Unit 9

I am so happy to be finishing this semester! It has been the roughest semester i have had thus far at Kaplan not because of the work but rather the circumstances surrounding the work. However, i did learn the paramedic method of writing a paper along with other methods for developing thoughts for a body of work. Im sure Dr. Manning is happy that those got through to me :) Onward to the next semester. College is a little like ground hogs day. At first you are freaked out, then intrigued, then tired of it. Regardless, i have found this class as well as my others to be helpful.

Unit 6

After doing my paper over diabetes, i have found that i have learned a lot from my research. This paper will prove to be influential later on in my health care career. Because i have had to go over this topic thoroughly and i have had to make sure that every piece of information is cited, therefore, this thoroughness has acted like a study method over the topic of diabetes. Furthermore, learning how to write correctly and in a professional manner will benefit whatever field i go into in the future.

Unit 7

I just got off of a very long Christmas break! My family and I traveled to Tennessee to see my aunt and uncle who live there. Tennessee is one of the more beautiful states in the US and i have lived and traveled in states such as California, Colorado and Montana...so i have see some beautiful states. The real story here is that i put my Australian Terrier up in a kennel while we were gone. When i arrived home, i couldn't pick my dog up for three days because the vet that was supposed to be watching my dog was on vacation!!! Ok so my question was who is watching my dog then lol? Anyways, i finally did get him back and the vet was very apologetic for not telling me his schedule.

Buying a House

Unit 8:

During this semester, I have moved twice. The first move was into a rent home and the second move is to a house that my wife and I are buying. This is a very exciting time for us, but the stresses of buying a new home can be daunting. We are purchasing our new house using an FHA loan in which we will only have to front 3.5% of the overall house value. However, because of all the recent foreclosures and the state of our economy, FHA is getting tough on who they loan to. Case in point, is that FHA will be monitoring our bank account until we close on our new home :/...kind of scary. I cannot wait until this process is over and we are finally settled! It feels like we have been moving for the last year!

Time is what you make of it

In today's blog i would like to discuss the phenomenon of time relativity. Albert Einstein once said while demonstrating the relativity of time, and i'm paraphrasing here, that if you put your hand on a stove, a second feels like hours, but if you are sitting next to a girl you love hours feel like seconds. This same concept applies to most everything. For example, it felt like the holidays were upon us during Thanksgiving, but it seems as though it is taking months to reach Christmas. I for one am a burnt of buckaroo who cant wait to not have to do school or work for a while. I am ready for a break!!!

imporatance of citations

We have been asked why we think its important to cite other people's work. I believe its important to give credit where credit is due. Even though we have plagiarism rules, the principle behind these rules should be obvious to someone citing a particular piece of work. If proper references are not made then it should be and is looked upon as stealing. Intellectual work although not physical like a car or jewelry is often times just as precious and important to the owner and should be treated as so.

For our unit three blog the question was asked of how we like being online students. Well that differs from semester to semester. I am working full time, my wife and i have a 9 month old daughter, we just moved into a new house and i am also a full time online student. So if you asked me this question 6 months ago i would say that i was loving it. As for right now i am just managing it. School is really tough right now due to circumstances, but its something that i want to rise to the occasion to conquer and maybe learn something at the same time :)