My Reaction to Online Programs

I think with today's technology less paper should be used and everything should be done electronically.  Using turnitin.com is quite easy to use, except I wish we could view the entire paper instead of just the first page.  I don't know if the paper is exactly uploaded from the original.  That's the only bad part about turnitin.com that I have seen.  I have uploaded a lot of documents and papers online and some of the programs you’re able to view the paper and others you’re not.  Just my thought on this subject.

Reading and Writing a MUST!

Reading and writing are very important in my family, especially with my two boys.  I worked as a land surveyor for ten years and it was very important that I could not only write, but write well, so other's could read what I wrote.  My six year old son is reading now and it's exciting listening to him read.  He reads two books every night and he's getting pretty good at it.  I always stress to him that reading and writing are two of the most important things he can learn.

Have a Good Thanksgiving Everyone!

Introducing the Conclusion

When I'm writing a paper, I try to write the introduction first and that usually helps me write the rest of the paper. I think if you write everything you want to discuss briefly in the introduction, it makes writing the remainder of the paper easier.  The conclusion is the part of the paper that I sometimes struggle with.  I have been known to take my conclusion and put it somewhere else in the paper.  I don't mind writing papers; I'm not a big fan of doing the research.  I think by doing research for a paper, it stops being your own thoughts.

Paper after Paper B-10

I have never used APA style writing before and I found it not to difficult to work with.  I chose a topic that I was really involved with, so that kind of made it easy.  It seems like I'm always looking to add more data when writing these papers. I don't know if APA is my favorite writing style. 

Boating, Trailer or Slip

The APA style paper I'm writing is about the question whether or not it's better to trailer a boat or keep a boat in a slip during the summer.  I used knowledge and a questionnaire to complete my research.  This paper has quite a few guidelines that I have not seen before, but after reading and studying about it, I think I understand it.  Definitely when there are examples of papers in out textbooks, it makes it easy to understand.  After completing my paper, I have learned that my thought about this particular topic may have changed.