Now that I can finally access my own blog page I am ready to post. Today I met a new hero. I was outside Fred Myers with my prescription bottle of digoxin (heat medicine) trying to get the "child proof" cap off; I had even put it on the ground and tried to stomp it open. An elderly couple (probably my age) walked by and asked if they could help. I explained my dilema and the gentleman got the cap off. Today he is my hero.
What is digoxin for? Heat medicine? I have never heard of it. I love all the child proof puzzles they use these days, like when you buy a new CD (not that I do often).
I was getting ready to do my post for today when I saw the post from Nancy and wanted to correct my error. Sorry about that it was suppose to say “heart” medicine. There are so many meds I take and I think the digoxin was prescribed when I had swelling in the legs and feet. All I know that if I take all the meds I feel terrific. Just to show everyone how crazy I am I was beginning to worry that perhaps I felt too good!! So here is today’s post. First of all I get an email today from Kaplan that informed me I had been underfunded and needed to pay $660 by May 15th – yeah like that is going to happen. They then sent me a promissory note to sign and fax back. Well I am going to fax it back but not sign it with a note that says I can make monthly payments. I tried to call the business office (like the email said to do to make arrangements for payment, but was on hold for 25 minutes and surrendered and hung up. I am hoping they will respond to my fax. The second thing I wanted to talk about was a program I watched today on Discovery Health called “Born Schizophrenic: January’s Story” This poor child first manifested itself as an infant (although this was not interpreted until later when she received an official diagnosis) and terrorized her with voices and hallucination all through her childhood telling her to hurt herself and others. Her parents now have 2 apartments (one with January and one with her brother) to keep her little brother safe. The family eats dinner together and the parents exchange apartments every night. The end of the documentary seemed to indicate that her prognosis is very poor, schizophrenia is so severe she will never be able to live on her own and will probably have to be institutionalized – she is only 7.
I believe the only time I have run into plagiarism was a couple of terms ago when some students would just cut and paste from web sources and post them into their discussion page without giving credit to the original author or web site. I was really in a quandary – was it my place to point this out to the professor? I didn’t think so, but I also felt a degree of guilt because the actual author was not receiving proper credit and was this a form of cheating?
This then raised the question what would I do if it was my work that was being used without credit; would I confront the plagiarist or would I tell the professor? To this day I still do not know what action I would take; I can only hope that if this would happen I would know what to do.
I hope your issues with financial aid have been resolved. You know KU now has a "Student Assistance" program:
"The Kaplan University Student Assistance Program is a free counseling service available to all students. The program offers professional and confidential counseling services to help address a variety of personal concerns that students face. The 24-hour toll free phone line is staffed by experienced clinicians who will listen to concerns and, if necessary, can refer you to local resources. These services are available at 1.800.890.1466. As always, I am here to assist you with anything related directly to your education, such as registration, degree questions, goals, time management, and any classroom issues you may experience. If you are not sure who you should speak to about a particular topic or challenge, just give me a call at 866.522.7747, and I will be happy to help you."
If you do not received the answers you need from one source, try another.
That is a horrifying story about the little girl diagnosed as schizophrenic. What a life! Did the program say anything about the underlying causes for this birth defect?
This is my make-up blog for unit 4. It is imperative in all aspects of our lives to perform honestly, as well as being true to ourselves, and plagiarism is not an example of that philosophy. To take credit for another’s ideas and work would not only be committing suicide in the academic and professional world. We are judged on our personal as well as moral codes. Plagiarism is not the actions of an honest person and there is no reason (excuse) for this behavior. I really do not know what I would do if someone took credit for my work. I believe my initial response would be anger; I work very hard on all my papers and writings. If it were a classroom issue I would let the professor know. My question is this – if I don’t read other student’s work how would I know if they used my research and work for their papers? I am not sure if this is what is meant by an instance of plagiarism, but in a previous class I noticed that there was a student that would cut and paste from a website and not list that source as a reference. I will be hones I didn’t think that it was my place to turn this student in but still wonder if that was the correct course of action. I myself do not use websites such as Wekipedia and Utube because it is my impression that those sites contain information posted by other people and the information is not vetted. I could go into either of these sites and post information that would not be true, but anyone after that would assume it is.
This week we are discussing writing styles and I would have to say that mine is very informal. I am glad that the papers we are writing in class have personal interest for me. It is so much more fun and interesting when the topic is one of your passions. By the same time; however; regardless of the topic it is my hope that whatever topic I might be assigned I believe an interest in the subject would come with research.
Well what can I say about challenges up to this point – it would probably be my impatience. When I do class work I want immediate gratification, want my grade and want it now. (Of course you cannot see me right now but my hands are on my hips and I am stomping my foot).
