When I first began blogging, I was very skeptical at first as I had never posted my thoughts to an open public forum before in an academic setting. This raised a few questions at first. " How do I begin?". "What do I write about?". These questions were quickly answered as I simply set up my blog on blogspot.com and began typing. My first blog was and open topic and I remember talking a bout a typical weekend at my buddy's farm. I enjoyed writing about it because I felt as if I were telling everyone a story. I love telling stories that get people to ask me questions. By blogging I have written more blogs that people not only complement on but ask me questions because they were interested in my topic of choice.
I look foward to continuing on with my blogging journey and sharing my tales and experiences with the world.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
My point of view
The peer editing process we have recently partaken in has given me a whole new outlook on how I should be reading and editing the works of my peers. This new technique of editing I've learned has shown me that your edits to your peers paper should be thorough and precise. They should contain explainations to back-up your reasoning for making these edits. your comments should be made in the point of view as a friend but you should'nt hold anything back as far as editing goes. editing is the most crucial part of writing a paper and without it, the paper would be nowhere close to achieving its full potential. I would rely on my peers to give me clean, clear, honest suggestions on my paper so that I could consructively correct myself and make my paper that much better.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Can't trust everyone.
Last summer I worked everyday from 6:30 in the morning to 5:00 in the evening at my job. I work at Rocky River Golf Club near the Zmax Dragway. This job requires long hours and lots of manual labor. I worked my butt off to save money all summer long because I wanted one thing. A dirtbike.
I finally, by the end of summer had accumulated $3000. So I began looking online to find a nice used one. I came across one that really caught my eye. I continued my research by calling the owner and asking him many questions about it. Questions like "How often was the oil changed?" and " Has it ever been crashed?" were among the first ones asked. I felt confident about purchasing this bike so I decided to go and see it in person. One Saturday morning a couple of buddies and I piled into my car and drove 45 minutes just to look this bike over. I wanted to see first hand if the bike was everything the owner said it was.
As soon as we arrived he had it sitting out on the stand and it looked amazing. I looked it over for a solid twenty minutes. He continued to start it up and let us hear how it ran. To us, everything looked great. So later that night I called him back and made him an offer of which he happily accepted. The next week I went and picked up my "new" dirtbike. I was overwhelmed by the amount of sheer power this thing had. It would run 80 mph. I know this because I put my gps in my pocket and ran down a gravel road on the farm I ride on.
About two rides in and my bike already seemed to be peforming wierd. It had begun to backfire and seemed to be losing power. The next day I started the bike and took off into the field. Half way through the field, the bike sputters and shuts off....
The engine was toast. My point is to do as much research as possible before you make a large purchase like I did. I now have a sick looking dirtbike that doesn't run.. Since buying the bike I have managed to save another $1000 and I'm confident that it will take nearly all of my savings to repair it.
So be careful, do your research, ask questions, and if possible, BUY BRAND NEWW!!
I finally, by the end of summer had accumulated $3000. So I began looking online to find a nice used one. I came across one that really caught my eye. I continued my research by calling the owner and asking him many questions about it. Questions like "How often was the oil changed?" and " Has it ever been crashed?" were among the first ones asked. I felt confident about purchasing this bike so I decided to go and see it in person. One Saturday morning a couple of buddies and I piled into my car and drove 45 minutes just to look this bike over. I wanted to see first hand if the bike was everything the owner said it was.
As soon as we arrived he had it sitting out on the stand and it looked amazing. I looked it over for a solid twenty minutes. He continued to start it up and let us hear how it ran. To us, everything looked great. So later that night I called him back and made him an offer of which he happily accepted. The next week I went and picked up my "new" dirtbike. I was overwhelmed by the amount of sheer power this thing had. It would run 80 mph. I know this because I put my gps in my pocket and ran down a gravel road on the farm I ride on.
About two rides in and my bike already seemed to be peforming wierd. It had begun to backfire and seemed to be losing power. The next day I started the bike and took off into the field. Half way through the field, the bike sputters and shuts off....
The engine was toast. My point is to do as much research as possible before you make a large purchase like I did. I now have a sick looking dirtbike that doesn't run.. Since buying the bike I have managed to save another $1000 and I'm confident that it will take nearly all of my savings to repair it.
So be careful, do your research, ask questions, and if possible, BUY BRAND NEWW!!
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