Share what you have personally been dealing with the last six weeks.

Hello everyone,

Over the past six weeks I have been dealing with raising my two children by myself  because my husband and I are separated. It has been really stressful trying to play both mommy and daddy. I just can't do both roles all I can be is mommy. Sometimes I just feel like I can't win for losing, the harder I try to make myself happy the worse it gets. On the bright side my brother n law has been really helping me take care of my children. This relives some of my stress. I have also been doing lots of work on my paper about child abuse. My paper is a work in progress but other than school my life is pretty good. I have also been working on my Human services class project as well over the past few weeks. Sometimes I feel that having to go to two classes can be stressful as well. I love being a college student but at times I feel overwhelmed with the work but I always work through it. I am great at time management and being super mom! This weekend has been really busy for me with working on my rough draft and keeping up with my family. That is all for now good night all!

Arie

My persononal writing process

Good afternoon everyone,

For me writing is a process I take very seriously because I love to write and write well. I always start by doing a free write or brainstorming. This gets my mind working and thinking on what I want to write. I always pick a topic that I feel strongly about. For my communications class I am writing about child abuse. For me child abuse hits very close to home. When I was younger my father used to abuse me both physically and mentally. I also like to include facts when I am doing my brainstorming. After I finish my brainstorming I then take the ideas I like the most and research them more closely. Then I start to draft my first copy of my paper and I don't worry about spelling and grammar until I am done writing, then I will do my spell check. After my draft is done I start my editing process. I love to get feedback on my writing to know if I made mistakes that I missed while I was correcting my paper. I use the writing process as my guide and I go at my own pace. I like to do things at my own pace so I don't get too far ahead of myself. I think patience is the key to writing and if you patience you will go far. Just remember to keep a positive attitude while writing and you will go far.

Not citing soruces

Hello everyone,
If someone were to steal my work without giving me credit I would feel really bad and mad. I would want that person to be punished. I would never steal another persons work or idea's without giving credit to them. I wouldn't want someone to steal my ideas or work and pass it off as theirs. Whenever I have to write a paper and I use different sources I always give them credit in my paper. Even outside of school I give credit to people if I use their ideas. I believe in not stealing anything from anyone because it is wrong. That is why I believe in giving credit to those who you use in your paper or anything else.
To be honest I do not have much else to say to day.
Arie 

School work

Hello everyone,
I must be honest I love being an online college student. I love having to freedom of doing my homework whenever I want. I have the flexibility to work school life around my home life. That for me is the best since I am busy mother of little girls. I love being able to earn my degree while look after my children. I think we can use blogger as way to communicate with our classmates and our friends. This past week has been nothing but a hard for me. I just found out that my husband had tumor removed from is mouth. The doctor don't know if the tumor was cancerous so it's be sent to for testing. So I am really stressed out and worried about him. Other than that I am doing pretty good. I hope next week is much better week than this one.
Arie