Week 1 of Digital Graphics

This first week has been a little upside down for me. I was excited to come back from the long break, but it turned into a struggle quickly.
There was a communication miss-hap and the university wasn't going to allow me to continue with classes, but I didn't actually understand what was happening until the Friday before our class started.
Once I was enrolled, I felt a deep relief and the group I enjoyed working with quickly started emailing back and forth that we would work in groups the third week.
Then as I was looking through the discussion board, I noticed I didn't see any of my group member's names. It was confusing, because I knew we were in the same class and then it came to me that my group and I had been split, I was in a different section of the class from my group members, all because I wasn't enrolled until the first day of class. With all of this happening, the week just kept passing quickly as I worked on the assignments. I waited for the web conference to see if being in a different section for group members would matter, I even emailed the IA, I thought was the person for my new section because she had emailed me the weekly overview, but I got no response.
After watching the web conference, I learned that groups should really be made up of peers from the same section.
So here I am, without a group. I have emailed another person in my section, but still have not gotten a response. I am so afraid this is going to affect my performance in this class. I just hope it will turn around.
As far as the readings this week of the ancient manuscripts, I thought it was amazing to see how all the principles were used through out the documents.
I also had an interesting time designing the teaching tool. I am a perfectionist when it comes to designing or creating and I didn't feel like my teaching tool showed the best of my ability.
I am hoping to find a group to work with and se how the rest of this class goes. Graphics and design is one of my fortes and I hope to enhance my knowledge.  

2012, So Much Has All Ready Happened!

Well Christmas came and went as did my birthday... another year older, which it me a little more this time. I have finally departed the 20somethings and moved on, I am hoping this 30something will turn out to be a whole lot better run than those 20years! It didn't really hit me until the other day in one of my classes and I took my students to the front lawn, to find an object to write a descriptive story on. As the students were mulling around in the grass, a couple of students were gathered around a marble plate in the concrete and asked me... "Ms. Blackmon, what do you think they put in it,"when I realized he was asking about the time capsule the class of 1987 had closed at the 50th anniversary of the school. As I explained what you put in a time capsule another girl shouted, "OMG! It's not going to be opened until 2037, that's a REALLY long time." I looked at her and said, well it's not that long, and I think I'll be 56 and she looked back at me and said, "Oh, Ms. Blackmon, that's OLD!" I could only laugh, but really that is old! LOL, I mean it's my mom's age, I don't want to be my mom's age.. at least I don't want to think about it now. So that's when it really hit me, but then again what is age anyway!
I guess teaching in a high school makes you feel young, maybe that's why so many stay for do long. I am not sure I'll be able to.. my patience are bad (in my old age) go ahead, laugh, you know you were thinking it!
I have began my second, well if you count summer, my third semester of grad school. Only by the Grace of God, Seriously. I am not a good standard test taker, I get board and what are they really asking... no one knows! So I took the revised GRE this morning, the scoring is different and I hope that my score is high enough to push me on through... it just makes me feel horrible. Then I try to figure out what's wrong with me, because I know I am not incompetent. So fingers, eyes, toes, arm, legs and whatever else you can cross in hopes that I don't have to turn in this appeals letter. God is amazing though, I usually get so nervous taking a test and I felt calm this morning, so I know He was with me, let's just hope He took the test and not me! :)
That's pretty much it, expect I am super excited to finally have Internet and not have to sit her and wait 30 min. for the page to load, I forgot what it was like to have "real" Internet.
I just wish it would get cold around here and stay cold, you know, more than 24 hours.
So has the first month of 2012 is getting close to the end, it's been an interesting ride so far, I hope it can only get better. A lady asked me the other day if I had a boyfriend and of course my reply was "no, not yet," I think I am just going to start saying yes, I really hate that questions, especially from someone you don't know. But she followed up after I said no and said, "well this is your year... you SHOULD believe me!" Now I don't know if I should be scared or excited... but we shall see what this year brings! I hope nothing but happiness for you and your loved ones!
Until next time...