Blog #17

REALLY? YESSSSSSSS! So you did say it would be tough as shit but I honestly did not believe you 100%. I had what I thought was a good idea of what type of student I was and thought to myself that I would be able to get through your class, even if you did say it would be the hardest class here at IUP. HELL WAS I WRONG!!!

At the beginning of the course when thigns got underway I realized that I was in WAY over my head. I tend to do this to myself and bit off more than I can handle and I thought that this was just going to be another time where I realize that I am not going to be able to live up to the standard I want because I took too much on to myself. To my surprise and great pleasure I was wrong. I believe that I handled the class and honestly am very happy with the work that I have accomplished this semester.

I took all the fears of not completing the class with an A, because honestly I am big on grades and probably should not be, but I took those fears and turned them into determination. I figured if I was going to put up with this shit the whole semester I might as well get a kick ass paper out of it!

I really enjoyed learning more about the deaf culture and the stuggles of students through my research. I also feel very accomplished because I have gotten the word out about the deaf community to a lot of people who have never heard of it before. That was one major goal of mine with the paper and I may even do some more research and try and publish because I feel people need to know about the deaf community!!!

My proudest moment was these last few weeks. I felt good because it was over and I made it!! The class was way more enjoyable than I thought it would be and because I liked being there, I think that I will remember more from it. I met alot of pretty sweet people and learned some interesting shit. Thanks Marlen!

Add a comment December 4, 2009

Blog #16

picking a document that was most useful is really difficult for me. I found that thinking back at a quick glance, I can’t think of one in particular  because everything has helped, but if I had to choose one I would have to say that the articles that I read on the lit review were the most helpful. I really did not understand what this would include and when I looked over my first draft of my entire paper, I felt that this section was the one that I did the best on and that I understood the concept the best. All of the feedback that I have recieved is helpful but the most helpful was from Marlen after I was finished the shitty first draft of the entire paper. I was really beat down because I thought that I had gone in the wrong direction with some parts and he gave me the encouragement and direction to know that it was on the right track. Honestly I am still working on the drafting of my paper and will finish it this weekend. For me the hardest is even wanting to go back and look over it. By this point in the semester I am so done with school that I am having an awful time trying to fix everything. The easiest for me is the grammer errors because my peer editors found them. I feel that my final essay will show that I care about the education of all students and will do the research needed to help them out in my classroom in the future.

Add a comment December 2, 2009