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What advice would you now give to someone writing his/her first scientific paper?
The first thing I would advise someone to do is set aside enough time for research.Do not try to write your paper all in one shot,this will only cause you to take in to much information at once and it will become very overwhelming.try not to over load your brain walk away from your writing,come back with a clear mind. Do your research from many different articles,journals,books,the more information you gather will help when you are revising your paper. Have family members, friends and the writing center proofread your work. Do not assume all feedback in negative.Most of all do not be so hard on yourself writing is a learned process that comes with practice.
What areas do you feel you strengthened in the past 10 weeks?
I would say my strengthens would be time management,outlining, brainstorming,proofreading revision still needs some work.
What areas do you feel still need improvement in regards to writing?
In text citations,APA format and the ever dreaded paraphrasing
Any final thoughts or statements to make before we wrap up?
Even though I had a few set backs and did not do so well in this class I am able to look back at the areas where there is still much work to be done and be ok with it today. I am not looking at myself as A failure as I would have in the past, all things are a learning process, I did not wake up and say now. I am a great writer and poof there it is. I am not a great writer but I am a better writer, who knows in time with practice it may be one of my journals you will be basing your on.Nothing is impossible.Dare to follow your dreams and make them a reality.
To all I wish nothing but the best in each and everything you do, Professor Wyatt thank you for the tools of becoming a better writer. And believe me in text citations number one at the top of my list (lol)Be well and thank all of you for a wonderful ten weeks. See you in the halls again, Best of luck to all.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Fellow Classmates
I really enjoyed meeting with each and everyone of you weekly in seminar and I know that each of you will do great things in the future. Good luck to all, Hope to see you wondering the halls of Kaplan next semester.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Unit 9 Assignment
Hello class,
With your paper done or almost done, how do you feel? Wow this is so hard to answer because I am rewriting almost my whole paper and have not been able to finish it as of yet. I think I feel more overwhelmed now than before because I have not had anyone read over my paper as of yet and to be honest I need someone that will be more objective because my family feels everything I do is good and we all know this is not always the case lol.
Do you feel nervous, accomplished, or just plain tired? I believe this one has already been answered, but I really must add that I am tired of writing about Acromegaly, I believe I feel this way because my grandson is still being monitored for this and we will not have any really answers until he is about 5 years of age. The more research I do the more I find that can go wrong with this disease and it is very overwhelming.
How do you feel about writing at this point? Has your idea of writing changed throughout the course? Lets see for the first part of this I feel that everything that we have learned about writing takes a lot more practice in the informal style of writing which I still have not had to do so much of as of yet. I know that it is going to be very useful in the future, since I am going for Medical Transcription and who will take my transcripts seriously if it looks as though it has been written by a grade school student? Yes my writing ideas have change, I see how un-useful slang words really are and how childish it looks for a 45 year old to be writing in the first place.Do not get me wrong between you and your friends it is fine but all of my writing included slang, not such a good thing when writing to the school principle for one oh your children.
What other topics would you like to research?
Along with Acromegaly/ Gigantism there are other conditions such as McCune- Albright Syndrome (MAS), That I would love to learn more about.
With your paper done or almost done, how do you feel? Wow this is so hard to answer because I am rewriting almost my whole paper and have not been able to finish it as of yet. I think I feel more overwhelmed now than before because I have not had anyone read over my paper as of yet and to be honest I need someone that will be more objective because my family feels everything I do is good and we all know this is not always the case lol.
Do you feel nervous, accomplished, or just plain tired? I believe this one has already been answered, but I really must add that I am tired of writing about Acromegaly, I believe I feel this way because my grandson is still being monitored for this and we will not have any really answers until he is about 5 years of age. The more research I do the more I find that can go wrong with this disease and it is very overwhelming.
How do you feel about writing at this point? Has your idea of writing changed throughout the course? Lets see for the first part of this I feel that everything that we have learned about writing takes a lot more practice in the informal style of writing which I still have not had to do so much of as of yet. I know that it is going to be very useful in the future, since I am going for Medical Transcription and who will take my transcripts seriously if it looks as though it has been written by a grade school student? Yes my writing ideas have change, I see how un-useful slang words really are and how childish it looks for a 45 year old to be writing in the first place.Do not get me wrong between you and your friends it is fine but all of my writing included slang, not such a good thing when writing to the school principle for one oh your children.
What other topics would you like to research?
