Beneath the Wraps

            The discussion for this week is to: "Think about a time when your mind was successfully changed either by a message delivered in print, on a screen, or in person from someone else. What factors swayed you?"   The first thing that came to mind was accepting gay rights.   As with many others, I grew up believing in the influence of society.   "Homosexuality was wrong and therefore anyone who practiced was wrong" and I think made to feel worthless. It was something I had been taught all of my life.   But through Corey, I've come to realize that to be gay or attracted to the same sex is often NOT a choice.   Really, why would an individual go through all the pain and prerecession in addition to having desires that he/she can't seem to control or explain? Why shouldn't they have the same rights as others who develop feelings for the opposite sex? No person has control over developing a love for anot...

There is a haze outside covering the sky.   It reminds me of those Claritin commercials where the scene was not quite as clear until the individual took the drug that would relieve all allergies and related symptoms (Claritin does not work on me; I might as well be taking candy).   The haze outside is from the smoke related to the fires I didn't believe were all that close to us.   The air is breathable, I suppose, but not pleasant.   Still easier on me than the gunky air in Salt Lake City. There is a haze over my eyes.   It cannot be blamed on the smoke.   My thoughts are fuzzy due to the subjects of the week.   Last week I was required to turn in two essays.   The 600 words were worth 120 points.   The 750 word worth 100.   Two more essays required for this week - 600 words worth 120 points and 750 words worth 50 points.   What's up with that?   It hardly seems worth the effort or research.   Gads. And th...

This week my critical thinking class is focusing on arguments.   For our discussion post, we were each supposed to find an article and provide premises and a conclusion and identify whether it was valid or sound.   This week's assessment introduces us to this video.   I wished I would have watched it before participating in the discussion This is what was posted to my discussion:      A crime, by definition, is a harmful wrong geared toward an individual, community or society (C. Law, n.d.).  Ransomware is a malware sent to computers for the purpose of denying user(s) access to stored information by changing passwords and not releasing new password until a ransom is paid.  This has proved to be harmful to businesses and other public forums (Safety, 2018).  Ransomware is a crime.        In the article I read, a local school district was targeted just yesterday.  There is information that c...

            Modern Technology in some aspects has made our lives easier, but at the same time has seemed to create more challenges - particularly when there is a glitch or breakage.  Last week I had both my laptop and pc on my desk.  I could seem to receive the internet on my pc so long as my laptop was near - like an insecure child unwilling to go through with it on its own.  Oh, brother.              I've been using Internet Explorer on the PC as chrome seems to provide a tremendous amount of pop-ups (even though the blocker is set to BLOCK)  which is extremely annoying when taking an exam.  But lately I've been having issues with explorer as well.  I don't know why, but I have never liked Firefox.  And I can't open Yahoo in the PC at all.               I've be...

                I have just completed and turned in my assignment for my psychology class.   I should be working on my discussion post for my other class.   I am at such a loss as to come up with a scenario or a situation that makes sense in my mind.   The lecture does not take place until tomorrow.   I HATE when the lecture is on Wednesday.   I would like all my lectures on Monday - but not on the day that the lecture is due.             There are pre-recorded lectures from another instructor.   I don't follow his instructions as well as I do my own.   And though I can tell from her post what it is that is expected for the discussion post, I am still at a loss.   Writing a post for my blog won't help the situation either.   Many emotions have been triggered since I started this psychology class.    ...

                        As I have mentioned in my online-themed posts, there is a daily checkpoint question given each day.   For the most part the questions will be on the class subject of that particular week. The basic classes (the ones given to brand new students) will often throw in questions about finances and career choices. The economy class I had recently taken was/is a basic class.             I had originally decided to approach my assignment from a different angle as I had asked my instructor about non-profit organizations during one of the lectures.   I had wondered it any would be considered oligopolies and so had pulled up references for that.   I had actually tried three or four approaches before I had about 20-30 references.   I knew I would not end up using them all and actually ended up go...

          I have now completed my economics course.   My instructor has completed grading all of my work, and so I will go ahead and share what I have turned in.           On my first post this month I shared a video of a phone service parody.   This is the discussion that went with it:       "How many of my classmates remember the landline and payphones? Funny how perspective changes from being a child to being an adult. Our responsibilities are not the same, and therefore we view the world in a different way. For example, I never personally had to wait for AT&T to come out and install or repair a telephone, but my mom did. Back then we didn't have the option of cell phones or even provider plans for that matter. The Bell System had a monopoly all across the nation with its "Bell" trademark on every phone booth. Every household that had a phone receiv...

Procrastination drives me CRAZY . . . I don't understand the logic.   Logic?   I don't believe that logic and procrastination can exist at the same time.   Why do people procrastinate?               I've posted a bit about the qualifications for school.   We have to have our initial post on the discussion board by midnight Wednesday.   I have always posted either Monday or Tuesday by afternoon.   It absolutely boggles my mind when I there's not a great selection of those I can respond to as the majority of my classes have students that don't do their initial post until Wednesday night or Thursday morning - or often not at all.   What is up with that?   Granted, the research can eat up much of one's time.   Why not just spend a few hours at the beginning of the week and get it over with instead of creating a post at the last minute.   I suppose I've had time to read through ...

It has been a major struggle for me to post discussions or write the assignments for my management class.   As I've already mentioned, I lack the passion, and yet I feel there is strength in what I'm learning if I but apply. I've noticed that I've made some huge grammatical errors to past posts . . . I'm not even going to try to correct them - at least not right now.  My apologies to those of you who have struggled through.  Hey, but thanks for being interested enough to continue. We (students in any class of an online university) don't have verbal discussions in our classes as we don't all live in the same state or time zone . . . we have written discussion.   All my other credited classes required at least 150 words for our initial post and 50-75 words in comments made to other students.   This class requires more than 150 words - and references - and they have to be cited.   I actually lost points that first week because I hadn't cited.   ...