Rhonda Does Research

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

What was I thinking?!!

Kylo Ren

Well, I guess I'm still a bit out of it. I completely forgot that I had to do this, so now I have to catch up. I can't believe it. I managed to get my proposal (both the draft and the revision) completed, and I think it turned out pretty well. I'll find out on Friday.
Anyway, the film I picked for my research project is Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and my approach is shame theory. When I first saw the movie, I was shocked when Kylo Ren threw a temper tantrum. I think everyone in the theater was with me on that. My first thought was "and that's why we don't let toddlers play with lethal weapons." Which was silly. After I read the page on shame theory in our packet, I realized that it explained why he did that.
I've started on my research, and I'll have more on that later (today, if possible).

Monday, January 30, 2017

A Cooling Mess

Mixing an RPG with Match-3.

Please consider this an addition to my introduction, since I didn't cover much about myself last time. The basic facts are in my profile, but I just realized that I haven't updated it for a while. I live with my father and my older sister. My mom died a couple of years ago, and from then until recently, I've been a hot mess: I couldn't focus or concentrate on anything, and my grades dropped almost as low as they could go. Lately I've been doing better. Anyway, if you see me zone out for a bit in class, it's no big deal now.

On a less depressing note, one of my brothers got me hooked on a game last Thanksgiving, and I spent most of my free time over winter break playing it (Marvel Puzzle Quest--be warned, it's really addictive). Maybe that's why I'm coming out of my funk. Could video games be therapeutic? My sister won't try it, which is too bad, not because she's depressed, but because I really want somebody who plays it to talk to and compare notes with.

The rest of my life is pretty average/typical.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

I'm back, and checking out the syllabus for my English class

To me, a community college student, this seems a bit excessive.
Student Union at Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, the largest student center in the world. Photo taken April 22, 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I've just been on Blackboard, looking at the syllabus for English 102. The first class is this coming Friday, and I wanted to get an idea of how much work this is going to be. It looks like a lot-- six projects, including a research paper. At least I've got the course schedule now, so I can do some planning, which I hope will help. I'm really tired of falling behind and having to work on stuff for school in marathon sessions (bingeing on homework? Not fun).
The first project is a blog, so this one should work. I hope it'll meet all the requirements. I'll check back Monday to see if anything else is on the Blackboard for this class.