what people are up to. I especially enjoy looking at peoples picture of their kids, vacations, etc.... I feel with out a facebook page you are not socially connected with the world. This is not a bad thing. I have relatives that live out of town so I enjoy talking to them and they enjoy looking at my kids pictures and seeing the success they are having in there everyday activities.

Many people also post situations on facebook that do not need to be there such as divorce issues, personal problems. I look to facebook for the positive side of things. I am guilty of putting negative things on there too. I know that this is will get to the person indirectly like I wanted it to. I am not good at face to face confirontations so this is a good way for me to express my feelings. Yes this has come to bite me in the ass.

Whats your views on facebook or any other social network?