Hi Shelly,
Like you, I was raised doing our work on Big Chief tablets and Husky pencils. I look at the advances in technology in just the last 10 years and it amazes me yet is scarry at the same time. My three year old daughter knows how to get on my iphone, go to Utube, and make it play her favorite Elmo videos. To me that is just amazing. I remember when we got an Atari as a kid and my sister and I were amazed at the half circle thing that ate dots and ghosts. I won't even go into when we got our first VCR and how many time my sister made me suffer through Footloose with Kevin Bacon. I believe that all this technology is helpful to the world in the long term. I just wanted you to know that I found your blog both entertaining and very informative. Keep up the good work!
Monday, August 29, 2011
LSTD 1233 BLOG POST 2
Hello everyone in blogger land. Here I am posting my second ever blog in my life. Let me start with a little history about myself. I grew up on a farm in a small rural community in Oklahoma. I am now married with two children. I work for the local police department in my town,and am also a real estate investor. Ok enough with the history,its time for the real stuff. I started writing short stories at the young age of 7. I won some awards in my younger years for various stories,but as I got older the passion just seemed to fade away. I still have plans to write my own autobiography at some point. Even though it probably won't ever be read by the masses, at least it may help my children see why I am who I am and why I stand for the things that I do. I enjoy reading biographies, especially about self made business men and entreprenuers. I also enjoy reading true cime and even fictional crime novels.
That being said I would be amiss if I did not address what I feel is the biggest problem with todays fiction authors. The vast majority start off with a very interesting, complex body of work. They then reach the arc of the story,and wind up ending the story leaving unanswered questions about both the characters and the storyline.
Ok, i will get pff my soapbox now. Thanks for reading my blog.
That being said I would be amiss if I did not address what I feel is the biggest problem with todays fiction authors. The vast majority start off with a very interesting, complex body of work. They then reach the arc of the story,and wind up ending the story leaving unanswered questions about both the characters and the storyline.
Ok, i will get pff my soapbox now. Thanks for reading my blog.
LSTD 1233 FIRST BLOG
Here we are writing my first blog ever. Earlier I read the assigned chapters for unit one. Although I
found all the chapters very informative, the plagiarism section in chapter 21 seemed to stick out the most to me. It not only explained the basics of plagiarism,but also went into details explaining what is required to document and what is not. Also, it helped me clarify how to quote your sources without plagiarizing, and how to summerize and paraphrase. By going off what I had read earlier studying for the plagiarism quiz, I was almost convinced that you couldn't write anything at all without being accused of plagiarism. Reading this chapter helped me to understand that just because you may have an idea that someone else had or you write a thought that someone else may have thought, that is not considered plagiarism. I have to admit that writing this blog has not been as hard as I had made it out to be in my mind. When I graduated from high school computers were not used everyday. Todays children literally have the world at their fingertips and are being taught how to properly use that information. Although it does increase the chances that a few will use the information in bad ways such as plagiarizing on school assignments, I personally feel that the good definately outweighs the bad when it comes to readily available information.
found all the chapters very informative, the plagiarism section in chapter 21 seemed to stick out the most to me. It not only explained the basics of plagiarism,but also went into details explaining what is required to document and what is not. Also, it helped me clarify how to quote your sources without plagiarizing, and how to summerize and paraphrase. By going off what I had read earlier studying for the plagiarism quiz, I was almost convinced that you couldn't write anything at all without being accused of plagiarism. Reading this chapter helped me to understand that just because you may have an idea that someone else had or you write a thought that someone else may have thought, that is not considered plagiarism. I have to admit that writing this blog has not been as hard as I had made it out to be in my mind. When I graduated from high school computers were not used everyday. Todays children literally have the world at their fingertips and are being taught how to properly use that information. Although it does increase the chances that a few will use the information in bad ways such as plagiarizing on school assignments, I personally feel that the good definately outweighs the bad when it comes to readily available information.
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