Shannon's Blog

      Wow this is it… We did it. We got through our first year of college. It went by in a blink of an eye. It was a stressful, emotional roller coaster, but we did it. We made it to the finish line. Summer is a week away. Words cannot describe my first semester, so many emotions and feelings. But let's write about it.. Here goes nothing… First semester started off with welcome week, probably one of the most unforgettable memories of college. I tried to be myself and not act as the normal shy me and well it led me to an amazing group of friends. These are the friends that are gonna be by my side through the ups and downs. Then we started off to an actual first day of college, definitely not what I was expecting. I finished my first day and had so much time on my hand I had no idea what to do. Well that didn't last long once we truly got into school. But it was a new experience that was so different from high school. I liked it, the freedom, the amount of time we ha...

  Today got me really thinking a lot about free writing. I did my own free writing in class yesterday. But the option you gave us, I feel like I should just write about it since it's been having me just think.  I really like writing in slam poetry/poems so I feel like this is a great topic to write in this type of form.  Things take time We all face problems, Some may be worse than others. Some may make us fall on our asses,  Some may make us work harder, But things take time. Healing takes time. Time is a weird thing, Its never ending, It keeps going… And going… It's our past, our present and our future.  But it doesn't stop us from hitting a rock hard wave.  It doesn't stop us from having to face our problems. We all face problems in different ways. But we all need time, Things take time. Time is the key to life  Every moment matters in life, We never know what is gonna happen at any second.  Time… Tick tock Tick tock The clock in an infinite ci...

I'm in shock that we've already reached the final rough draft. It feels like yesterday we were just talking about the rational argument and how to write it. I'm pretty confident about this rough draft. Even though this rough draft took a lot of time and effort to complete, there are only minor corrections left to do before the final draft is published. It's really somewhat upsetting that Card 101 is coming to an end in just a few weeks. We've already reached the end of our journey. I can't believe it. This course has two more weeks before the last draft is due, followed by finals and the end of the school year.       This Rational Argument taught me a lot through writing. It taught me that not all writing has to be argued towards one side. An argument that is founded on logic and reason is said to be reasonable. By outlining a concise and sound argument, it seeks to persuade the reader. Speeches, writings, and even casual chats are all acceptable ways to commu...

        Card 101 was a really knowledgeable week this week. This week taught me a lot. We had research skill training on Monday. I gained a lot of knowledge from the things we discussed and discovered. The webpage that we may use to access the library website was fantastic. The statements beginning with "Or" and "And" were my favorites. I find it fascinating how much those two words may alter during the course of research. For instance, how much they both explicitly narrow down what you are seeking for. I really enjoyed the sheet she gave us and how we could go in some direction if necessary. I just believed that doing this demonstrated our familiarity with the research method, but it will also aid in simplifying the procedure and make it simpler to identify trustworthy websites.       After that, we had a workday on Wednesday. We helped someone with their topic by guiding them through the process of reducing a wide topic to a more focused on...