How has school influenced my life – many ways. It has raised my level of self-confidence and self esteem. The facts that I have gone to school at my age AND am getting excellent grades were beyond my wildest dreams. I left a 27 year marriage after being put down for 26 ¼ years. At times I would like to call him up and rub his nose in my success. It is true I am not rolling in money (his success measurement) but I am rolling in joy!!
Well good news everyone!!! My grandson showed me how to get a picture from my cell phone to my blog site – pretty heady stuff! This past week has been a difficult one what with the pneumonia and bronchitis; when paired with lack of sleep (hard to sleep while coughing) my mood was way off the charts. Am glad to say I am on the mend. Being so ill last week I missed a few assignments in another class, so double the work for this week.
I am paranoid about the Comp class project but I always feel that way before a big project is due. My head knows I can do it, but my lack of self-confidence makes me shake in my boots. I just need to get busy and quit procrastinating.
Well from what I can see Kaplan is determined to make me a writer, papers due in both my classes are weighing heavy, but I have made it this far, I am in it to win to the end.
Well I am going to sign off for tonight – sweet dreams everyone.
Well everyone granted my grandson showed me what to do with my phone now I need to get together with to show me how to get it from the phone to the computer. I am a show me person and when he gave me instructions we didn’t write anything down, or let me do the process while he watched. So stand by pictures will be arriving soon (I hope). The topics that I have been struggling with (besides the picture issue) is it seems just about the time I figure out what I am suppose to be doing turns out I appear to be going the wrong direction. I suppose that is what this class is for to teach us how to do these things. Got really really bad new – it seems that when I was ill with bronchitis and pneumonia I missed a discussion board and well as an exam in another class. When I went in to make this assignment up the class was closed. I emailed the professor but it seems in the crossing of emails she was confused about whether I had technical difficulties (unable to get into assignments) and being ill. Well the bottom line is I have now gone from an “A” to a “C” because I missed the assignments. Live, Learn and Stay Healthy is my motto from here on.
Well hello everyone. I am not sure how anyone else feels about blogging, but I found it an interesting process. I must say though there are a great many things I do not post because of the lack of privacy. My youngest daughter (40+) has a “my space” that she posts on a daily basis. She is forever telling me about what everyone posts on their space that she has access to. So I guess for me if a person posts all the time about all aspects of their lives are the posting “the truth” or what they want other people to believe is true. I guess I feel a lot like Vegas – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in my life is exactly that “MY LIFE”.
Some people use their blogs to describe happenings in their life that might be better kept private. I think most of my friends use Face book, for example, to communicate information about news, politics, volunteer opportunities, and community events, especially for the groups with which they are involved. My family uses Face book to share photographs and things of interest to help keep us in touch because we are spread out and do not see each other all the time. Some post more often than others.
I want my kids to know about what I am doing for the most part. I do not post private stuff.
Well yesterday and today I spent several hours going over my paper for College Composition and wound up make a disappointing realization that I now have 7 pages of bunny poo poo. What seem so crystal clear in my writing on fibromyalgia turns out to be vague and wandering. I will spend most of the night tonight and tomorrow revising my paper. I think I did the assignment regarding paramedic revision but really don’t feel really great about. The more I read the chapter in the course book the less it made sense. I am hoping I will get some sort of constructive criticism that will make more sense that I have right now. So everyone keep your fingers crossed that this all turns out better than what I think it is right now.
Well everyone this has been a momentus week. Out of all 6 grandsons the first one graduated from high school this week [his two older brothers dropped out of high school and the rest are too young]. Because each student was only allowed a few tickets I took the opportunity to baby sit my 15 month old great granddaughter for 6 hours. She was so good and all things that are usual in our eyes became utterly fascinating in hers. The 3" x 3" calculator, the bottle of nail polish, a cardboard coaster and even a fly swatter decorated with a large pink flower. All things had to be tested for sound by pounding them on the coffee table and each other. The fly swatter flower was talked to and kissed. The entire world was her oyster; to touch, smell, kiss and make sound. Baby food was not even on her menu as she snacked on avacodo, pasta, sauteed red pepper and shrimp from my plate. There were cooked cherry tomatoes that were tasted and rejected quickly - who knew a baby could spit something that far?? It was difficult to send her home, but I'm sure that at sometime around midnight when I would be ready to throw in the towel she would just be winding up - so home she went at 9:00 pm.
Well I believe this is our last mandatory blog post, but I do home that all of you will continue to blog.
Now that I can finally access my own blog page I am ready to post. Today I met a new hero. I was outside Fred Myers with my prescription bottle of digoxin (heat medicine) trying to get the "child proof" cap off; I had even put it on the ground and tried to stomp it open. An elderly couple (probably my age) walked by and asked if they could help. I explained my dilema and the gentleman got the cap off. Today he is my hero.