Along with Acromegaly/ Gigantism there are other conditions such as McCune- Albright Syndrome (MAS), That I would love to learn more about.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
unit 8 assignment
Hello class,
Discuss any issues you have had throughout the process. Lets see I have forgotten to put an in text citation on a unit project and failed I have struggled to find just the right introduction to catch my readers eyes.
How do you feel about the comments, or lack of comments, that have been made to your blog posts? Well as I have posted before I wonder if anyone really reads these, I have received next to no comments,so it makes you wonder what the point of this blog page was all about in the first place.
Do you plan to continue your blog even after the course? Yes I believe I will continue with this blog since the title is beating the odds, an everyday struggle with cancer was the original idea of this blog page it was to be therapeutic. Now that I have begone another round of chemotherapy when I thought I would be through for a while I seem to have a lot of anger this time around not that I have cancer just because I need a break and have been placed on honors probation because of my grades dropping. This has become very hard for me to shallow.. So yes I will be continuing with my blog page.
Discuss any issues you have had throughout the process. Lets see I have forgotten to put an in text citation on a unit project and failed I have struggled to find just the right introduction to catch my readers eyes.
How do you feel about the comments, or lack of comments, that have been made to your blog posts? Well as I have posted before I wonder if anyone really reads these, I have received next to no comments,so it makes you wonder what the point of this blog page was all about in the first place.
Do you plan to continue your blog even after the course? Yes I believe I will continue with this blog since the title is beating the odds, an everyday struggle with cancer was the original idea of this blog page it was to be therapeutic. Now that I have begone another round of chemotherapy when I thought I would be through for a while I seem to have a lot of anger this time around not that I have cancer just because I need a break and have been placed on honors probation because of my grades dropping. This has become very hard for me to shallow.. So yes I will be continuing with my blog page.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Plagiarism
Hello class I just wanted to remind everyone on the importance of Plagiarism,although not done intentionally,Plagiarism is a very easy think to do. I have learn this the hard way. Not remembering to put your in text citations can cost you a lot. And trust me it keeps you from wanting to go any further with your final project. It happens, and if it does, don't give up! keep going, learn from your mistake and show what kind of writer you can be.. This is what I intend to do! So here to an even better paper for my final project, a very carefully cited paper. Here is to hoping no one else makes this mistake and the very best to the rest of the class and your final papers....
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Hello Class
This weeks Blog is an interesting one,We are to give an answer for this...How do you feel about the comments, or lack of comments, that have been made to your blog posts?
Lets see how do I feel about comments or lack of comments?
Well considering I have not received any comments to anyone of my post that would tell me that no one really reads these. Look I posted about the President of the United States eating in the restaurant where I work and nothing, Come on now how many times can we say we work where the president ate? Next to never, unless you are the presidents personal chef and if you are then you all ready know how down to earth he really is, and that he enjoys a good cheddar cheese burger. I myself would have never known this.. Some like him some don't but really now I work where the president ate and I am not on his staff that's Just cool to say the least.. Even though I do not eat meat and dairy together, I will still say this burgers to you Mr President :)
Lets see how do I feel about comments or lack of comments?
Well considering I have not received any comments to anyone of my post that would tell me that no one really reads these. Look I posted about the President of the United States eating in the restaurant where I work and nothing, Come on now how many times can we say we work where the president ate? Next to never, unless you are the presidents personal chef and if you are then you all ready know how down to earth he really is, and that he enjoys a good cheddar cheese burger. I myself would have never known this.. Some like him some don't but really now I work where the president ate and I am not on his staff that's Just cool to say the least.. Even though I do not eat meat and dairy together, I will still say this burgers to you Mr President :)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Peer re-view second post
Hello class, this weeks unit 7 is a tough one,This is my second post on the subject and believe me I do not like anymore than the first one. I really have mixed feelings when it comes to peer reviews, It is confusing. I have received two feedback's so far for my paper and each was every different. So now I am even more confused do I leave the paper as is as one suggest, or do I follow the advise of another student and start all over again.?? Yuk!!! this could turn out to be worse than Chemo..
What to do? write or re write that is the question of the day. If I had my way I would give all the web sites where I got my info from and let my peers decide what should be written. But of course this will not work. So do I take my chances and turn it in as my final?? or and yes there always has to to an or doesn't there? Wait for more student feedback?? Wow I think I am beginning to hate peer review more and more.
What to do? write or re write that is the question of the day. If I had my way I would give all the web sites where I got my info from and let my peers decide what should be written. But of course this will not work. So do I take my chances and turn it in as my final?? or and yes there always has to to an or doesn't there? Wait for more student feedback?? Wow I think I am beginning to hate peer review more and more.
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