Course Evaluation

I have to say when I was told I had to take ENG101 again, I wasn't impressed. I had taken ENG 101 through the University of Phoenix only to have it called an elective because it was entitled "College Preparation I". I had also taken ENG 101 at Bangor, Campus and got through with a "C" which, I felt, was completely passing - However, I didn't want this school to see the rest of my grades so I never transfered them. So, here I was, back in ENG 101 - again.

When I got into the class and found out that we were going to be doing online blogs - I was psyched!! I had kept a blog for over two years and I thought that it would be awesome if I could not only write in this one, but also keep up with my older one - It's been three months since I have written an entry that I did not include in this blog...I also though the course assignments were going to be quite easy. I love to write - especially if it is first hand experience - but I found myself runing out of things to say - and when I would find something and I would smile at myself thinking it was increcible - I would get it turned back to me saying it was in the wrong format. I started to get really frustrated quite early in the game - and I almost felt like I should drop the course - take it another time when I wouldn't be so spleeny about a teacher's thoughts of my work...see, as I have said before, I was always praised for my work - until I went to the University of Phoenix and I had a teacher that did nothing but give me hell about my writings. Even though the course was online, I was in tears so much that Kevin told me just to quit. I didn't though, and I thought I would never have to go through it again - However, my teacher left me with some very good advice - He said that sometimes we are our worst critics...that in saying some of the things that he said - I took them the wrong way and that in fact, I could write - However, he advised me that I take a creative writing course. I was pissed.

The I-Search turned out better than I expected...I was up, then I was down, then I was up, then I was down - Now I am up and I hope that I don't go back down. I did interviews, had a dry spell, then I got more information, I was about to pull my hair out, then John Goldfine helped me get more information (well, led me in the right direction) - my research led me to the Bangor Historical Society, The Bangor Museum and www.Ancestry.com - where I got a ton of information! Not only was I able to find birth and death records - I found marriage records and even social security numbers (which was kind of scary - but they were dead). The only thing I didn't find, which I was pretty bummed about was information on Brownie's Market - which, today, because I am bound and determined to find information, I am going to the Bangor Public Library to the Bangor Room to dig my nose into books until I find information. Wish me luck!

Note to self - tell next teacher, if they do not have an attendance policy - tell them to lie to you. When I told the people at work that I didn't have an attendance policy in English - I could never use the excuse - well, I have school - in order not to work. It was crazy. I have to say this whole semester has been crazy - so many changes, so little time. Pulling all nighters writing papers, doing keyboarding homework and memorizing medical terminology. This class has been fun, I am just hopeful that I pass....

Nikki