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One more hurdle down. This was quite a doosey! With some very helpful clarification and redirection from Mrs. Record the ball finally started to roll. I think I would have steered this one right off the edge without that. The Review of Literature was a challenge but it actually provided the solid rock on which my Hypothesis can now stand.

I have a bit of a confession. When I wrote my Hypothesis, I worded it for arguments sake, I did not really believe my statement myself. I thought I was providing myself with a statement that would be easy to argue with. The Review of Literature turned out to be quite educational. It turns out there is more that one study to prove that working with the Internet can improve brain cognition, well what do ya' know! The processing of the information from the studies took a lot of concentration as the vernacular was quite a challenge. With all of this new knowledge I am having to reformulate the way was thinking on my own topic.

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This is my second 12A post. Just to make sure I get credit.

We received one of our essays back this week, lets just say I'm sure I am not the only one who is happy for a chance to do a revision. I was feeling a little defeated by the grade I had earned, all of my marks up until that point had been exactly what I had aimed for. This one however sure missed the mark.

I think along with my general education college is teaching me to allow myself to learn, sometimes that means I am not going to "get it" straight out the gate.  A life full of successes would be great, but sometimes the process of falling down and getting back up will allow for a deeper learning experience.

Aw, self help 101, I sound like a big cornball!  lol Oh well, it is a big accomplishment for a perfectionist such as myself to adopt this perspective. So revision it is!

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I am very thankful for all of the examples you put out for us with each weeks. They really do make it so much easier to grasp what we are being asked to complete.

I found the outline to be another helpful tool in processing the research information. I went ahead and ordered The Dumbest Generation and The Shallows, our Borders did not have copies. I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough time to read them and use them in my project. However I've decided it better to have them in hand and get as much information as possible even if I dont have time to read them cover to cover.

It has been a bumpy few days in our household. My oldest, Seth, had a pretty strong seizure on Halloween and had to go to the hospital. Although his neurologist said it is not necessary for him to go to the hospital with every seizure they have been sufficiently scary enough to warrant a call each time. I don't think they will ever become something that is not shocking.  It's times like these that I am happy to have had my work done a little ahead of schedule. Its takes me a few days to get everything back into order, in my own head, after things like that happen.