Bye

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say that I have enjoyed reading everyone's blogs and I have enjoyed writing them as well. I don't know about you but I have learned a bunch from this class. I hope you all have a good next semester and everything goes well! It has been fun!

Good luck folks!

Best of luck to folks for the remaining Summer semester. Good luck with exams and all! And good luck with the Fall semester and your time at GPC! :)

-Faisal

Farewell !

Well, this is it ! It's been a good learning experience in this class even though I had my ups and downs this semester. I've learn not to write papers last minute because all of your thoughts won't come to your mind at that time. I definitley enjoy reading my classmates essays. I Hope all is well with all my classmates when the semester ends.

At Year's End

Well, we have only about one more week of summer classes left, so I guess I'll take this chance to say farewell. This class has been an interesting and edifying experience, and I wish you all well in your future endeavors.

Bye Bye

This was my first online class and I really enjoyed myself. I actually learned from my peers. This felt more like a classroom than the actual thing to me. I thought so much going into an online class, but in the end i felt like closer to my peers and the teacher. It was like whenever i needed help i had people to go to left and right like a mini family. I'll miss you guys this was a good semester.

Adieu Everyone!

So what a whirlwind this summer has been for us all! It is crazy that just 8 weeks ago we were all newbees and not sure how to write papers. Now look at us! Everyone has improved! I know that I feel so much more comfortable with writing assignments and think that I can produce something worth reading! It is crazy that I began this session at my apartment in New York and now I am sitting at my sisters house in Atlanta! It was great working with everyone and getting to know everyones' different strengths and weeknesses. Also what a great idea Ms. Chapman had by making us write in these blogs. Truthfully at the start of the session I thought it was kind of a drag, but now I love "tuning in" each week to see what everyone is doing! This summer was great fun and I learned a lot!! Bye everyone!! Great luck and happiness to you all in your endeavors to come!!
-Kristena

Good Bye

Hello All,

I cannot believe that it is almost over. Since I started school last year spring, this semester has been the most stressful. I thank God for His grace that carried me to the end. I cannot thank Ms. Chapman enough for all I learned this semester. I enjoyed the blog posts. I hope everyone had fun with it too. Take care and bye for now.

Bye and Good Luck in All your Future Endeavours

At the beginning of the course, i was not sure if i could do it but with God's blessing and advice from all of you,it's been an amazing journey. I'm exceedingly glad, that we all decided to take this step into a brighter future.Let me congratulates all the mothers out there who made this choice to continue their education eventhough there are so many things on their plates right now.It definately would pay off.Let me say a big thank you to Ms Chapman for making this course a sucess and enjoyable to all of us. And most of all you my classmates for a job well done.
Thanks once again and hope to see you in future classes.

Good luck to you all

I am also excited like others that this class is going over in next few days. I really enjoyed this class. This semester was a bit hectic due to load of work . Any ways its going to over now. Just want to say thank you to all of you. You are all are great classmates.

I just want to say thank you to Ms. chapman for her great contribution in this class. Guys best of luck for your rest of the classes and upcoming future. I hope we will see each other soon in next semester.

Have fun.

Tariq.

Au revoir

I love when classes come to an end because it's like the stress of them has fallen off your shoulders. Honestly, I can't wait to sit around and do nothing until the 18th when school starts again. However, I must say this class was really enjoyable compared to others I've had, and it wasn't too stressful. It was fun reading the blog and learning about everyone, as well as peer reviewing and seeing other people's writing styles. Hats off to you, Ms. Chapman, for having a nice organized class, and taking time out of your life to help us improve our writing. Farewell to all, it was nice meeting you, perhaps we'll meet again in 1102...haha.

Bye!!

I can't believe it is time to say goodbye already. It feels like we were all sitting in class next to each other. Ms Chapman you really made the class fun. It was nice getting to know everyone and I wish everyone the best of luck in whatever future avenues you decide to take.

My Good-bye.

Hey everyone.

Well, I never posted on my Missouri trip-- it was great. Very relaxing, and a lot of fun. So fun, in fact, that we are moving up there the first week of August. Wish us luck! I'm very nervous about being away from my family, but it's the best choice for us right now for a lot of reasons.

I appreciate you all taking the time to read and comment on my vents. I hope some of you could and did relate to me, and that it made you laugh to read some of my posts.

I had a lot of fun in this class, and it was great getting to know you. Hopefully I will see you again in another class.