ReplyDeleteHi Marie,
ReplyDeleteWhat is digoxin for? Heat medicine? I have never heard of it. I love all the child proof puzzles they use these days, like when you buy a new CD (not that I do often).
I was getting ready to do my post for today when I saw the post from Nancy and wanted to correct my error. Sorry about that it was suppose to say “heart” medicine. There are so many meds I take and I think the digoxin was prescribed when I had swelling in the legs and feet. All I know that if I take all the meds I feel terrific. Just to show everyone how crazy I am I was beginning to worry that perhaps I felt too good!!
ReplyDeleteSo here is today’s post. First of all I get an email today from Kaplan that informed me I had been underfunded and needed to pay $660 by May 15th – yeah like that is going to happen. They then sent me a promissory note to sign and fax back. Well I am going to fax it back but not sign it with a note that says I can make monthly payments. I tried to call the business office (like the email said to do to make arrangements for payment, but was on hold for 25 minutes and surrendered and hung up. I am hoping they will respond to my fax.
The second thing I wanted to talk about was a program I watched today on Discovery Health called “Born Schizophrenic: January’s Story” This poor child first manifested itself as an infant (although this was not interpreted until later when she received an official diagnosis) and terrorized her with voices and hallucination all through her childhood telling her to hurt herself and others. Her parents now have 2 apartments (one with January and one with her brother) to keep her little brother safe. The family eats dinner together and the parents exchange apartments every night. The end of the documentary seemed to indicate that her prognosis is very poor, schizophrenia is so severe she will never be able to live on her own and will probably have to be institutionalized – she is only 7.
I believe the only time I have run into plagiarism was a couple of terms ago when some students would just cut and paste from web sources and post them into their discussion page without giving credit to the original author or web site. I was really in a quandary – was it my place to point this out to the professor? I didn’t think so, but I also felt a degree of guilt because the actual author was not receiving proper credit and was this a form of cheating?
ReplyDeleteThis then raised the question what would I do if it was my work that was being used without credit; would I confront the plagiarist or would I tell the professor? To this day I still do not know what action I would take; I can only hope that if this would happen I would know what to do.
Hi Marie,
ReplyDeleteI hope your issues with financial aid have been resolved. You know KU now has a "Student Assistance" program:
"The Kaplan University Student Assistance Program is a free counseling service available to all students. The program offers professional and confidential counseling services to help address a variety of personal concerns that students face. The 24-hour toll free phone line is staffed by experienced clinicians who will listen to concerns and, if necessary, can refer you to local resources. These services are available at 1.800.890.1466.
As always, I am here to assist you with anything related directly to your education, such as registration, degree questions, goals, time management, and any classroom issues you may experience. If you are not sure who you should speak to about a particular topic or challenge, just give me a call at 866.522.7747, and I will be happy to help you."
If you do not received the answers you need from one source, try another.
That is a horrifying story about the little girl diagnosed as schizophrenic. What a life! Did the program say anything about the underlying causes for this birth defect?
Marie, you are taking digoxin for your heart, right? I hope that all is getting better for you. Stay strong, hun. You are such a sweet lady.
ReplyDeleteNancy & CJSquints thank you for your helpful information and words of encouragement.
ReplyDeleteHi Marie,
ReplyDeleteHave a great week and take care of yourself. I hope you will keep us informed.
This is my make-up blog for unit 4.
ReplyDeleteIt is imperative in all aspects of our lives to perform honestly, as well as being true to ourselves, and plagiarism is not an example of that philosophy. To take credit for another’s ideas and work would not only be committing suicide in the academic and professional world. We are judged on our personal as well as moral codes. Plagiarism is not the actions of an honest person and there is no reason (excuse) for this behavior.
I really do not know what I would do if someone took credit for my work. I believe my initial response would be anger; I work very hard on all my papers and writings. If it were a classroom issue I would let the professor know. My question is this – if I don’t read other student’s work how would I know if they used my research and work for their papers?
I am not sure if this is what is meant by an instance of plagiarism, but in a previous class I noticed that there was a student that would cut and paste from a website and not list that source as a reference. I will be hones I didn’t think that it was my place to turn this student in but still wonder if that was the correct course of action.
I myself do not use websites such as Wekipedia and Utube because it is my impression that those sites contain information posted by other people and the information is not vetted. I could go into either of these sites and post information that would not be true, but anyone after that would assume it is.
This week we are discussing writing styles and I would have to say that mine is very informal. I am glad that the papers we are writing in class have personal interest for me. It is so much more fun and interesting when the topic is one of your passions. By the same time; however; regardless of the topic it is my hope that whatever topic I might be assigned I believe an interest in the subject would come with research.
ReplyDeleteWell what can I say about challenges up to this point – it would probably be my impatience. When I do class work I want immediate gratification, want my grade and want it now. (Of course you cannot see me right now but my hands are on my hips and I am stomping my foot).
