im confused about this paper and this class in general. i dont get what were supposed to be learning.

Life Smile Like a Sunshine

A laugh as it adds curve to ur face…
dispels the gloom and a sunshine to be
a fresh morning dew
tip of the peak with enlightened light
shimmer and sparkle and light like paradise to be
driving the clouds away…
a smile that strengthens the soul….
a whisper so pure gladdens the hearts
an unseen courage yet felt so strong….
a life full of laughter cheering the folks around…
a music in my ears
that still lingers in my heart
and the melody where my heart hears it
the ills of life depart…
surrounded by smiles…a happy feeling to be
a sunrise forever at the horizon of my smile forever i see
nothing but just a little curve…adding life to me
and singing the music..oh what a beautiful life oh thee
sugar sweet living with drops of honey
and sweeter then the life gets to me
embracing the beauty and the warmth of this life….
i welcome u oh sunshine
shining bright forever to me 

Written By: Trisha Roy

Read more: http://www.poetryoflife.com/life-smiles-like-a-sunshine/#ixzz1lAVlct16

The 3 L's to Live By! (my opinion)

Live Life Love

Thank you Professor Tabor!!!!

Professor Tabor,

I just wanted to say THANK YOU! Thank you for really caring about your students! In the few weeks we’ve been in class, you have already taught me so much! I admire the fact that you take the time to respond to your students when they have a question and are always willing to help them. You made this obvious to me, when I posted on the blog that I had attended every class and was still confused on Paper #1. Not only did you respond, but you took the time to actually type out an example! That made it very clear to me that something I was so concerned about was actually going to end up being something FUN to write about.

You continue to show your care by taking us to the library last night. All the information we received will not only help us to do well in your class, but in other classes as well!

I also really appreciate you sharing your book with the class last night! I LOVED IT and found it VERY INTERESTING!!!!

Again, thank you for everything you do! :)

How do i make this into a premise??

"Live in the moment", or "take things day by day"

packet for paper 1

Cover sheet:the grading rubric w your name writ large, paperclipped to:
2.5 page max - double space - no title page - no citations required.
stapled at back one short piece of paper with the list of particulars.
   1. Premise
   2. My goal for the next 9 months is to ______________
   3. Obstacles to my goal are (list 3) _________________
   4. Operationalization: _______________
   5. Step(s) I have taken are ___________________
This "list of particulars" is just to keep you on track, to make it crystal clear to me, and to allow you to handle these particulars more freely in your paper.
MAXIMUM NUMBER of pieces of paper:  5   1 + 3 + 1
MINIMUM number of paragraphs:  3
OPTIMAL number of paragraphs:  5 or 7
Finally, you may use a popular "character" if you do not wish to use yourself to paint this sociological portrait.

Please Help!!!!

...I have attended every class and I am confused about Paper #1. I guess I'm confused on how your premise, goal, "me" and "I" all have to tie into one paper. Can anyone help? I would  appreciate it!

Question for MT..

Hi, MT - I was wondering, I used a few quotes that I found in my Sociology book from last quarter, but it was a book that was published by my Professor Jon Snodgrass. I know who the author of one quote is, but how do I give him credit?
Also, I am using the quote you have on your blog by George Elliot, how do I give him credit in my reference page?  Best, Leslie

Oh, Writing Class, Writing Class!

I just did the last edit for today.  I am done.  Until tomorrow when I do a quick read through and print it! Putting the premise etc. on a separate page really helped.  However, I had to revise my paper because of that.  But, that's okay.  It does sound better, I must admit.  (Make sure to read your paper out loud to yourself ..... the process helps find mistakes!!) 

I was just laughing to myself about WRITING CLASS!  You start out the quarter/semester and think......... this is cool because there are no huge textbooks to read.  Oh, three papers and a few little assignments, I can do that.  Then the writing starts, right?  You write and proofread and edit and write again.  Anyone who believes writers just sit down and their fingers fly and the words come out ....... so not true.  It is a lot of work to get it even half way right.  

Okay, one of three finished.  YAY!!  Happy Tuesday everyone. 

Operationalization

I am checking my notes and can't find them!  I think what Operationalization means is ....... you write your Obstacles to the goal and then the Operationalization is how you measure your goal or that you are reaching your goal.  Is this correct?  Thanks.

Is it just me or...

Does anyone else dislike writing about themselves? Don't get me wrong this assignment seems great in theory, but digging deep down inside to write a paper in which you open yourself to someone who after 10 weeks you'll probably never see again, that somehow is so unappealing to me. Maybe this is why i'm having a bad case of writer's block :(    READ COMMENT READ COMMENT READ COMMENT

Paper

Am I the only one or is someone else having a hard time starting on this paper? I have no idea where to start or what to say. AHHHHHHHH!!!! I'm so frustrated. There is so much going on in my head. I know what I'm going to talk about I'm just not sure how to put it all together.

paper #1 Due Day Wed Feb 1 Night Tu Feb 7

1. remember the "I" and the "me" of George Herbert Mead.  Your "goal" might be to become more balanced or more "me" if you are I-I-I or more I if you are ok-me-me-what-do-you-want-of-me-me-me.
2. maybe you are a certain "type" in the quads and you see you could augment the opposite tendencies in yourself.  or maybe you see that your significant other is better understood and related to once you study that persons type.
3. It will be good to attach to your 2.5 page paper a one-sheet that states Goal, Obstacles, Actions, Operationalization, steps taken.  This will FORCE you to attend to each of those and then you can more easily and naturally fold them into your paper.
4. FINALLY, if you wish to keep private and not do this paper on yourself, you can take a well-known character, e.g., Forrest Gump or Maggie in "Million Dollar Baby" and use that character (rather than your own character) as your node of sociological analysis.

Comment.  Make sense?  Other questions?