week 4

     I enjoy taking time out of my day to read for fun. I do spend most of my days commuting to work as well as school. It is hard to find time in my day to sit down and read just for fun. I am trying to get into the habit of reading or listening to my audio book or bible on my phone while I am driving. It is easy for me to come up with excuses of being too tired or busy to find time to read. When I do find some time to read at the end of the night I am so tired that I fall asleep and fail to have any time to read. 
     Personally my mind is so consumed with other areas of my life that when I do sit down to read it is hard to focus on what I am reading. I will read an entire page and have no recollection of what I read. If I am reading for fun, then it has to be a book that I am interested in. I recently bought a book at the store titled A Whole New World. It is a twist on the story of Aladdin. I am excited to read it because the topic interests me. I hope to prioritize my schedule so that I can allocate some time for free reading. 

 

Comments

  1. Sandy AggenSeptember 26, 2017 at 8:29 AM

    Hi Jackie,

    Like you, I enjoy reading in bed at night; and like you, I generally fall asleep doing it. I've nearly lost the hold on my Nook several times. Dropping it on my face is never a pleasant experience. It does wake me up though! Your new book sounds interesting! I'm currently reading a science fiction book called Offworld. It's about a four-person space team that returns to Earth and finds all the people gone. I'm interested to see where this story line goes!

    Happy reading!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Kimberly MuellerSeptember 30, 2017 at 9:16 AM

    Jackie,

    I struggle with finding time in so many aspects of my life. When something is important to a person they will find the time. Audio books are an excellent choice for you when you are on the go. The problem is you cannot see the words and the punctuation. Normally I would not think about that. This course is changing how I feel about reading and writing.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 5

Happy Week 5 everyone! It is hard to believe that we are already more than half way through this course. I look back and realize how much I have improved not only in my writing skills, but also in my proofreading skills. Since the first class I attended I have now carried over what I know in my everyday life. I read bulletins and correct them. I read books and look for errors. I have come to appreciate a less wordy essay. The biggest improvement I have made is writing a clear and concise paper. I can tell that I have made improvements not only by the work that I write, but by the proofreading this week. I was able to point out so many mistakes and omit many words within the essay. We have been critiqued hard on our work, but in doing do Professor Aggen has taught me more than any english teacher has. She has taken the time to explain and show examples which helps me tremendously. I am retaking the TAP test this month and I feel more confident than I have in a while. I have been enr...
Read more

Week 6

      Last week was quite busy for me. It was nice to have Monday off from work and get a lot of stuff done around the house. I was very busy at work and going to the library working on my paper. I spent some good time researching in the library looking for research on my topic. I had a hard time coming up with a specific topic for my paper. I knew I wanted to write my paper on Autism  but I wanted a specific topic with solid research. I was pleasantly surprised with the books the library offered on Autism. I had a lot of anxiety coming up to writing the paper. What do you do to help you start writing papers? I began by creating an outline to try and organize my thoughts.        I was inspired to write this paper by the students that I have worked with as a paraprofessional. I have worked as a paraprofessional in classrooms with primarily children with Autism. I have learned a lot from all the teachers I have worked with about Autism, but feel li...
Read more

Week 3

     This week was a rough one for me. It started well and I thoroughly enjoyed class, and learning more about everyone in the class. When it came time to go back to work I became overwhelmed and found myself struggling to balance what was on my plate. I had a funeral to attend and prior commitments for church all week long. It has always been my downfall to spread myself thin and something I am working on. It is a process to learn to say no in order to prioritize. The end of the week brought rest, and allowed me to rejouvenate myself.      Grammar has always been something I tend to avoid. My biggest fault is second guessing myself. When I took the TAP test the biggest mistake I made was going back after my time was up and looking over and asking myself if it was really correct. It has become so easy to find the easy way out of learning grammar. It is so easy to now open our phones and have spell check on, or just looking up a word. It has been years sinc...
Read more