Best wishes and a fond farewell,
Lauren

Write Your Goodbye

We have many good writers and many good students in this class. Most of you have a lot going on. It does take some good time-management skills to handle the important things: work, family, friends, and school--not to mention those things of lesser importance: sports, video games, and yard work!

I wish for you all the best.

Ms. Chapman

Blog Post

Well, my number's come up, and now I'm supposed to write a blog entry here. Simple, enough, I suppose; everyone else has done it. I haven't got a single thing to say, though. I haven't watched the news lately, or found any interesting articles to discuss, or seen any good movies lately-- well, I have seen some good movies, but most aren't necessarily school appropriate. I'm stumped. What should I write about? Clearly, the topic I should write about is my inability to come up with a topic. Wonderful! There we go.

Almost there! Good luck to everyone!

Hi all!

To all the people in this class, I hope that you did great! I know that for some of you, this is new to you in the online department! I hope that you learned to navigate through it because it will save you time in the future when you are finishing your degrees and taking online classes to save time! I retook this class because I wanted to have a better grade to get into a program that I am currently striving for. I was young and stupid when I obtained my associates degree, but I cannot change that! I know that many people I have talked with who also have bachelors degrees like me already know what I mean! I enjoyed talking with you! I don't feel so "by myself" anymore! I also learned that a lot of you have families and I have great admiration for you! That is a full time job! I have a full time job too, but I do not love it and I always want to further myself! Think of it this way.... you will get older no matter what! Why not do something while the time goes by? You could be anything.. A pilot (I have my privates license), a teacher, a nurse, a mother. The possibilities are endless! Good Luck and have faith! Jacky

Jimmy Cagney

Today, as a few of you may know, is the birthday of the late, great James Cagney. 1920s chorus boy, 1930s gangster, 1940s Yankee Doodle Dandy. Jimmy was the biggest, baddest most typecast actor on the mid-20th century scene. So, happy birthday, indeed to Mr. Cagney.

Gas Prices

I cannot believe how much the gas has gone up to. We are paying $4.10. When my husband came home from work tonight and told me he put in $92.00 of gas in his car this morning i almost had a heart attack. He has been out of work since this weekend due to our son being in the hospital so today was his first day back. I was like hunny this was your first day back to work this week and you put how much in again. I guess it is a good thing i am a stay at home mom and we don't drive both our vehicles on a daily basis or we would be broke between gas and feeding 6 people. How is everyone else dealing with the gas prices and going to work? My husband said there are several guys with the union that have taken a voluntary layoff due to the drive they make to work from where they live with the gas prices.

As the semester comes to an end

I was sitting here thinking about the time i decided to go back to college. It would be interesting to see what every ones thoughts have been this semester. I took English 1101 back in 1991 and because of how long it has been since i have been out of school i had to retake several classes over again. I decided to take English 1101 this semester because i remembered it not being to bad of a class. Well when i took it way back then English 1101 was all grammar and 1 writing essay to get us ready for English 1102. Well when i logged onto the computer and found out this class was writing essays i was like oh my i am in for a ride. First thoughts were how the heck am i going to be able to sit and write papers with 4 kids and a husband that goes to school 3 nights a week and leaves to go to work at 4 in the morning. I wanted to drop out of this class but my husband talked me into staying and doing the best i can no matter what the outcome. I am glad i stuck through it because i have learned so much going back and rereading what Ms. Chapman has found wrong with my papers. This class has also helped me learn the newer English rules to better help my son that is severe dyslexic. Writing papers has always been a weakness of mine and being i have no time to sit and even read books makes it harder. I think my worse essay to write on is this final essay. I have been so stressed out this week because of our youngest son just getting out of the hospital and then all my classes coming to an end and getting everything done with them. What made it even worse was signing onto the computer to find out all the down time for the scheduled maintenance's that will be going on. Talk about cramming. I wish everyone the best of luck and again i have enjoyed this class and Ms. Chapman as an instructor.

Dog Sitting

I have been dog and house sitting for the past week and I am going to have to say it has been quite interesting. The people I am doing this for has a huge Bernese Mountain dog, Manny, and a 12 year old basset hound, Sophie. It is quite an odd mix. Manny has NO training so he is out of control. He doesn't even know how to stop when you say stop. It's terrible. He has jumped on my car numerous times as I have been coming down the driveway, spread the trash out of the trash can all over the yard and chewed up my flip flops. I have never been so mad with a dog in my life. The trash I can handle but my shoes and my car....I don't think so! I don't understand how you can own any animal and not teach it some form of manners. The whole situation frustrates me. Sophie on the other hand is a doll. She is great but that could be because she is 12 and can't really get around. She just lays on her pillows and minds her own business. Don't get me wrong, Manny is sooo sweet but sometimes you just want to put him in the bedroom and not let him out. Both of them are just the cutest things and I'm so glad I'm getting to dog sit them.

