English 101

Well, I have decided to start posting some of my English essays, that I have written for my classes.  They are pretty pointless, but oh well.  If you don't like them, feel free to not read them.

Saving a Best Friend

            Have you ever thought about all of the shelter animals?  There are hundreds of animals in shelters every day, millions  die every year. A movie that  made an impact on me was Pound Puppies; I first saw the cartoon movie when I was about eight years old. I knew at a young age there had to be something that could be done. The movie Pound Puppies made me realize the fate of unwanted animals, it helped motivate me to start a dog rescue, and has instilled in me wanting to help more.

            When first watching the movie it was just a cartoon about dogs, and nothing more, but as I got older the more I understood that it was about shelter dogs. Then, I started exploring what happens to shelter animals, about the millions that are put to sleep every year in shelters. Also, all the unwanted litters caused by people who will not fix their pets has made a problem. There are too many animals and not enough homes. The more I learned about the animals the more my heart would break. At a young age I wanted to help, to save all of the animals.

            After, growing up the feelings didn't change, I still wanted to help. So I decided to start a dog rescue for unwanted shelter dogs. I would take them in, get them healthy, alter them so there was less unwanted litters, and find them new homes. The rescue brought some great joys to me, and I felt like I was doing my part to help out, but it also brought heart ache too. Some dogs were just too sick to save, it was a feeling of helplessness. There were many times that I would see dogs that were starved to death or had diseases. In a couple of years, I had saved hundreds of dogs and found them good homes, and saved many unwanted litters also.

            Now that I have children and other responsibilities, rescuing starving dogs is not possible now. But what is possible is giving money to charities like the Humane Society and the ASPCA. It is also helpful to educate people and children on all the unwanted animals out there.  My children have not seen the movie Pound Puppies, but they understand about shelter animals, and because of that  we decided to adopt a dog. It was their decision to save a life rather than just buying one. There is also more that people can do rather it is donating money, supplies,  time, or even being the voice for the animals.

            So if you are looking for a new best friend, everyone should consider a shelter animal; rather it is through the local shelter or from an animal rescue.  A dog is always grateful for a second chance. If you have not watched the movie Pound Puppies, maybe you should, it might have an effect on you too. It will show you the fate of shelter animals,  it could help  you get motivated, even if you cannot start a rescue, there is still plenty to do.

College

I see why people don't go back to school. Books are a huge rip off! $364 dollars for three books. And one is used. One is rented. And one is new because I had to have both parts. And I'm a long way from being done, but since the school shooting in Connecticut I'm thinking about teaching isn't for me. I have mixed feelings right now. Defending my students is fine and I know I could do that but I plan on
teaching at my children's school. It would be hard to defend my students knowing my children could be hurt. Time will tell now. I have been having panic attacks during the night over the shootings so I'm not sure what will happen right now.

School

Done for this semester! Next semester should be more interesting with the classes I'm taking. Hopefully I can keep up.

Gigi's Sooner Victory Cupcake

First off, I can't stand the Oklahoma Sooners.  I don't really like college football, but I hate the Sooners.  I actually have a photo where I put the longhorn up right.  :)  Not that I a longhorn fan either.  Anyway, on to the cupcake.  This is from Gigi's (http://www.gigiscupcakesusa.com/home) Chocolate cupcake, and icing.  With red sprinkles and pearl looking things.  Wonderful cupcake!  Could easily be a Christmas cupcake.  It was really good!

Jeri (Jerrie) Scott Review

This review is for anymore looking to have Jeri Scott at Rose State.

I have been enrolled in Psychology with Jeri (Jerrie) Scott for two months now.  This has been the worst experience with a professor/ teacher ever!  First off, Rose State changed the course book this year and it took Jeri Scott almost a month to figure out that it was a different book.  A Month into our class!  At that time she did make an announcement on the announcement page.  At that time though, Quiz 1 was due.  Well most of the class did very poorly with Quiz 1… including me.  I emailed her since she had still yet to reply to any student on the message forum.  I told her I didn’t do well on the quiz and was looking for a little help.  She then asked if I read the chapter it was over (which I did and took notes and studied it), and then said I was also suppose to read another part of the book (pages 400 and something)… that was news to me!  So I decided it was ok, and I would do better next time.  In the next month, we had an activity due, I got mine back and passed and did ok, but whatever I missed I am clueless about because she didn’t “correct” the paper… all she said was “you needed to go into more details”..  Then I had a test due the next day, I did fine on that also. Once again I have no idea what I missed so I was not learning the material at all.   What gets me is.. this last week we had another activity due.  We knew it was due for about a month, and Jeri Scott “opened” the lesson about 3 weeks ago.   Well the week it was due, about 3 days actually before the due date, many students had completed the activity and it was turned in, she went and changed the activity.  Closed the first activity and reopened it as a different activity with the same due date!  And she didn’t make an announcement or say anything at all about it.  NOTHING!  That is so wrong.  Bad teaching!  She is a very lazy teacher.  Her class is a lecture, but she never lectures.  She never says anything.  You are expected to read the book and basically guess which pages to read, and you never know when the lesson will change.  It’s like a game; I don’t have time for games.  I need a teacher that teaches.  So if you are thinking about taking Psychology with Rose State College, stay away from Jeri Scott! 

Happy 12th Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday to my oldest!!!  I can't believe this is his last year before he is a teen!

Having some fun!