Blog #2 by Markita Moorehead

Well, I'm kinda unsure of what I want to write my paper on, but I'm kind of leaning towards Bi-polar disorder in adults. My step-mom was diagnosed with Bi-polar Disorder a couple years ago and I never really knew what it was. I just thought it was like the person just got mad or angry for no reason. And I'm sure that is more to it than that. So that topic really interested me.

I love being an online student. I communicate better through any kind of computer communication. When I first joined the online community, I thought that I was going to miss the classroom experience I had in regular college. I actually like online class better than the regular school class. It's more of a connection with the students and the teacher. I'm more comfortable with asking a question online than I was in class with everyone looking at me and listening to me. I used to get nervous and hope that I wouldn't say the wrong thing. But online, my fears are taken away.

I love the anonymity. I am more free and I feel like I can ask whatever I want. But now we have these blogs and I can see my fellow students faces. It's kinda like regular school. But I'm still comfortable. I like putting a face to the students name. I love the flexibility of the class and self-directed style because I have 2 young boys(10mths and 3yrs old). So I have to use my time wisely. If I was in regular school, it would be much harder because I would have to leave them and it would be hard to also go to work. Even though it's still challenging, the flexibility makes it much easier. I also like the fact that my 3 yr old can sit on my lap while I'm in class. While I was in Anatomy class, he loved seeing the colorful slides and many times he would type jibberish in the chat when i turned my head. I apologized, but everyone got a good laugh out of it.

I think that this blog was a great idea. This will definitely keep the classmates closer together. Before I used to just give everybody my facebook page link to keep in touch, but this blog makes it much easier. But still, if anybody wants to add me on facebook, just type in my email Markita03@sbcglobal.net.

I'm not sure if I have any ideas about being part of a larger writing community, but I can say that we'll get to know each other much easier if we all respond to each other. I know it's hard for some because we all have lives. I'll try my best to do that. But I won't make any promises.