Sonny Prude Thinks Guns are Good at the Airport

Only in Georgia! AAAHH!!!

-Faisal

From today's USA Today's travel section.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue says he thinks it's a good idea to allow citizens to carry guns in the pre-security parts of Atlanta's airport, the world's busiest. "If my wife wanted to carry a gun, if she was walking from one of those far parking lots to pick up a grandchild or something like that, I think that's a good idea, yes," Perdue tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The governor's comments come on the heels of a state law that went into effect July 1.

That law "allows people who pass background checks to carry concealed weapons on public transportation, in state parks and in restaurants that serve alcohol," the Journal-Constitution writes. But on that same day, Atlanta airport officials declared the airport to be a "gun-free zone" and threatened to charge gun carriers with a misdemeanor. "Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin argued that allowing guns could endanger people because airports remain attractive targets for terrorism," The Associated Press writes.

With the conflicting opinions, AP says "a legal battle quickly erupted over whether the law applies to public areas of (Atlanta's airport) before travelers pass through security checkpoints. … Gun rights supporters filed a federal lawsuit challenging the designation, saying the airport qualifies as mass transportation and has restaurants that should be accessible under the new law." As for Perdue's comments, AP writes the governor "hasn't asked his legal counsel for guidance and was simply offering his own 'lay opinion' " on the subject. A hearing is set for Aug. 11, according to the Journal-Constitution.

Summer Classes almost over

I don't know about everyone else but I have taken a lot from this class and that will be support. We have had an awesome teacher who has taken her time to teach us. She has been supportive and patient with us. I came into this class thinking that I was going to fail like I did my other English class. But actually I am doing very well. My teacher before this class did not help, explain or care if you knew what you were doing or not. He was rude and mean. I think that is why I did not do well because I was always told that I was wrong. Now I realize that it was him with the problem not me. We all are going to encounter some mean and not very good professor as we work toward our degree. I just hope that we all remember that we had some good ones and in my opinion Ms. Chapman is awesome and I will never forget her. Congratulations everyone it is almost over and I hope we talk again in another class
Love Always,
Billette

Down Hill

Ok, so we only have two weeks left in the semester. We should be cruising right? Well I feel like I am on a roller coaster and can't get off. I thought I had everything under control but it now feels like everything (all the assignments) are hitting me head on. Does anyone else feel this way? I thought I knew how to pace myself but that quickly seems to be changing. Well with this being said I hope everyone has a great week. Good luck with the remainder of the semester.

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Check Your Seat Before You Fly This Summer!

From USA Today. My favorite quote - is the last line. Hehe!

Ticks on a plane: Denver to Des Moines flight delayed

During a United Airlines flight Tuesday from Washington, D.C. to Denver, a passenger sitting in economy alerted a flight attendant to a tick she discovered in the cabin. Upon landing in Denver, "the airline decided it couldn't fly the plane until it was cleaned of ticks, so passengers had to wait while another plane was flown from Colorado Springs," The Associated Press writes. "The flight was further delayed because of thunderstorms in the Denver area."

The flight to Des Moines was delayed nearly 6 hours, according to AP. The Denver Post quotes United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski as saying that the airline "immediately cleaned the cabin, replaced the seat cushions and as a precautionary measure decided to use another aircraft to fly from Denver to Des Moines."

Urbanski told AP that "between one and three ticks were discovered." She added that "the airline hasn't figured out how the ticks got on the plane or what type of ticks were found."

No ticks were found on passengers.

