After having my first child, I was never the same again. Before my daughter was born, I considered myself quite selfish. I didn’t care much about how my actions affected others. Sure, I was young, and young people are generally a little more selfish than their elders, but I was the epitome of selfish.
Regrettably, I had little time for my family. Being the youngest of seven, there was always an opportunity to engage in a wide variety of family activities, but the way I was, I would rather have spent my time with my friends doing things that I should not have been doing, which, consequently, is the biggest reason my daughter came into this world.
When she was born, my whole outlook on life changed. Family became the center of my life. My daughter helped me to see that the world does not revolve around just one person and that without family, life would be empty and very lonely.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Life would be easier if only.....(Graded)
Life would be easier if only I had gone to college before having a family. Homework and studying takes us the little spare time I have after working a 40 hour week. It is a struggle balancing work, school and family.
I am lucky that I have a husband and kids who support my decision to go back to school, but I have a certain amount of guilt associated with the obvious lack of attention they get from me. Since this is only my first semester of school, I hope that I can find a way to develop good study skills that will still allow me to spend quality time with my family.
I am lucky that I have a husband and kids who support my decision to go back to school, but I have a certain amount of guilt associated with the obvious lack of attention they get from me. Since this is only my first semester of school, I hope that I can find a way to develop good study skills that will still allow me to spend quality time with my family.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Introduction
Hello everyone. My name is Carly Degenhardt. I am from the Northwestern side of Montana, where the wind doesn't blow as much and it's not nearly as cold!! :) I am planning on becoming a dental hygienist, but right now I am hoping to get into dental assisting. I enjoy hiking, fishing, hunting, ice skating and just about anything outdoors. Global warming is my "random fact." If indeed we are experiencing global warming, why is it that we are freezing over here in North Dakota? Also, why has the Eastern half of the US been experiencing just as much snow and cold as we have? There's a joke floating around: "How can you tell we are experiencing global warming?" -Because women's underwear keeps getting smaller. Haha I know. Well guess there's not much else to say, hope everyone is staying warm!
Carly
Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Just testing
Well the weekend is over and i'm bummed. But I am ready to get started with College Writting!
Trying out the blog for English 1101
Just trying out the blog!! today im just laying low doing some studing and getting ready for another busy week!!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Welcome
This is the course blog for College Writing I. Each student has access to post to this site. So does anyone else in the world: my friends, your parents, a teenager from Istanbul, etc. :)
Let me layout some basic guidelines beyond what I put in the handouts in D2L:
1. When you create your profile or log-in name, please make it something I'll recognize so I can grade accordingly.
2. Keep posts academic in tone and diction. They can be personal but should not be information you would not want to share with the world.
3. See these sources for help on posting, for directions on linking to another page, and tips on editing your posts.
4. Please do not write about other classes/instructors in this blog unless it is relevant to the unit materials and is not personal/rant-ish.
To get started with the blog, look for an email from me with the subject "You have been invited to contribute to J. Beyer's blog." It contains instructions for joining the blog.
Below, I've left some samples of posts from my previous students; these were good posts in response to some of the prompts they were assigned. Each considers the topic assigned, offers details, and could easily be used as a prewrite for a longer essay.
Let me layout some basic guidelines beyond what I put in the handouts in D2L:
1. When you create your profile or log-in name, please make it something I'll recognize so I can grade accordingly.
2. Keep posts academic in tone and diction. They can be personal but should not be information you would not want to share with the world.
3. See these sources for help on posting, for directions on linking to another page, and tips on editing your posts.
4. Please do not write about other classes/instructors in this blog unless it is relevant to the unit materials and is not personal/rant-ish.
To get started with the blog, look for an email from me with the subject "You have been invited to contribute to J. Beyer's blog." It contains instructions for joining the blog.
Below, I've left some samples of posts from my previous students; these were good posts in response to some of the prompts they were assigned. Each considers the topic assigned, offers details, and could easily be used as a prewrite for a longer essay.
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