Who would think that trying to write foundation and essential questions would take so much time and thought. I completed the revision assignment and of course when I did my project prospectus I revised them again. I guess this is a good thing because it shows me there is always room for improvement and that I am learning on a continuous basis.

Our class meeting on Wednesday went well for me. I now feel like I have a better handle on what exactly a project prospectus is supposed to be and do. At first I read it a couple of times and was thinking I know I’m readying this because I still don’t understand. Ms. McComas suggested we visit Jennblog, which I feel gave us all a better understanding on how we should tie all the genres together. Everyone in the class seems to be having the same problem as I am. That is reduplication of information. It seems that everywhere I have looked so far I have located almost exactly the same info regarding dysphagia. But our class meeting helped me realize that I really was looking in the all the wrong places. I needed to look into the psychological aspect and leave the physiological area to the other two or three girls that are doing the same topic as mine. And because of our meeting I realized that I am not the only one having the same problems and this felt good not to be alone.

So in doing assignment 2.2.1 last night I spent literally hours looks for articles that dealt with a person’s self-image. Jackpot! Now I have a good start on how important self-image is. How a person feels about himself or herself is a good indicator for recovery. That our beliefs, experiences, and attitudes shape the way we handle adjustments to difficult situations. This is especially important when someone has a physical disability. So now I am getting a better understanding about copies strategies and the vital role they play in achieving some type of normalcy in our lives.

Aim and objectives for the week: Develop better searching skills. I feel like mine are weak because it seems I spend hours and come with nothing useful. This causes me a great deal of tension and stress so I’m glad that things are slowing down even though they are taking a lot more time. All in all this hasn’t been the greatest week so I’m hoping the next one will be better. I have done a lot of internalizing and hope to learn from past failures so that I can succeed.

I am looking forward to our Powerpoint presentation lesson. I have always wanted to be able to do one I just never knew how. I think they look so professional which brings me to our last assignment internalizing web evaluations. Our group talked about this on Wednesday also and I think everyone was in agreement about how we want to present our work. Professional and entertaining.