Journal -- Week 5

Part 1. Reflections on Course Content
For this week assignments I completed all the readings and went to the websites requested to get the information I needed to complete my assignments. For the MLA citations assignment when we had to pick our own web site I chose to go to the Foreign Policy Magazine because I have been using this a lot with my research. I enjoyed learning how to cite my works correctly because I have to do it in one of my other classes but I have to use APA style which can be confusing between the two classes. It has been very helpful in getting my citations correct. I did not have to do any searches this week for this class, but I still need to work on what terms work best. I know this because I have to do research in my other class and I am still having some difficulty.

Part 2. Applications to your Life
I think the assignments were very important this week. The only problems I ran into this week was not following my schedule, calendars, and daily planner which made miss my Saturday assignment and get a little behind in my math class. I have found that in the past five weeks that the schedule, calendars and daily planner is very important to follow because it messes things up and things don't get done. My stress has been a little high this week because I missed the MLA assignment and got behind in my math class which is going to show up on my midterm and so now I am frustrated with myself. I won't make that same mistake twice though! It has been a tough week with my time and stress management. I will be keeping up with my schedule, calendars and daily planner now that I know what happens when you don't follow it. I will have better luck in week 6, this is my positive attitude kicking in.