How has school influenced my life – many ways. It has raised my level of self-confidence and self esteem. The facts that I have gone to school at my age AND am getting excellent grades were beyond my wildest dreams. I left a 27 year marriage after being put down for 26 ¼ years. At times I would like to call him up and rub his nose in my success. It is true I am not rolling in money (his success measurement) but I am rolling in joy!!
Well Marie, if you would post a photo of yourself, maybe we might better imagine you hands on hip stomping your foot! :=) OR, rolling joy!
ReplyDeleteWell good news everyone!!! My grandson showed me how to get a picture from my cell phone to my blog site – pretty heady stuff! This past week has been a difficult one what with the pneumonia and bronchitis; when paired with lack of sleep (hard to sleep while coughing) my mood was way off the charts. Am glad to say I am on the mend. Being so ill last week I missed a few assignments in another class, so double the work for this week.
ReplyDeleteI am paranoid about the Comp class project but I always feel that way before a big project is due. My head knows I can do it, but my lack of self-confidence makes me shake in my boots. I just need to get busy and quit procrastinating.
Well from what I can see Kaplan is determined to make me a writer, papers due in both my classes are weighing heavy, but I have made it this far, I am in it to win to the end.
Well I am going to sign off for tonight – sweet dreams everyone.
Now that your grandson has showed you how to get a photo from your phone to the blog, where is it?
ReplyDeleteWell everyone granted my grandson showed me what to do with my phone now I need to get together with to show me how to get it from the phone to the computer. I am a show me person and when he gave me instructions we didn’t write anything down, or let me do the process while he watched. So stand by pictures will be arriving soon (I hope).
ReplyDeleteThe topics that I have been struggling with (besides the picture issue) is it seems just about the time I figure out what I am suppose to be doing turns out I appear to be going the wrong direction. I suppose that is what this class is for to teach us how to do these things.
Got really really bad new – it seems that when I was ill with bronchitis and pneumonia I missed a discussion board and well as an exam in another class. When I went in to make this assignment up the class was closed. I emailed the professor but it seems in the crossing of emails she was confused about whether I had technical difficulties (unable to get into assignments) and being ill. Well the bottom line is I have now gone from an “A” to a “C” because I missed the assignments. Live, Learn and Stay Healthy is my motto from here on.
Well hello everyone. I am not sure how anyone else feels about blogging, but I found it an interesting process. I must say though there are a great many things I do not post because of the lack of privacy. My youngest daughter (40+) has a “my space” that she posts on a daily basis. She is forever telling me about what everyone posts on their space that she has access to. So I guess for me if a person posts all the time about all aspects of their lives are the posting “the truth” or what they want other people to believe is true. I guess I feel a lot like Vegas – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in my life is exactly that “MY LIFE”.
ReplyDeleteSome people use their blogs to describe happenings in their life that might be better kept private. I think most of my friends use Face book, for example, to communicate information about news, politics, volunteer opportunities, and community events, especially for the groups with which they are involved. My family uses Face book to share photographs and things of interest to help keep us in touch because we are spread out and do not see each other all the time. Some post more often than others.
ReplyDeleteI want my kids to know about what I am doing for the most part. I do not post private stuff.
Well yesterday and today I spent several hours going over my paper for College Composition and wound up make a disappointing realization that I now have 7 pages of bunny poo poo. What seem so crystal clear in my writing on fibromyalgia turns out to be vague and wandering. I will spend most of the night tonight and tomorrow revising my paper. I think I did the assignment regarding paramedic revision but really don’t feel really great about. The more I read the chapter in the course book the less it made sense. I am hoping I will get some sort of constructive criticism that will make more sense that I have right now. So everyone keep your fingers crossed that this all turns out better than what I think it is right now.
ReplyDeleteWell everyone this has been a momentus week. Out of all 6 grandsons the first one graduated from high school this week [his two older brothers dropped out of high school and the rest are too young]. Because each student was only allowed a few tickets I took the opportunity to baby sit my 15 month old great granddaughter for 6 hours. She was so good and all things that are usual in our eyes became utterly fascinating in hers. The 3" x 3" calculator, the bottle of nail polish, a cardboard coaster and even a fly swatter decorated with a large pink flower. All things had to be tested for sound by pounding them on the coffee table and each other. The fly swatter flower was talked to and kissed. The entire world was her oyster; to touch, smell, kiss and make sound. Baby food was not even on her menu as she snacked on avacodo, pasta, sauteed red pepper and shrimp from my plate. There were cooked cherry tomatoes that were tasted and rejected quickly - who knew a baby could spit something that far?? It was difficult to send her home, but I'm sure that at sometime around midnight when I would be ready to throw in the towel she would just be winding up - so home she went at 9:00 pm.
ReplyDeleteWell I believe this is our last mandatory blog post, but I do home that all of you will continue to blog.