This Journey is over, and a new one will begin.

This has been quite an experience for me, as I'm sure it has for all of us.  Comp.I was hard, which didn't surprise me at all, but this class totally took me by surprise.  It seemed as if everything was working against me this term.  My work schedule always seemed to get more hectic with the most difficult units.  More "stuff" came up at home that would just disrupt my class studies in one way or another.  This is the type of class that you can't afford to let up in at all.  Comp. II really pushed me to my limit, it made me study harder than I have in any other course, with the exception of statistics.  What I have learned in this course will help me tremendously in the health care field, or any other field that I might choose to pursue.  I learned a lot in this class that will help me to be a better writer, but I feel that I still need some improvement in putting information in my own words.  I have never been a big talker or conversationalist, so I think that might have something to do with it.  Even after reading and re-reading my paper, no matter how much revising and editing I do, it just doesn't flow as smoothly as it should, so I will need some practice in that area as well.  I now know that being a good writer will help me in so many areas of my life, academically as well as professionally.  Being a better writer can only lead to having a better life.  Good luck to all of you!

How do I feel about my final paper.

This writing stuff is definitely not easy at all, I just want it to be over with.  I feel that I am giving it my all, so I won't be disappointed in myself.  I've applied most if not all of the techniques that we have discussed and studied this term.  I am still nervous, anxious, and above all tired, because I have worked very hard in this class to get everything done on time, I'm just exhausted.  I will take everything that I have learned in this class and apply it to the rest of my academic studies.  I feel a little more comfortable about writing an essay because I know most of the techniques that goes into writing a good paper.  I just get so stressed when I sit down in front of this computer knowing that I have to open this word document and start typing, because the deadline is rapidly approaching.  I will be so relieved when this is over.  Good Luck everyone.

Will I continue this blog after the course is over?

To be honest with everyone, I really don't plan to keep blogging after this course is over.  The reason being is that I don't have any friends that will follow my blog, I don't have any friends that blog, at least none that I know of, So what would be the use.  Let's face it, yes we are reading and commenting on each other's blogs now, as a class, because it is a requirement.  After this course is over, we're not going to continue to read and comment on each other's blog, we probably won't remember each other after a week or two.  There just really isn't any reason to continue blogging.  Am I right?  I'm just keeping it real class.

How do I feel about peer reviews

I feel that peer reviews are very helpful, I didn't always feel this way though.  With my first peer review the class was not very forgiving at all, I mean they found just about everything wrong with my paper that you could possibly find.  Such as missing words, misspelled words, paragraphs being too long or not long enough, where a comma should be and where it shouldn't, I mean everything you could name.  I took it pretty hard, and it came out in my responses back to them, I really embarrassed myself because I couldn't take a bunch of student's who didn't know any more than I did about writing, criticizing my paper and picking it apart like they were supposed to be experts.  But they were right, and from what they were finding wrong, I knew what the problem was, and it was my fault for being in a hurry.  I didn't proofread any of the paper, and I didn't use my spell check or anything like that, simply because I was in a hurry.  I found that proofreading has helped me to catch a lot of mistakes that I couldn't see while I was typing the paper.  I ended up with a pretty good grade too.  So, I know from experience, and from the "School of Hard Knocks", that peer reviews, although hard to take at times, will help you to write a better paper.  I see peer reviews in a whole different light now, so I look forward to your suggestions, as well as your corrections.  Just, please be gentle. :O)