Flu sucks the big one.

This has certainly been a crazy week. Reports are due and midterm exams are coming to an end. I still have two exams to take and my marketing group needs to start on part two of our project.

I’ve pushed myself to hard with school in the past month and a half that I’ve made myself sick. I caught the flu because my body couldn’t handle the late nights and early mornings anymore. I have to tone down the amount of work I’m putting into school if I’m going to survive.


What I learned this week

I agree totally that a class lecture is hard to sit through and that Marc makes the class interesting. I personally have not been a great writer and summary’s have never been my ‘thing’. Friday’s class helped me to understand how we would be marked on our writing which will help me write a better summary.

The exams up to date have been fairly straightforward and I am hoping this communications exam will be almost the same. I have trouble reading the text and retaining the information though so I hope most of the exam will be on notes we’ve done in class.


What I still wonder about

There isn’t much to wonder about this week. Everything that needed to be covered was and everything that we should know for the exam was talked about.


What I already knew

I already knew the main areas that would be covered by the midterm but I just have a problem sitting down and studying. I hope I get down to it so that I won’t fail the marketing and communications exams.


Conclusion

I agree with Steve; we are all very blessed to be living in Canada. Many people would give an arm or a leg to be here learning at a school while most of us think nothing of it.

I wanted to be in the top 10 of my grad class but I think that will no longer be a goal of mine seeing as how my body won’t hold out to allow me to be in the top 10.
I’ll just try my best and get whatever marks I get.

JP. Letnick

Our Founding Fathers

Well, it’s the end of another crazy week for me and I imagine everyone else feels the same. Thankfully it was a short week due to the great day upon which we recognize our many blessings for living in this free country. Most of all we give thanks to our forefathers who often gave their lives fighting for the freedoms we so easily enjoy now.

What I learned this week

I found today’s class to be quite involved, and really appreciate the difference this makes. Sometime’s it is difficult to sit through a lecture and stay completely focused, but I find that Marc does a superb job in keeping our attention. Before today’s class I felt that I had a pretty good understanding of how to break an article down into a brief summary, but now I feel enlightened with further information and knowledge. Overall, I feel that this class is moulding the writing and persuasive qualities that I already possess and allowing me to see things in a whole different way.

We also spent a good portion of the class preparing for the upcoming midterm by sharing possible questions and trying to stump one another. I found this to be a valuable asset, as it created a more relaxed environment, something rare when writing a test.

What I still wonder about

Having written midterms in other classes and finding that they weren’t as difficult as I had assumed they would be, I wonder if such will be the case here.

What I already knew

Each week I come to class prepared to learn something new, as we are always learning and ever will be. So, no matter how generic the material might seem at times, or how clear my understanding is on the topic of discussion I know that there is something different that I can learn.

Conclusion

I personally want to thank each one of my fellow students and Marc of course for providing a wonderful environment of learning. It’s not so much the school and the buildings, but the people who make the difference. Let us remember how blessed we are to be here in comparison to the terrible circumstances around the world and never forget the sacrifices of those who have gone before us.

The link is to info on the war of 1812 where Canadians/British fought the Americans, preventing the takeover of our great nation, for those of you who might be interested.