Beneath the Wraps

        As I was somewhat stressed by the midterm and final of my history class, I decided to get a jump start on the final for my philosophy class (which ended May 26 this year).  I ended up changing the PowerPoint three times however as I was supposed to work fallacies into the document - which I didn't foresee as a problem until I was told I'd have to provide the name for the fallacy.  Oh, Oh ... I thought that might be a problem.         So we were supposed to pick a topic and have premises and conclusions for the Pro as well as the Con . . . my original PowerPoint was very one-sided and so I had to redo to include the opposite.  I brought in a fallacy slide which didn't feel like it belonged.  I didn't think I'd receive full credit as it still felt one-sided.  It was hard!  The more research I did, the more biased I was about having to set clocks every six months.  So this was...

          As with my instructors, I find I recycle the same design for my PowerPoints. Though the majority of instructors have seemed to go for a darker design, I have always tried to go with a white background.   But did try my hand at a dark background for one of my projects in History. The first was a midterm In the assignment, I was to choose from four events or movements that had been discussed in the first two weeks (Immigration and Expansion) and two  (Business and Technology). I chose immigration and transportation. I started out by talking about immigrants who had come to the US in search of a better life and how many dreams were not met.   Many had taken jobs in the factories and textile mills just to help make ends meet "It wasn't just the men who worked, but women and children would put in long hours as well, still dreaming of a better life.   Some had come to ...

          I wish the instructors would provide entertaining power points as is expected of the students.  O ne of the first courses I took at the online university was in computer fundamentals.  I did not know much about PowerPoint at that point.  In fact, my baby girl knew her way around it much better than I as she had not only used it before, but enjoyed doing it.           I don't know if we (the students) had been introduced to the "speaker's notes" part of the PowerPoint at that time.   I know I didn't use them in that particular class.  Yet I still received full credit.   We were given certain requirements for completing these assignments: Create a professional 6 to 8 slide presentation on the topic of our choice.   Our  PowerPoint was to include all of the following:  1.       Title slide with your ...

I have many thoughts in my head, but need to write them and haven't done well with the timing.  So here is a very real situation that may tie my readers over.  Same Theatre.  One actor possessed integrity, the other didn't. Stephan had auditioned for a local theatre and signed a contract that paid 16 dollars a performance - which really isn't much.  The show was a parody of Star Wars. Though he absolutely LOVES Star Wars and seems to see the humor in many parodies, he really did not care for the show. At some point during before the show had started but still practicing, Stephan was contacted by a colleague who needed a fourth for putting on the show "Forever Plaid" something that Stephan was familiar with as he had performed at college.   Forever Plaid's payment would have been $40 a show, plus expenses (as the group would be traveling) which sounded so sweet to Stephan's ears, but he explained that he had signed a contract and had to honor that. St...

            Many of us may have a destination in mind.   Some are fortunate enough to choose a path that they wish to follow.   For others, it may seem that life threw them a curve ball and the path they are on is not one of their choosing.   For example, you may be in a car accident on your way to work.   You may experience back injuries that will stay with you for the rest of your life.                 You may have a son who is a victim of a knife wound that damaged his brain.   He can still carry on a conversation, even an intelligent one, but his social skills will always be like that of a nine-year-old and it will be frustrating for you to watch a forty-year-old man resort back to his immature childish reactions.   He might not be embarrassed when others snicker at him but perhaps you are.      ...