Up to February 7 :)

So far, I am finding this narrowing down process to be very helpful. We are really sifting through everything we have with a fine tooth comb, and I think that is where we went wrong with..dare i say it.... I think that we just had way way WAY too much information on the go with that. So this time, we're just being c PIRATES autious, we really don't want to end up in the same spot as we did last time. Personally, I will be okay with whatever we do now, because what I wanted to do originally was The Falling Man, but I realize that there wasn't that much to branch off with that one. So basically i'll be happy with whatever, I liked all the remaining options equally.

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Up to January 31st :)

This week, the biggest thing for me really had to be The Falling Man. It really did get me a little worked up in class, because not very many people thought it was wrong. I had a really hard time dealing with that, and i also had a rough time explaining how I felt about the matter. It made sense to me in my head, but I really had a rough time trying to get out how i felt, especially without stepping on any toes. My standpoint on the matter was that the picture wasn't necessarily WRONG, but it was wrong to be plastered in papers all over the place THE DAY AFTER. Really. Everyone else pretty much said that they should show this picture, so the world could really understand just how terribly this whole ordeal was. But people already knew that. They really didn't have to see a picture of this poor man plummeting to his death to fully grasp the concept. Especially where so many people had no idea where their loved ones were. So many people were missing, I cannot even imagine seeing this the day after and wondering if it was the person i was hoping would come home any minute. I just really didn't agree with it.

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All caught up to January 24 :)

I find these things really hard to keep up with. I know that they are important, especially since there is so much that goes on, it is a manner of organization. But anyways. Here is a catch up.

So the thing that has really stood out to me most these past two weeks; the thing that I keep coming back to is the reading of the Revelations to John. It really scared me. My dearest friend Nathanael helped simmer me down a tad, and he explained it all to me in a way that made things clear in my head. None the less, I was still left feeling a little unsettled. I think that the main reason for that was my lack of understanding. Since I really do know diddaly squat about the Bible and all its components, it probably scared me more than intended, just because I don't know any of the good things that would have probably balanced the scary stuff out. I realize that, i really do, but i think that i may continue to feel like this up until i read and study the rest of it.

That was my highlight of learning for the past two weeks.

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#11

This week, I learnt not to be afraid to ask questions. With the assignments and all that we have been working diligently on these past few weeks, I learnt that I really need to abandon my phobia of asking questions, specifically, in front of a large class. I get really nervous, but since I really haven't been looking for too much direction, I have really been lost, and I have been doing a lot of the assignments wrong in the end. On top of all that, I am the type of person who really likes to be right, and I like to do things right, especially when it comes to my school work. So these two things that I have going on in my head, contradict each other. It is really frustrating. I am really going to try harder, to break myself of some of these things. I guess that these are some of the learning curves being thrown my way, but still, they will all probably (hopefully) turn out to be valuable academic as well as life lessons.

I'm really going to try and start asking you guys questions, about prompts, etc.

It might take a little but of time though.

But, I will get there.

Eventually.

:)

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#10

I really learnt to try and make the best of my University years this week.

After watching the documentary in Journalism, my point of view really took a sharp corner. 

My main mindset so far, has been pretty much academic. I really thought that I should be focus solely on my grades; I have a scholarship riding on my marks, and honestly i have not really been too involved in much outside class, not counting occasions. This film made me really want to do both, not devote myself entirely to just my grades. I think that if i work and play in moderation, they will both work out good. It funny, I never thought that THAT would be the kind of thing that I would be learning in class. But oddly enough, that's what I took away from that little documentary. Maybe it's because it was other kids my age addressing things that I'm going through, regardless, that it was I learnt this week, and it was a very valuable thing that I for sure needed to learn, sooner, rather than later. 

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#9

This is a follow up to last weeks post about Academic Search Premiere, and/or EBSCO.

I'm having issues with it. This whole "adjustment" is not going as well as I thought it would be. Maybe I'm just way way too used to taking easy street with Google and whatnot, but going through all those articles and sources takes so much time! And the thing is, that all those things you go through, may, or may not even have anything to do with what you are looking at. I'm not going to give up on it...i'll keep hacking away at it. I'm just saying that it has really not been my friend so far. Hopefully things will get better. I'm hoping it will come with time, and maybe a little help from those who have experience using this already.

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#8

This week, I started to learn about Academic Search Premiere. At first I really did not like it. I'm so used to just puttering off to Google for all my needs, that the prospect of switching it up really scared me. I'm not going to lie, when we were going over it in class, I really didn't think that i was going to learn how to do it, it looked way way too complicated. I did, however, decide to give it a try. It took me quite a few tries, but in the end, I did have a little success. It will just take a little getting used to. Its not quite as easy as just popping something into Google, yet what you get out of it are much richer sources. What you find is great, true, information. No one is able to touch this, it's not like Wikipedia. It really is good solid information. I think that it will really prove to be useful to gave this kinda of information for this kind of class/program too, I know that with a little extra effort, we will benefit from it in the end.

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