I was particuarly interested in Rose’s presentation on domestic violence. My sister was involved in nothing but violent relationships. The presentation put me in my sister’s shoes for a second as I studied the picture of the woman crouching in the corner…it took my sister literally years to get away from those types of relationships, but unfortunately, […]
Swing Into Exercise! Managing Bipolar Disorder with Aerobic Exercise
Years of depression. Years of anxiety and irritability. Damaged family relationships. Poor decisions. Nervous breakdowns. In-patient hospitalizations. Over dozens of different medications. Counseling for years. As I’ve struggled with Bipolar Disorder since I was a child, my main focus in life was just being able to function […]
The most important lesson I learned in this class was “to read as a writer and write as a reader”. For me, that means to read and re-read until I comprehend the information and to write and re-write until it’s comprehensive to the reader. I learned that process AFTER Essay 2 and during Essay 3.
Another […]
Everything I learned in during this course will help me in future courses! As I thought I would never be a critical thinker (something I kept saying over and over again during the first half of the class) I am going to use the skills of reading and re-reading and annotating as I read other […]
My writing has definitely improved during this class. It had been over 13 years since I’d written anything more detailed than a lengthy email! The best thing I discovered in the textbook From Inquiry to Academic Writing was the Introduction: What is Academic Writing? It explained exactly how to view writing as a process – […]
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a condition that affects more than two million Americans. People who have this illness tend to experience extreme mood swings between depression and anxiety. There are several other specific symptoms and behaviors accompany this affliction. There are many who are still searching for ways to cope and find relief with their symptoms.
Although taking […]
Since writing my proposal, I feel it has set a starting point and gave needed direction for Essay 3. I now have a specific working thesis and a “plan of attack” of how to support it. I was able to give a who, what, when, where, why and how of my topic. If I wrote an effective […]
Well, at this point, I know that I’m getting closer to deciding what my exact topic will be but I know it’ll have to do with exercise and/or bipolar disorder. After completing Essay 2 this week, I feel like I’m getting a better understanding of how to present an argument in writing form. It’s like […]
Until now, I didn’t know my writing process (drafting and revising)was very similar to the process suggested in From Inquiry to Academic Writing. As I went through the steps creating my rough draft for Essay 2, it was much easier than Essay 1, but of course I still struggled.
I just “rediscovered” the references to drafting and […]
This is my beautiful, very colorful Prima flower “garden”. I am obsessed with paper flowers, specifically the brand Prima - made for scrapbooking. “Planting” my garden took quite a bit of synthesis in that I needed to figure out where I wanted to buy my flowers, how much I wanted to pay each box/bottle and what variety […]