I was just informed from the director of Student Services that I have won JCCC's Fall 2008 Outstanding Student Award!


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This is the first part of a three part research project. The professor is purposefully wanting us to pick a light topic to focus on. I agonized over the topic, even heading in the direction of "is porn bad?" However, I think I have a good one. I know not only the topic, but know the mythological background, know Tolkien, and know Orcs ( Read more... )

I wrote this because many in my Comp class Writing group were writing really weak "manifesto's."

It's not for class but I really do think I make a good point.

( Rod goes on a tear! NSFW )

This was also constrained to 2 pages. The assignment was to explain where one lived in an essay that did not look like an essay.

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This was limited to 2-pages. It was a personal belief statement.

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Again, this is constrained assignment. No more than 2 pages. It's not about convincing people but about expressing one's own belief and why they believe it. That's difficult to do in two pages, particularly for a believer like me.

Anyroad, look this over, comment with what you like and ways to make it stronger.

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I applied a bit of advice yall gave me and I hope it makes it stronger.

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I'm putting this up on my LJ but will soon create a filter for just this kind of stuff and my further writing both Comp and personal.

If you want to be on my writing filter, speak up. If you don't ... speak up too ... I added some of you based on past comments.

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Not since I was a little kid have I looked so expectantly for a snow day.

With working near full time in Training at Caseys these past two weeks, German kicking my ass, and just way to much going on. I friggin' needed a holiday!

So Rod writes this and gets to go back to bed to catch up on sleep!

Waiting till I got into Honours Comp I was worth it. Oh my gosh, the teacher engaged not only wht we read, but whatit possibily meant ... and how to apply it to our writing ( Read more... )