Girl to woman

The years run so fast that yesterday, you were 16,then 17 ,and by the time you realise you are about to turn 22.That's exactly how i feel.Sometimes i wish i could stay young forever and not worry about life's difficulties, but if that was the case , i think everybody would want to stay young forever.When think about having babies in the future, i smile to myself and then say "you are such a big babe yourself".So what would happen if you have other kids to take care off?
I can't wait to see what happens.Oh.....................my mum will say,L ord give me the strength to live to see how she's going to do it

California trip

I just came back from Santa Barbara, CA late last night and today I am so tired. For 8 days I forgot about everything from Atlanta and spent most of my time at the beach. I went kayaking and tried surfing which is harder than it looks. That area of California is beautiful with views of the ocean and the mountains from the 101 freeway. I would love to move out there except that the houses are way out of my league. A house on the street where I stayed was for sale at $749,000. The same house in my neighborhood here would be in the $170-200,000 range. The trip was great except for the plane trip back last night. Apparently the pilot decided to try and beat a forming thunderstorm around the west georgia area. The airplane starting shaking violently for about 15 seconds and then dipped suddenly and swayed right to left trying to balance. Everybody was screaming and holding on to each other including the flight attendants. I fly 2 to 3 times a year and never experienced such a scare before. People were holding on to their kids and praying, it was very scary.

Unbelievable

A woman said to be 70 years of age has given birth to twins in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state after taking IVF treatment. Omkari Panwar has no birth certificate but if her age is proven it would make her the world's oldest mother.
The twins, a boy and girl both weighing 2lbs, were delivered one month early by Caesarian section. The couple were so desperate for a male heir that they spent their life savings and took out a bank loan for IVF. Now, we are very grateful to God, who has answered our prayers
Charam Singh, father of twins Omkari Panwar already has two daughters and is a grandmother to five children. "We already have two girls but we wanted a boy so that he could have taken care of our property. This boy and girl are God's greatest gift to us," Omkari said.
Father of the twins, Charam Singh, a farmer in his mid-70s, told ABC News he was very happy.
"The desire for a male child has always been there, but God did not bless us with a male child. Now, we are very grateful to God, who has answered our prayers," he said. Doctors said the twins were doing fine. Omkari maintains she was nine years old when the British left India in 1947, which would make her 70. In December 2006, a 67-year-old Spanish woman gave birth to twins in Barcelona. A woman said to be 65 gave birth to a boy in India's eastern Orissa state in 2003.

Can anyone believe that at the age of 70 any women can give a birth?

Torn

ok so ont he 4th of july i ran into my highschool love. all in all i knew him for 6 yrs but we were never really offical because of all the highschool drama. i haven 't seen him in a year so when i did see him and actually chilled with him old feelings came back. his mom and dad was so happy to see me. me and him have been seeing each other and talking on the phone everyday since the 4th. i always wanted to be offical with him if it wasn't for bad timing i would have had twins with him but i was young so i didnt have them. just yesterday he said to me what i been waiting for him to say for 6 yrs. that he love me and want to be with me for ever. i want to get married and all but not with him. The man i'm currently with (kinda) now is talking he don't want to get married i will have known him for a year in september. me and him aren't doing really well right now. my heart is with both so i'm torn between which one.

MOving!!!

So I make the big move back to Georgia in exactly 2 weeks! Geez I am scared! I haven't lived lived there in almost 3 years!! I am excited though! A new beginning and all that jazz. I will be moving to Athens to live with two of my best friends and we are getting a puppy! Who I want to call Baboon! We will see on that one. I have not even began to start packing yet. My mom calls me once a day to see where I am on that. I just say, "Oh it's going fine." It is just such a hassle! I forget what it's like to jump in your car at the start of the day instead of walking down the block or hopping on the subway. It will most definately be a change, hopefully for the better! I am totally siked though to be a part of a new experience. Everyone needs a change every once in a while right?

Trouble in Paradise

My brother got married almost 3 months ago to a girl that he has dated for years. Everything was great in their relationship until now. My new sister in law tells me that he has completely changed since they have gotten married, which really confuses me. I can not see a difference in him, but I am not his wife. Why is it that so many times everything is great in a relationship then after the marriage everything falls apart? This scares me because I have dated this great guy for 2 years, we live together and have a very loving relationship. I am worried that he may change after marriage. I am heart broken for my brother and his wife because I have seen how much they really love each other. Now after only 3 months of marriage they are considering divorce. Hopefully this is only a phase and they will become stronger together for going through it, but what are your thoughts on this. What do you believe is a reasonable amount of time to date someone before marriage? What do you think is a reasonable age to get married? Why do you think marriage puts such a strain on a relationship?

a shared life

so foolish
how could she not see
how could she not feel him drifting away
over and over she'd try
over and over she'd call me to cry
late night mystery conversations
coming in late
ignoring calls
not even a kiss when he saw her face
i hate to see her cry
it makes me sick to watch her pain
what can a friend do
for another
when the other doesn't want to be rescused
as frustrating as this may be
it's out of my hands
out of my power
i can't make her walk away
and i can't make him love her
i just hope she's not pregnant
for the baby is not his
she slipped up
didn't use protection
now theres a chance she'll be having another mans kid
to much confusion
to much on my mind
this is my best friend
we have a connection
been thru it all
her pain is my pain
her tears as well are mine
our misery we share
the situation might say she
but reality is....
it's mine.

