My conference today with Ms. Pavletic was very helpful. She gave me a lot of helpful tips to strengthen my paper. Sometimes I really struggle with revising though. Her suggestions seem like they will require me to change a lot in my paper and I'm bad about that. You know that whole thing she said in class about not being attached to your papers? Yeah, that's me. I get to where I just really don't want to get rid of a sentence because I like it, even though I know I need to just erase it. Hopefully this last revision won't take too long though!

I'm about to revise my paper AGAIN! So much fun...not! But on the bright side, it's almost done. Did y'all see that she posted our groups for our next unit on canvas? She also posted the chapters that we are assigned. I'm excited about working with people for the next unit! I hope it's not difficult to get together with everyone though!

My conference was today and it went pretty well. Mary didn't really give me as much feedback as I was hoping for so I think I'm going to revise it again and take it to Ms. Pavletic tomorrow. For some reason I feel like they are going to grade harshly on this paper. I sure hope not though!

I just revised my paper and am ready for my conference. The concept of changing who grades our paper is throwing me off a bit. English for the most part is learning what your teacher wants or expects in your papers. Since Mary hasn't graded any of my papers before, I really don't know what she expects. Hopefully the conference will help. 

I liked the way that we did peer review today. It was a lot more helpful than in the past. I feel like I was being held accountable to provide helpful feedback for my classmates because we had to explain our editing to them face to face after we read their papers. I received a lot of helpful feedback and now feel like I can revise my paper and make it much better before my conference on Wednesday. 

I just finished writing my paper. I kind of feel like I was just blabbing. In a way it was easier to write because I was writing about an issue instead of writing a personal narrative. Ms. Pavletic has graded all of my other papers so i'm not sure how Ms. Dawson is going to grade. If any of y'all have any tips on how she grades, please let me know.

I did big event this morning and it was so much fun! Doing yard work and helping my mom out around the house is one of the things I miss most at home. Being able to go out in the community and do work for people was great! I wish we had opportunities like this every weekend! I guess if I looked hard enough I could find them. 

This week flew by! I'm so glad. I really thought the first week back after break was going to be rough but it was actually pretty fun. I'm not looking forward to doing this paper this weekend, but hopefully I can knock it out early on Sunday and get it over with! This rough draft is going to be pretty rough. Woo woo good luck y'all!

I went and met with Ms. Pavletic today about the format for the paper because I was really confused about it. I feel a lot better about it now. If any of y'all are worrying about it, don't! She's going to explain it all in class tomorrow and then we should be good to go for the weekend. At least I hope so.

I got my interview knocked out! It feels good to have it done! I just hope that the information that I got is going to be sufficient for writing my paper. I'm really confused about the format of this paper and how we are supposed to write it. Hopefully she will give us some guidance on it in class tomorrow.

I just started working on my interview questions and it's not going too well. My ethical issue is the illegal buying and abuse of Adderall. I'm interviewing a friend who buys Adderall but is not prescribed it. My "field of study" is the medical field though and I'm not sure if this exactly applies because I am interviewing a student and someone who knows nothing about this. Is this too much of a student ethical issue or is it still a medical ethical issue? What do y'all think?

I'm so not ready to start school back tomorrow. I can't even imagine getting up for my eight AM in the morning. EWW. I haven't done anything in preparation for our interviews or papers so I hope nothing is due. I hope I'm correct in remembering that our interviews aren't due until Wednesday. Who knows? It's too late now. Hope all y'all made it back safely and make it to class tomorrow.

We made it back to Auburn. It's pretty much a ghost town here. I can't believe they aren't opening the dorms until 12 tomorrow. Thank goodness I live off campus. We've got 4 girls staying with us tonight because they can't get in the dorms. I think it's pretty ridiculous of the university to do this. They should have opened the dorms today since most vacation rentals are saturday to saturday and most students came back to Auburn today. Oh well though, I hope no one is stranded.

It's our last night at the beach. I'm not quite ready to leave, but we get kicked out at 10am so I guess we don't have much of a choice. We're just watching a movie and taking it easy tonight, enjoying each other's company the last night. I hope y'all are having a great break!

I just got back from a twelve mile bike ride! It was absolutely amazing. I'm thinking about dropping out and just moving down here? Y'all in? Haha just kidding! I wish I could! This would be the life. Maybe one day I can retire down here for something. Hope y'all are having a good break. 

My friends and I are down in Destin and yes, I am blogging. Haha I figure if I can remember to do it once a day while I'm down here, I can knock some out. The weather is beautiful tonight! A friend and I went on a run and it was perfect! Nothing better than a good run on the beach.

HAPPY SPRING BREAK Y'ALL! I'm so glad that she said she is 99% sure she is going to move the interview due date to Wednesday! Score! Good job y'all haha but I hope y'all all have a good spring break! The year will be over before we know it! 

Who wants to beg her to move the interview due date to Wednesday? She's pretty cool and I feel like if we all ask her to move it, she'll at least consider it. Soooooo tomorrow in class let's ask! Maybe she'll be in a good mood from the cookies too! I know I will be at least! Let's unite and get this date changed so we can relax over spring break!

I'm starting to worry about getting my interviews done on time. We have to turn in the notes from them the Monday after spring break and there's no way I have time to do them this week and I'm leaving town for the break. Hopefully my people can come through for me on Sunday. I wish she would at least move the due date to Wednesday to help us out.

My topic is the illegal usage of Adderall. I am going to interview a friend who buys Aderrall from friends even though she is not prescribed it. I am having a hard time finding the other person to interview. It needs to be someone who has no connection with the issue so I guess I'll need to find someone who is not aware that the illegal buying and selling of Adderall even occurs.

Check out this youtube video on how kids today abuse Adderall. Adderall Abuse. The doctor says that Adderall is like a steroid and that it alters test scores. He considers it cheating if you are not prescribed it. It's also dangerous. It pushes the brain, yes, but it also pushes the heart. The statistics of how many kids take the medicine without being prescribed it is stunning.

It's kind of crazy how once you choose a belief or an ethical issue to write about, it seems to surround you. Over the past week I have heard so many conversations about selling Adderrall and about how "cracked out" someone was on Adderall. Hearing all of this only fires me up more about the issue.

Class was actually kind of fun today. When Brett said that he sees standards like Mike Rose mentions in Ms. Pavletic's class, he was so right. How many other classes do you have right now where you can sit around and have small group discussions like that and joke around with the teacher and have fun but still be learning? I know that that and my spanish class are the only classes that I have like that.

I've been keeping an eye out for an ethical issue to write about pertaining to the medical field. I went for a run yesterday with a friend and he was talking about how his roommate just got a lot of money because he sold his Adderall. This happens so often these days. The abuse of Adderall is a serious ethical issue that needs to be acknowledged.