Sick

So I hate to be one of those students, but since about 10:00 last night I have been throwing up periodically and still have been this morning so I wasn't able to make it to class. I thought it would be in the best interest of myself and all of you if I didn't come to class since I have been getting sick so often. I was wondering if someone could let me know if anything major happened. I know we talked about the grading rubric because I saw Micalee's post on the main blog.

I am still working extremely hard on doing a bit more research for my paper and trying to design a power point presentation that isn't too boring, but that I am also able to present without getting too nervous about. Hopefully I will start feeling better by tonight so I can have more motivation for it all.

Good luck to everyone on getting your presentations together! See you on Thursday!

Break is Over.

Over Thanksgiving break, while I was at home I worked on finding a few more sources for my paper and beginning to revise it based on the meeting I had with Micalee. I even came back on Saturday instead of Sunday in order to have some time alone to focus. I have also been working more on my presentation, and I think it is coming together alright. It probably won't be the best one, but considering I don't like presenting in front of class, I think it will be okay.

I hope everyone had a great break!!

Final Presentation

I've been trying to decide what I should do for my final presentation because I don't want it to be too boring, but I also have a huge fear of presenting in front of class which is making it difficult for me to figure out what to do. I will probably end up doing a power point with lots of pictures and some writing, but not too much. The only problem with this is that I have to talk to the entire class for the whole 10 minutes, which makes me nervous. I'm hoping that I will be able to just get through it when the time comes and I won't do anything too stupid or embarrassing. Wish me luck!

Finally finished!

After numerous hours reading and doing research, and many more hours spent writing word after word... page after page... I have finally finished my rough draft! I am kind of a perfectionist so there are quite a few things I am unhappy with, but for a rough draft I think it is pretty good. I will definitely be changing a lot of things in it between now and when the final draft is due.

Rough Draft

Still just working on my rough draft. It doesn't flow together very well yet, but I'm getting ideas down and working on making it flow. Right now though, I have kind of hit a dead end in my thinking and writing which is stressing me out because I'm afraid that I won't be able to finish. Hopefully I'll figure something out though to get back on track.

Also, can anyone tell me exactly what exactly Micalee is looking for with the subject headings she put in the guidelines for our final paper?

Hospitals, doctors, and tests...oh my!

I've been slowly working on my paper all week because I have been in and out of the hospital since Monday.  I've seen lots of doctors and had lots of tests done. I had to miss class and work all week. So I was wondering if someone could let me know if I missed anything this week in class that is important or of relevance to our paper. I would appreciate it.

Good luck everyone on finishing your papers!! :)

Photos

While working on my paper today, I found some photographs of places throughout Ravenswood and thought I'd share.

 This is a picture of the very first aluminum being produced in Ravenswood.

The bridge that goes over the Ohio River.

 A map of Ravenswood from about 1877.

Downtown Ravenswood, West Virginia