I was just thinking about going to six flags and then I saw this....

This story is tragic and it should of never happened! I wish people would think before they do things..

A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park, authorities said.

Six Flags officials are uncertain why the unidentified 17-year-old from Columbia, South Carolina, scaled two 6-foot fences and passed signs that said the restricted area was both off-limits and dangerous to visitors, spokeswoman Hela Sheth said in a news release.

Authorities were investigating reports from witnesses who said the teenager jumped the fences to retrieve a hat he lost while riding the Batman roller coaster, said Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce. Three security guards were keeping visitors away from the ride on Saturday.

Police said the ride was going full-speed when the teen was struck. The ride's top speed is 50 mph, according to the Six Flags Web site.

No one riding on the roller coaster was injured, Sheth said. The teen's friend also entered the restricted area but was not injured, Pierce said.

The teen and his parents were at the park with a group from the Oakey Spring Baptist Church near Springfield, South Carolina, police said.

In June 2007, a teenager's legs were severed when cables snapped on the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. Doctors were able to reattach Kaitlyn Lasitter's right foot, but she had to have some of her left leg amputated and subsequent surgeries.

State officials blame a faulty cable and slow response by an amusement park ride operator in the accident. Her family is suing Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, claiming the park failed to maintain the ride and equipment and ensure riders' safety. The amusement park has denied liability in court filings.

A Trip + School + Kids = Stress.

It's 2AM, and I'm still awake.

I'm doing some laundry (the laundry never ends, ever). I'm also working on schoolwork, trying to get ahead so I have less to worry about this week.

Why?

It's our Misssouri trip. Our flight leaves at 10AM Wednesday morning, and I'm nervous. I keep coming up with new things to worry about. I wasn't able to get a double stroller, so I'm trying to figure out ways to keep track of a very active 2 year while carrying a 4 month old, 2 carseats (one of which is very heavy) and our carry on luggage. Not to mention, I'm trying to figure out all the rules at the airport regarding formula and bottles... I would hate to have a can of formula in my carry-on bag and them tell me to throw it away. I've also been told my 4 month old has to be eating a bottle during take-off and while landing.

Also going on this week-- a ton of Spanish HW with 3 Spanish Quizzes, the informative essay for this class, my mid-term history exam due the day after I get back, 3 hours worth of lectures for my history class, a written assignment for my pyschology class, and last but not least, a test for pyschology 2 days after I get back.

Of course, I'm taking all my school work with me and have every intention of studying and writing my essay while I am there. My father-in-law is a professor; I'm sure he'll have the programs I need. If not... well... he's rich, and so he would probably just buy them for my visit anyway, lol. He's great like that.

I have so much packing to do tomorrow. I tried to get started on it tonight, but of course our a/c decided to quit working for a couple of hours (too hot to run dryer), and so by the time it was fixed, I was working on schoolwork, then had to feed the kids and put them to bed. I do have almost all of the needed clothes washed for the baby though, so thats a start. I'm hoping my mother-in-law will watch the kids for a few hours while we pack. She's taking my sister-in-law to the airport, so she should do this favor for us.

That reminds me-- I'd like to rant about my sister-in-law. We planned this trip a month ago. She hears about it about a week or 2 ago and decides she has to come. She calls and asks us when the flight is scheduled for, and we told her 10AM. She says "Okay, there are still open spots on that flight, so I'll get tickets for it". (She has a 1 year old son coming too). Does she do that though? No, she says "going to the airport at 8AM is early" so she books a 3:00PM flight, which means we have to wait around at the St. Louis airport for 4 hours so that my father-in-law doesn't have to make 2 trips, since his house is around 2 hours away from the airport, so it would be kind of silly to make 2 trips. I swear, she is soooo selfish. Doesn't think about anyone but herself. I have a lot more to rant on about her, but it would take too long. I don't like any of my in-laws except for my father-in-law, and he and my mother-in-law are divorced (smart man).

Well, thats my long post for the week, and I'll keep you guys updated and let you know how my trip goes.